What Will You Build/Resist Today?
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Colin Matthes
Milwaukee, WI, United States
Colin Matthes, a visual artist and printmaker, works collectively with Justseeds and makes individual work about engineering the absurd. One of the banner images above is from Green Mini Demo Derby, a solar powered remote control car demolition derby at the 26th Annual Energy Fair in Custer, WI.
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Artist Interests
Anti-capitalismAnti-warCulture & MediaEcology & AnimalsEducationEn EspañolEnvironment & ClimateGlobal SolidarityHistoryIndigenous ResistanceInspirationLaborMigrationPolice & Prisons Associated Projects
Celebrate People’s History Poster Series, Cut and Paint, Justseeds: Community Supported Art 2019, Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas, Street Art Workers, IVAW: Operation Recovery / Operation Exposure
Be the Change! a Justseeds Coloring Book
Justseeds Collaboration
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Poncho Lean-To
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We Are All In This Together: exhibition catalog
Justseeds Collaboration
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Good Cheap Coffee
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How to Survive a Black Bear Encounter
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Making a Horseshoe Pack
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Calming Your Newborn
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Book Code
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Clearing a Building in Urban Warfare
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Escaping a Sinking Motor Vehicle
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Poor People’s Campaign Portfolio
Throwing a Knife
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Making a Boat From the Ruins of a Gas Station
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Starting a Fire
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Hotwiring a Car
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Breaking Down a Door
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Purifying Water
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Building an All-in-One Screen Printing Unit
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Wellspring
We Are All In This Together
Colin Matthes & Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment
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Solidarity Across Borders
Improvised Water Filters
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Numbers
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War Is Trauma
The Most Destructive Project on Earth
Eugene Cherry : War Resister
As We Wait #2
24 Hour Zine Making
July 11, 2008
I just found this in my inbox, which may be of interest. I know I have been wanting to make a zine for a while now, but haven’t made the…
Fire in the Hole
November 18, 2008
Come one come all to a special game night on Thursday, November 20th from 6-8pm! The first fifty participants at War Fair will receive a free coupon to play the…
Winners Circle wall drawing
April 1, 2009
Here’s a photo of a wall drawing I did at the Haggerty Museum (Milwaukee) for the show Current Tendencies. You can check out more photos on the Haggerty website and…
Which Side are You On? De-install
April 20, 2009
Nicolas, our friend Adam McKee, some UWM workers, and I took down the which side are you on show. Here is what it looks like now….we gotta organize our studio…
Recap: Current Tendencies at the Haggerty Museum Of Art The exhibit gathers some of Wisconsin’s best under one roof
April 23, 2009
This is a link to a review of the show Current Tendencies at the Haggerty Museum in Milwaukee. It talks a little bit about the drawing pictured above. Here is…
BATHAS INTERNATIONALE
April 28, 2009
Friend of Justseeds Brandon Bauer is a part of the project, Bathas Internationale, which now has a public access television show. BATHAS Internationale is a Milwaukee, WI based American art…
Bogside Artists Collective – Northern Ireland
May 30, 2009
Riffing off Kevin’s post about art and resistance in Northern Ireland, I thought I would post some photos of murals by the Bogside Artists’ in Derry, Northern Ireland. I took…
Contemporary Wisconsin Prints
June 26, 2009
I will be participating in From One, Many: Contemporary Wisconsin Prints, an exhibition opening Sunday July 12, 1:30-4pm at the Museum of Wisconsin Art in West Bend, WI.
Stop The Tar Sands
July 30, 2009
I recently went to see Propagandhi play in Milwaukee. At this show I first heard about the Tar Sands, a dirtier more toxic way of producing oil than usual. Some…
Drawing All the Time : Week 1
September 9, 2009
I draw obsessively and was recently asked if I would blog drawings now and again. I will be posting a random drawing to the justseeds blog every Wednesday at 8am….
Drawing All the Time : Week 2
September 16, 2009
This drawing, Spectators, is from my sketchbook. I will post a random drawing each Wednesday at 8am.
Drawing All the Time : Week 3
September 23, 2009
Another drawing in the group I post each Wednesday at 8am.
ZINE SOUP
September 28, 2009
A new book about zines has been released by the folks who run TTC / Telefon Til Chefen, an art space in Copenhagen. This 200 pages book consists of material…
Drawing: Week 4
September 30, 2009
This one is ink on paper, about 10″ x 14″
Drawing: Week 5
October 7, 2009
This one is called “Extras.” Ink and paint on paper, 10″ x 14″
Drawing: Week 6
October 14, 2009
This drawing “The Fall of Omega Burger” is of a closed burger place I walk by each day. It is drawn from memory.
In Progress
October 20, 2009
Here are a few shots of a mural I am working on. It is on the roof of Heaven Gallery in Chicago. Last weekend there were quite a few rain…
Drawing: Week 7
October 21, 2009
10″ x 14″ ink on paper
Mural – in progress – Day 5
October 21, 2009
Some more in progress shots of a mural on the roof of Heaven Gallery in Chicago. All of these were taken today, the morning of day 5, while Jacob Kart…
Post Tent Sale: a recent mural
October 27, 2009
Here are a few images of the mural I completed on the roof/deck of Heaven Gallery in Chicago this past Friday. This image was taken from Damen Blue Line Platform.
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People’s Climate March: Downloadable Posters
Justseeds Collaboration
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Don’t Mourn Organize!
Closed For Democracy
We Are The Storm Graphics
Justseeds Collaboration
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We Are All in this Together
Wisconsin Downloadable Graphic – Post Recall
This is Not Normal
Sale
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Union Made
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Celebrate People’s History: Iraq Veterans Against the War
Migration Now!
Firebrands: Portraits from the Americas
Justseeds Collaboration
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Workers of Wisconsin Unite!
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We Are the Storm
ALI
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Union Made
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Voices From Outside: Critical Resistance
Peoples Book’s Cooperative
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Liberating Learning
Justice for Janitors
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Stand Courageously…
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