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- Artists
- Fairey, Shepard
 - Edition Details
| Year: | 2011 | | Class: | Sticker | | Status: | Official | | Size: | 4 X 6 |
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Original text on the artwork read, "Mister President, we HOPE you're on our side." It was changed to "We are the HOPE" after meetings with the "leaders" of the Occupy movement.I am not directly associated with either the Obama re-election campaign or the organizers of Occupy Wall St. After I put my Occupy HOPE image and brief statement online Friday, I received responses from people and some very important issues were raised. It is hard to put across complex ideas with an image, and even harder to have a reasonable discussion in this polarizing, sound-bite oriented, media landscape, so I was grateful for some thoughtful feedback. My most eye-opening discussion was with an organizer of Occupy Wall St. who remains anonymous to preserve the lack of hierarchy within the movement. Below is a bit of our dialogue, which shows the many nuances to be navigated�
This image represents my support for the Occupy movement, a grassroots movement spawned to stand up against corruption, imbalance of power, and failure of our democracy to represent and help average Americans. On the other hand, as flawed as the system is, I see Obama as a potential ally of the Occupy movement if the energy of the movement is perceived as constructive, not destructive. I still see Obama as the closest thing to �a man on the inside� that we have presently. Obviously, just voting is not enough. We need to use all of our tools to help us achieve our goals and ideals. However, I think idealism and realism need to exist hand in hand. Change is not about one election, one rally, one leader, it is about a constant dedication to progress and a constant push in the right direction. Let�s be the people doing the right thing as outsiders and simultaneously push the insiders to do the right thing for the people. I�m still trying to work out copyright issues I may face with this image, but feel free to share it and stay tuned�
-Shepard Fairey
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