Primary Artist

Martin Cowper (1970–)

Title

Wake up Australia ... something is happening ...

Date made

1977

Category

Poster

Print type

stencil

Technique

screenprint, printed in colour, from three stencils

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right, symbol and text 'cockatoo'. Printed within image, 'WAKE UP AUSTRALIA SOMETHING IS HAPPENING AS IT HAS HAPPENED & MAY HAPPEN AGAIN. WE EAT LAMB & SHEEP & PIGS & CATTLE & CHICKENS & VIETNAMESE & TIMORESE &ABORIGINES & WHEN WE GET DEPRESSED ENOUGH ON (ILLEG.) THE ORGINAL PIECE OF PAPER THAT THIS LITTLE LECTURE WAS WRITTEN ON & THE INK IS SHRINKING AS I PUT IT ON. HUMAN FAILURE (UNDERSTANDABLE?) & FAILURE OF TOOLS (EXPECTABLE?) WELL THEN WHY FUCK THE WORLD UP WITH NUCLEAR WASTES, NUCLEAR POWER STATIONS, POLICE STATES WORLDWIDE RAPE. DO YOU UNDERSTAND SLAVERY (CALLED WORKFORCE) AND RAPE (PRO..SS TO SOME IN CONROL) IN CONTROL? OF THEMSELVES? OF WHO? ASK AROUND ABOUT ATMOMIC WASTE & ATOMIC BOMBS & SEE HOW SAFE YOU FEEL EATING YOUR SOYA BEANS. MILLIONS HAVE COME BEFORE US. KEEP AN EYE OUT.'

Matrix size

55.0 x 86.4 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Nuclear issues

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

94885

Creators

Cowper, Martin. | (1970–) Australian | Male | artist

Cockatoo Posters. | (1976–) Australian | Organisation | print workshop