WE SAY NO:
TWO MINUTES TO KNOCK DOWN THE 700 MILE BORDER
Presented by the Ministry of Culture

February 7, 2007, Los Angeles, Ca ---  The Ministry of Culture presents:
WE SAY NO!  How would you knock down a 700 mile border in two minutes?

WE SAY NO! is an open mike video forum which will record each and every person
who wishes to express their views --- in two minutes --- on the proposed United-
States/ Mexico border fence.
The public is invited to speak out. The collected footage will then be edited to be part
of a documentary on immigration issues and snippets will be used online for
educational and publicity purposes to highlight this extremely volatile issue.


The Ministry of Culture is a collective of artists, creative individuals and activists who
have banded together to provide a new independent cultural venue for all to express
themselves through artistic projects. The GREAT WALL OF CHINGA, is the first of
such projects curating a creative response to the proposed border barrier, and WE
SAY NO! is next in a series of other satirical agit-prop projects. “The group is
committed to ‘social messaging’ (this itself is mockery upon the latest language abuse
from the corporate marketing world) through satire, and are truly dedicated to
addressing critical issues of social justice by mocking the deciders” notes Ministry of
Culture Architect of Folly, Tomas Benitez.

Speaking on behalf of the Ministry of Culture, the Acting! Minister of Culture himself,
Shervin Shahbazi, stated that “The inanity of the proposed border fence has
compelled us to present WE SAY NO! and it is an opportunity to expose just how
stupid smart people can be when swayed by greed and fear; we trust the vox populi to
mock them back into their senses.”




YO, WHAT HAPPENED TO PEACE?

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN!

An Exhibition for PEACE
Curated by John Carr.


To learn more about the exhibit
please visit:
YO, WHAT HAPPENED TO PEACE?
November 2006-
The Ministry of Culture launched its inaugural project:
The Great Wall of Chinga
An open call to all creative people to respond to the proposed 700 mile wall along
U.S./Mexico Border.

We like to thank all of you who wrote us. Your kind words and encouragement means
a lot.
We also like to thank all the generous artists for their support and hard work.
We are pleased to announce the arrival of the first group of submissions.
Please use the links above to navigate to the artists' works.
More will be added soon.
"Peace of Shit"- Silkscreen
Yuri Shimojo, NY/Tokyo