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santacon [random acts]

Here’s the first of ten Random Acts short films on arts activism I’m doing for Channel 4’s new short-form arts strand. Edited by the inimitable James the Vacuum Cleaner and made with the sort of cheek...

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space hijackers: nhs for sale [random acts]

The second instalment of my Random Acts films for Channel 4 aired on Monday night. This one is on the Situationist-inspired anarchitect collective, the Space Hijackers. Troublemakers with a dapper cut...

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dr d [random acts]

It was one of those one-off phone call scenarios. Dr D, this wheatpasting vandal I know, rings up. “You still doing your telly things?” Yes. “What you doin tonight?” Erm…. I scrabbled around for a...

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the haircut before the party [random acts]

November 30. The largest public sector strike in generations. Some people go out and do a march with a placard and scream themselves hoarse. I head out on a bicycle with my camera and a couple of...

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oily orgy [random acts]

The gilded halls of London play host to some multinational back-room dealing (with mini croissants and freshly squeezed orange juice). A gang of climate activists decided to upset this corporate...

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reverend billy and the church of earthalujah [random acts]

What do you get when you cross an Elvis impersonator with an evangelical preacher and throw in a protest against corporate sponsorship of the arts? Reverend Billy, his choir and an almighty oil-covered...

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metropolitan lice [random acts]

Some people take an hour out of their day to do yoga. Or go jogging. The vacuum cleaner [an artist / activist collective of one] defaces police logos for the lulz. I spent the day with him as we did...

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free syria air force [random acts]

When I asked Channel 4’s legal department what they thought of me making a film about a bunch of artist / activists launching an airstrike on the Syrian Embassy, I received the most passive-aggressive...

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brandalism [random acts]

…where I follow two men and a van around five cities in the UK across five days putting up nearly forty pieces of artwork [subversively, of course] – all as a comment on advertising, commercialism and...

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