The Great Picturegate Postcard Exhibition
The response, thus far, to my request for nudey postcards of An Taoiseach has been splendid & encouraging. Allan, in particular, has been evangelical in his promotional zeal.
Allow me to clarify, again, exactly what's "planned".
1) We want you to buy (borrow or steal) a blank postcard.
2) We want you to then adorn this postcard with your own nude drawing, doodle, collage (etc) of Brian Cowen. These creations can be as "amateur", crude or (indeed) lavish as you see fit. There are no rules. The only restriction being the postcard format. Total freedom is yours. Go nuts.
3) Pop your masterwork in the post to me (address available on request).
4) If/When we collect enough postcards together we'll find a sympathetic gallery space where your creations can be exhibited formally. Hell, there may even be (if it grows into a behemoth) catalogues, guest speakers, wine and cheese freebies etc. We'll see.
All of this is (for me at least) in the spirit of subversive play, satirical mischief-making and artistic absurdity. All joyous things worth preserving and promoting.
The serried rows of cards, each depicting (in their own unique ways) a bollock-naked Taoiseach, will (I hope) both make for an impressive visual, and state emphatically (& amusingly) that the outrageous shit of the last few days will not be tolerated.
Email me (or drop a comment below) for postal address.
Let's get moving and cracking.
Update 01/04/09: I'd appreciate it if people who've already posted cards could tell me a) when they posted them, and, b) If the images were full nudes, partial nudes etc! Reason being, most of the cards that have arrived thus far have either been non-nudey or hidden inside envelopes. This could just be coincidental…but I'd still like to know. Drop a comment or email me (address on sidebar).
Update 02/04/09: I've already sent emails (or Twitter messages) with my address to everyone who's shown interest. If you haven't got yours then tell me & I'll resend. There seems to be an issue with some emails disappearing into the ether…
March 26, 2009
50 responses to The Great Picturegate Postcard Exhibition
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Address me, hombre.
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Rory, Emordino,
Done. Thanks.
Hah, great idea…send me the address!
Count me in.
Might I suggest readings from Irish comic and satirical masterpieces which our State has seen fit to ban over the years?
Gary, Done.
Jess, You’re counted.
Fergal, Excellent idea.
My i suggest the name “Cowengate” instead?
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Paul, It’s already been used and suggested, many times and oft. Reason I’m sticking with Picturegate is because of the #picturegate discussion on Twitter. Even though Cowengate is clearly wittier.
Yer awful feckin bold, send me the address and I’ll a cock doodle poo
Holemaster, It shall be done!
Great name btw.
>discussion on Twitter. Even though >Cowengate is clearly wittier.
First person to say Twittier instead of wittier gets a rusty coathanger
Anyway: Count me in. Are blank postcards easy to get then?
Phew. I was within a whisker of sneaking it in myself. Dodged the coat-hanger. Just.
Will forward address. Blank postcards freely available from any decent stationery store or post office. I hope they appreciate the business I’m sending their ways.
John, you can get blank postcards in the North Pole.
I did mine on a post-it.
How about an exhibition of images the State has seen fit not to ban over the years as well. Methinks it would make an interesting contrast. By the way, how come Cowen can say “fuckers” in the Dáil on a live mic and now he’s all het up about “obscenity”?
Oooh..this is going to be good.
Address me up homeboy.
This seems to becoming Usmanov-esque dimensions – a physiognomic phenomenon, obviously.
Ciaràn, an old Cowan … err … Roman saying might answer your question: Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi.
I’m in. Send me the address!
Address sent to new batch of eager bunnies.
By the way, you might let me know when you’ve sent the card. There’s a possibility that some aren’t arriving – possibly due to some dark intervention.
Might I suggest you target an opening on 1st April. First, its best to strike while the iron is hot. Second, the date is appropriate.
Er, you’re right on both counts but it all depends on a) the response, and, b) the availability of a space. Even if the iron goes a little cold it’s well worth doing. As someone (can’t recall who) said – “We neeed to drag the arse out of this”.
Sweet mother of titty fuck flaps.
Just watched the Late Late “debate” about “picturegate”. Ronan Mullen’s jaw-dropping definition of “good satire” as that which must invite the satirised party in on the joke left me dizzy and ill.
Everything that’s wrong with “Ah now” culture in a nutsack.
Though it may be too soon, its also appropriate that Myles na gCopaleen die on April Fool’s day
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I don’t think I have said expressly that I’m in. But I am. I have an idea for a postcards, so please let me know where it should go.
Thanks.
Eoin.
Eoin, Done. Welcome aboard. I look forward to seeing your work.
In other news, nice to see a mention of the postcard campaign in today’s Times (thanks Fiona), and equally splendid to see Allan making some very astute and necessary points. You go girl!
Mention in the Herald too.
I’m stunned by Ronan Mullen’s comment that a satirist must take care not to offend his/her intended target. Satire that the target likes isn’t satire at all! It’s simply another form of brown-nosing. (“A tweaking of the Mr Burns’s foibles, done with the greatest of care, could win Dad a place in the old man’s heart…” as Lisa Simpson once said.) Fuck that!
Can i have that address too.
Doubtful, It’s fucking nuts alright. As I said on Twitter during the show last night.
Paul, done.
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send me on an address too,puweaze
Luke. Done.
By the way, for anyone who already has the postal address – please feel very free to pass it on to friends, family, colleagues etc.
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One will be winging it’s way from Canada if you send me an address
Excellent idea – count me in. Send on the address, please.
Conor/Green of Eye,
Done & Done.
I simply have to do this.
All I can draw are stick men, but I’m sure I can evolve to balloon men
Maxi, address sent. Stick men. Balloon men. Little biscuit men. It’s all good.
I’ll send you a postcard. Send me your address if you can get it from this comment.
Please do the needful sir.
Emer/Sean/Hugh.
Done/Done/Done.
im in and have a poster ready for the art college here in lmerick will mail you with it later, friggin awsome idea
im hoping to do a series of these postcards then will send them to u all at once 
As mentioned in the Update above, some emails of mine seem to be disappearing into people’s junk folders. If you haven’t heard back from me (and you should have) check there.
Fústar – can you get yer postal address off to me pls and I’ll have a rummage around in my junk folder
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