Midterm Report on the Rise of Authoritarianism
 Midterm Report on the Rise of Authoritarianismby G.E. Vogt, SDS, Andrea Lee, Kayla Collins, and Amanda ShepherdThe residency asked, How do we visualize the contemporary political moment? The five contemporary collage artists in the residency–G.E. Vogt, SDS, Andrea Lee, Kayla Collins, and Amanda Shepherd–set about to make artwork for the zine, Midterm Report on the Rise of Authoritarianism. The artwork speaks to a range of topics from economics, the environment, and militarization to religion, gender, and international relations and is contextualized with quotes, news reports, artist statements, and reading suggestions. We hope the zine will inspire others to draw upon their strength to use their voice and their creative skills to resist authoritarianism. We would like to propose a similar diffusion strategy for the artworks in Midterm Report on the Rise of Authoritarianism as to that end we are publishing the artworks in four different ways. A professionally printed zine is available for purchase. A folio of prints is available for private and institutional collectors and as a traveling exhibition. We are also releasing the zine as a printable PDF (in color and black-and-white) that one can print double-sided, saddle stitch, fold, and trim. We are also releasing a printable PDF of letter-sized posters that we hope you will print and post as street art in your community. If you do, we invite you to send us a picture of the artwork in-situ. In publication or exhibition or as street art, we want to demonstrate strategies for putting political art into the community. We also invite you to make your own collage that speaks to the politics of the moment and to put that collage out in your community be it on a telephone pole, the wall of a gallery, or in your own zine. If you do, we want to hear about it.  2026. Courtesy of the artist. ABOUT THE BOOK Purchase the book from Kasini House. |