I want a bailout!

Sometimes I feel like we get a little too pessimistic on this website (as do other leftist bloggers). So, I just want to remind us of some of the positive, progressive, creative things that people are doing, because they offer us glimpses of a better future (and we need to oppose the neoliberal utopian vision with our own utopias).
First, there’s lots of cool, progressive stuff going on in science, especially projects that integrate science with art and architecture, such as ‘crowd farms’
and ’sustainable dance clubs’. (Both of these are pursuing a similar principle as that of the ‘power-producing backpack’ (our friend Louis Flynn worked on this)).

Second, of course there’s a ton of cool stuff going on in art. For an example of a cross-over between found sound and found video, check out one of my favorite music videos: The Books - “Take Time.” (Also, “Smells Like Content” - both of these are from The Books’ new DVD, Playall - when they play their instruments at concerts, they project these images on a huge screen behind them - making for one of the most awesome concerts I’ve ever seen.)
Also, I think we need more coordination between art and politics (toward that end, check out The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest).