We Are Optimistic - Film, Art & Rebellion
Dan & HilaryArt & story are the magic technology of change. From an artist bank printing our own cash to blow up debt, to building a solar-powered street - this is where art and power collide.
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Ed Miliband is coming to Walthamstow Power Station. Are we selling out?
Ed Miliband is coming to Walthamstow tomorrow. Our local MP Stella Creasy has put her weight behind turning streets into POWER STATIONS — she’s bidding for serious money from Great British Energy to fund four streets in our borough, and 45...
Britain banned fracking — then started importing it
I spent two days this week making a short film I thought would take me an afternoon.
It started as a simple Earth Day post. Something about fossil fuel subsidies. I ended up reading a national security assessment, a parliamentary evidence...
The V&A is a new beast — but they forgot to give it teeth
Today Hilary and I went to V&A East.
Our Bank Job banknotes are in their collection. We wanted to see them.
We found them in a corner. Tucked alongside some Extinction Rebellion flags. A little section marked — not literally, but unmistak...
The world is at war over oil. Here’s what you can do about it on your street.
The Strait of Hormuz is 29 miles wide. Through that gap flows 20% of the world’s daily oil supply. Right now it is closed. Whatever you think about the politics of the Middle East, that single geographic fact is reshaping the global economy...
Everything Must Go: What Radical Art Actually Costs
Werner Herzog has a list of 24 instructions for filmmakers - no. 10 is “Thwart institutional cowardice.” -
We made a film the institutions wouldn’t fund. It helped trigger a multi-billion pound energy revolution but we’re still paying off...
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