2010.11.26 "Black Friday" ride

Thread for discussion of this Friday's upcoming "Black Friday" Critical Mass ride.

Typically being the Friday after Thanksgiving, this ride is often observed by promoting freedom from consumerism.

A classic is Payton Chung's "Shopping Mass" from 2000.

And Steven Lane's "Local Shopping Tour" from 2007.

This month an artist is hoping to do a GPS related work, and is seeking people to carry logging devices. Maria Scileppi: http://livingbrushstroke.tumblr.com/

More details to follow.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on November 22, 2010 at 10:58am

Facebook event posting for this ride.

Permalink Reply by Andrew Bedno on November 22, 2010 at 11:32am

Cross-posting from ChicagoFunNews.com:
Friday 2010.11.26
Buy Nothing Day (since 1992). International celebration of consumer awareness and simple living. Yearly. Day after Thanksgiving.
Very real global day of protest against the corporate brainwashing which leads to the un-sustainable Western hyper-consumerist culture. Includes anti-commercials and events at the world's largest malls. Intentionally occurs on the biggest shopping day of the year. See the website for more info.
http://adbusters.org/bnd

Permalink Reply by Steven Lane on November 22, 2010 at 12:41pm

I just spoke with Maria Scileppi: http://livingbrushstroke.tumblr.com/. She's going to wait till January. It sounds like she might have up to 60 logging devices, which means 60 riders are like different colored brushes tracing the line of the ride.

I'll be out of town this Friday, but I plan to work with Maria in January to help get the logging devices distributed and collected. Considering January is a Polka Mass, beer and punk polka should be incentive enough to ensure she gets all her logging devices back.

Wish I would be with you all Friday riding up and down Michigan Avenue chanting "While you are shopping, bombs are dropping!" Give 'em an extra dose of Hell for me ;^)

~steven

Permalink Reply by Davo on November 23, 2010 at 7:02am