The prints were created in order to lend a visibility to the 99% movement. The idea is to create a cohesive visual unison at protests and occupy events. We also wanted to keep the message and movement visible when not at a specific location or planned gathering - say, walking down the street, riding the subway or, perhaps, taking your savings out of a big bank and transferring it to a local credit union...
Our original idea was to make t-shirts. As the weather changed and winter approached with shifted our attention to something more practical and visible: scarves. We want to keep the supporters warm during these chilly months.
A collaboration between CHANDI and James Asher whose support, encouragement and constant pestering eventually motivated CHANDI to design 2 prints and make 300 scarves.
The scarves and t-shirts are distributed for free at OWS protests and demonstrations in NYC,
San Francisco and Los Angeles. |