Call for Artwork and Writing:
Working Title: Capital Offense: The End(s) of Capitalism

The Beacon Arts Building invites submissions of artwork and writing about the current global economic crisis, criticisms or critiques of capitalism, and the effects of globalization.

Since the Occupy Wall Street movement developed, the economic crisis has become all the more urgent to understand and discuss. To that end, we are searching for artwork and writing that deals with any aspect of the economic crisis, whether the work fits into a historical analysis of the crisis or economics, or if it is a reflection on or expression of the current conditions of Global Capitalism or the strategies of Disaster Capitalism, whether it comes from the perspective of concerned citizens, committed artists, community activists, economic and social theorists, the professional or the amateur, we want to see and hear what you think is the most urgent message or lesson that you want to share with others regarding the global economic crisis.

Submissions should be sent to bab.submissions@gmail.com by November 28, 2011. The exhibition will open at the end of January 2012. Please include the following in your email:

- A short description of the work you are proposing and how it fits the theme of the show with images (if possible). If the submission is an article, please provide an abstract or (even better) the full article.
- Your contact information.
- Links to your website or other sites where materials could be viewed, if possible.

Some possible themes:

Economic theorists and practitioners (i.e., Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx)
The free market and the invisible hand
Austerity measures or budget cuts
Debt-based assets or the commoditization of debt, securitization, the derivatives market
Debt slavery, debt forgiveness, student loans and credit cards
The central banking system
Corporations, the 14th Amendment, Citizens United
Bailouts, Quantitative Easing
Foreclosures
Systemic risk, “Too Big to Fail,” or Moral Hazard
Stock market bubbles and crashes
Unemployment, social spending programs
Wall Street
Disaster Capitalism (i.e., disaster-induced privatization, economic shock tactics, etc.)
Property, pollution credits, fracking, corporate accountability and climate change
Capitalism vs. Socialism vs. Anarchism
Revolutionary movements and resistance
Economic justice and ethics, the distribution of wealth
Social class, class warfare, the 99%, the 1%