#ArtOfDissent

Held at the Millennium Gallery in Sheffield in July 2014, #ArtOfDissent was an exhibition by Mark Thomas in collaboration with artist Tracey Moberly, designer Greg Matthews and cameraman Rikki Blue.

The exhibition featured the graphics, photos, works of art and video footage from Mark’s year long project 100 Acts of Minor Dissent which began on 14th of May 2013 and finished on the 13th May 2014.

Gallery Photos by Tracey Moberly

@designbyGreg — #ArtOfDissent Poster Art

Photos featuring a young Charlie at the Tate Gallery — #ArtOfDissent

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Gerry Adams, "I'M MOVING IN!" — Subverted Estate Agent Boards

Crowd-sourced photo montage: "Also Available In Charity Shops" — Book Stickers

Crowd-sourced photo montage: "Also Available In Charity Shops" — Book Stickers

Crowd-sourced montage of delployed BastardTrade® stickers — BastardTrade®

Made by Tinklertastic.co.uk — BastardTrade® Award

Framed logos and Trademark Certificate — BastardTrade® Award made by Tinklertastic.co.uk

Toilet dancing and breaking silly laws that really shouldn't be laws at all — Breaking the law

…silly laws that really shouldn't be laws at all — Breaking the law

Featuring Mark's file of DPA Suject Access Requests — Domestic Extremist's Corner

Featuring the Arsey Cops calendar — Domestic Extremist's Corner

Featuring Curzon staff and John Lewis cleaners campaigns — Living Wage Exhibit

Green charity tokens and Bear & Hare Christmas Card supporting John Lewis' cleaners — Pay a Living Wage

Campaigning for Union Recognition and a Living Wage for Curzon cinema staff — Day-glo Demos

"Foxtons: Cleansing London's Poor" — Subverted Estate Agent Boards

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"Is Atos Fit For Work" Questionnaire and Report produced with WOW Petition campaigners — Assessing the Assessors

Handy map to help MPs find the chamber for the WOW Debate — WOW (War on Welfare) Petition & Debate

Featuring Nick's severed head on a spike — Nick Clegg Piñata

Featuring Nick's severed head on a spike — Nick Clegg Piñata

"I Love Social Housing" — Subverted Estate Agent Boards

Welcoming the gentry and nouveau riche to South London — Neighbourhood Welcoming Committee

For the all-women car race at the Saudi Arabian Embassy — Pink Remote-Controlled Cars

…at the Saudi Arabian Embassy — All-women RC Car Race

Recreating Herb Ritts iconic 'Fred with Tyres' photo outside the Saudi Embassy — Tracey with Tyres

"I love Council Houses" and "Estate Agents: Everyone Hates You" — Subverted Estate Agent Boards

"I love Council Houses" and "Estate Agents: Everyone Hates You" — Subverted Estate Agent Boards

"This exhibition contains explicit material" — #ArtOfDissent

Pornershop privacy curtains — Pornershop

Porn magazines subverted with with clothing catalogue splashes — Pornershop

Porn magazines subverted with kittens, sufferagettes, Wally and Thatcher — Pornershop

Farage: (pronounced Farridge) The liquid found at the bottom of a waste bin or container — Mind the Farage – New dictionary definition

Farage: (pronounced Farridge) The liquid found at the bottom of a waste bin or container — Mind The Farage – New dictionary definition

Subverted UKIP Billboards and local soil to send to Nigel (who wants his country back) — Mind the Farage

Volunteer drivers pinboard — www.WeWillDriveThemToTheAirport.co.uk – Now Leaving The UK (for Tax Purposes)

Scarf knitted by a volunteer driver — WeWillDriveThemToTheAirport.co.uk Scarf

Crowd-sourced montage of deployed stickers — Daily Mail Free Zone

Mark examines the Domestic Extremist exhibit — Mark Thomas

All the exhibition pieces were donated to the Comedy Archive in Kent.

Special thanks to the staff at the Millennium Gallery, especially Rosie, Chris and Ben.

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