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Sticking it to the Man: Steve Lambert Hopes to Strike Again.

posted on July 10, 2011 by Gina Hong

Double check that you’re not living in a cave if you haven’t heard of Steve Lambert’s previous projects: a fake edition of the New York Times announcing the end of the Iraqi war, and a free firefox add-on called Add-Art, which replaces ads with curated art images--



Well Steve Lambert is gearing up to hit the public again: he’s currently raising funds for a public art project about--wait for it--capitalism. Lambert’s kickstarter page reads:

Starting a conversation about Capitalism is like walking up to a stranger and asking, "Can I talk to you about Jesus?" The word "capitalism" is a red flag. And for good reason – pretty soon some dude is talking your ear off about "The System, man." Ugh.

...As a culture, we need the vision and boldness it takes to discuss the problem itself...as citizens we need the courage to begin these discussions in order to move on to new and better visions for the future...

Lambert is therefore proposing a polling booth for one simple question: Does capitalism work for me? He wants to travel around the control with a giant LED sign that reads CAPITALISM and a voting mechanism that will allow him to display a tally of the voting outcomes.

Sounds pretty flippin’ amazing; when this happens, we hope we’ll all get the chance to vote.