Postcards Playbox 2
10.31.24
Resident dublab DJ Beatie Wolfe and Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh pull postcards from the tens of thousands they’ve received for their collective art demonstration ‘Postcards for Democracy’ and pair them with tracks of their choosing. This episode features Fred Armisen dropping by to pull a few cards too. Join this movement and potentially a future radio show by making and mailing your post art to 8760 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Alternatively if you’re in LA drop in on one of our pop-up postcard making events. Head to www.postartfordemocracy.com for all the info about this campaign celebrating USPS, our right to vote and the power of art with support from The Broad Foundation and dublab.
Tracklist:
Squeeze – Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) The Pointer Sisters – Neutron Dance Dead Pioneers – Bad Indian Isis Eric – Ride of the Humblebee V. Vale – Ferlinghetti Goodbye Dermabrasion – Grim Sister T. Rex – The Slider Ryan Moore – Fight For America The Breeders – Drivin’ on 9 The Del Rubio Triplets – Whip It Neptune’s Core – Box Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On Cat Stevens – Trouble The Velvet Underground and Nico – All Tomorrow’s Parties Thomas Dolby – She Blinded Me With Science Kermit the Frog – Rainbow Connection Brian Eno – King’s Lead Hat James Brown – Get on the Good Foot Nena – Rette Mich The Specials – Enjoy Yourself Devo – Beautiful WorldCheck out Postcard Playbox episode 1
POSTCARDS FOR DEMOCRACY
Ahead of the 2024 November presidential election, artistic visionaries Mark Mothersbaugh and Beatie Wolfe join forces to re-activate Postcards For Democracy – their non-partisan, collective post art campaign with support from The Eli & Edythe Broad Foundation and dublab. This collective post art campaign, originally launched in lockdown ahead of the 2020 election, stirred tens of thousands of people to create and contribute to the public art movement, supporting USPS in the process, and all the while reminding and mobilizing people to vote. Mothersbaugh and Wolfe received postcards from every part of the U.S. (and across the world) with the ever-growing collection first exhibited at the Rauschenberg Gallery before a selection of the art went into the Smithsonian. Such a chord was struck that post art is still being received today four years on! As democracy and our right to vote still hangs in the balance, Postcards for Democracy invites everyone and anyone to create a piece of mail art and send it in to become part of this public art demo, with an exhibition and book to follow.
With the aim of the campaign being to encourage as many people as possible to vote, you can join it by buying stamps, making a piece of postcard art and mailing it to:
8760 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069.
Audio mastered by Soundwell
Photos by Mario de Lopez and Aaron Longsleeves
