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London, January 09. Demonstration in support of the Palestinians in the recent conflict in Gaza Strip.

Stain of misery

Paint and images on board depicting suffering at Birkenau, symbolised by The Gatehouse .

Lyrical Warfare

Tupac Shakur and The Notorious B.I.G, turned from friends to foes. Known as the Two Princes of Hip hop, they were involved in a war of words as their popularity grew to become iconic figures within pop culture. This is my representation of Peace and War, there are many forms of warfare. The tongue i

Disposable Issues in Disposable Bags

My work is constantly concerned with issues related to conflict; (war, exploitation, corruption, capitalism and injustice) and this is an example of recent work based around the theme of throwaway culture- whether that be a comment on consumerism or a human issue of those deemed 'disposable' by soc

Stop Rape As A Weapon Of War

Inspired by the problem of sexual violence and rape used to torture, dehumanise, and control women and girls in countries around the world during times of civil war or social conflict, the poster raises awareness of this powerful weapon of war which is sadly often overlooked by the authorities in th

mini protest banner

handmade cross stitched and sewn 'mini banner' which is hanging in Liverpool St Station, London. I decided to put it there because recently the police let a private company perform a flash mob inside the venue to film as a video but the next week stopped a grass roots group do a political flashmob

Whats it gonna take?

Ceramic sculpture of a slide that is 'broken'. It has cartoon style 'problems' stopping at various points, preventing a smooth ride. The words that are etched all around it read: 'Whats it gonna take, whats it gonna take, am I gonna break everytime the road gets dirty?' This is a emotional prayer to

Urdu Hairdo

There is internal conflict within us all as to how much we will conform to societal norms and how much we are willing or confident enough to express our individualism. There is conflict between Muslim and more secular cultures as to the respective freedoms of their women. But whose women are more

Looking for a cold grave!

Painting showing that the only outcome of conflict is securing a cold abandoned grave

now you feel the consequences

i have made some iconic figures out of a childrens plastic craft kit and 'hung' them from rope on a wide hanger. I want to show my anger towards different areas of the media for glamorising violence internationally, making violence accepted, part of the norm and no longer a shock...

dear diary

written and doodled in the style of a diary exert. This is from my personal experience of local conflict between young gangs. I wanted to show that it can effect everyone in the community and parallel young men in the developing world too such as South Africa where inequality is even worse...

ZALGIRIS

Zalgiris is a large triptych of youths pictured at a Hardcore concert. As the artist himself plays in a hardcore band, he is able to offer a direct and emphatic picture of life from within the underground scene. Zalgiris, however, was also a famous battle (otherwise known as the Battle of Grunwa)

pahtcampcrew Ctrl/z you/rub you out

markerpen scanned drawings, livetrace vectorpaths, sticky trees. phatboss phatcampcrew aka ju5 aka roko1

Weapons Into Ploughshares

Photograph taken on a recent trip to the DRC. Machetes are a common farm tool, used by young and old alike; they are also a weapon of war. This echoes the prohetic words of Micah that nations 'will hammer their swords into plowshares '.

racial conflict

Darnell - an afro-carribean albino, (a black man in a white mans body) which I have pigmented showing his hereditary skin colour. This was achieved by digitally grafting on skin tones and hair from photography of my black friend. The idea is to show how our empathy and attitude towards Darnell as

Current collaborations

The Visible

The Visible is Ctrl.Alt.Shift’s voice on campus. A vibrant network of student activists across the UK, they act, stand up, and campaign creatively to call for an end to global poverty...

Previous collaborations

Vice

With nearly 1000 entries, it was never going to be easy picking a winner for the VICE and Ctrl.Alt.Shift photography competition, themed around gender, power and poverty.

Comica

Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption, will launch this November as part of the annual COMICA Festival with an exhibition of political comic work to coincide with the release of our new comic book...

Sadlers Wells

We are pleased to announce The English National Ballet School as the winning entry for the Ctrl.Alt.Shift Dance Competition.The five-minute piece was entered by George Williamson, who choreographed...

Film Competition

Congratulations to Alexandra Monro + Sheila Menon who won the People's Choice Vote with their entry 'No Way Through'.