Joseph DeLappe
@josephdelappe.bsky.social
Artist and activist, American living in Edinburgh. Working with digital art forms since 1983. Godzilla fan.
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I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I found this a really illuminating thread on what demonstrations do and why they matter.
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Videogames as a disputed toy between war and peace. My latest for The Bunker, with comments from Marco Minoli, publishing director at Slitherine Games, and from renowned artist @josephdelappe.bsky.social about his work inside U.S. Army's recruitment videogame America's Army. Article in English
September 25, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Videogames as a disputed toy between war and peace. My latest for The Bunker, with comments from Marco Minoli, publishing director at Slitherine Games, and from renowned artist @josephdelappe.bsky.social about his work inside U.S. Army's recruitment videogame America's Army. Article in English
SORRY USAD (United States Apologies Desk) was documented by a Reuters video crew yesterday, stories not appearing all over the world, including this one from The Australian. www.theaustralian.com.au/news/america...
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July 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
SORRY USAD (United States Apologies Desk) was documented by a Reuters video crew yesterday, stories not appearing all over the world, including this one from The Australian. www.theaustralian.com.au/news/america...
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This Saturday in Edinburgh I'm speaking at Resistance in Game Space, a free event including an exhibition around @marijamdid.com's writing, short film screenings, and a talk by @josephdelappe.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to @rachelhamada.bsky.social for putting this amazing event together! Come along!
Huge thanks to @rachelhamada.bsky.social for putting this amazing event together! Come along!
Resistance in Game Space
Level up! Find out how videogames have shaped the world around us, for better and worse, and how they might help shape alternative futures.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
This Saturday in Edinburgh I'm speaking at Resistance in Game Space, a free event including an exhibition around @marijamdid.com's writing, short film screenings, and a talk by @josephdelappe.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to @rachelhamada.bsky.social for putting this amazing event together! Come along!
Huge thanks to @rachelhamada.bsky.social for putting this amazing event together! Come along!
I'm conducting a public intervention tomorrow here in Edinburgh, on the 4th of July, as an act of atonement as an American living abroad. I'll be sitting at a desk with an American flag I have festooned with the word "sorry" made from wool. Read more details here: www.delappe.net
July 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I'm conducting a public intervention tomorrow here in Edinburgh, on the 4th of July, as an act of atonement as an American living abroad. I'll be sitting at a desk with an American flag I have festooned with the word "sorry" made from wool. Read more details here: www.delappe.net
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If you're in Edinburgh, check out American-born artist/activist Joseph DeLappe's SORRY, happening tomorrow:
"A one-day public art intervention that sees him setting up the USAD (United States Apologies Desk) to engage passers-by in dialogue and offer his apologies for many of the USA’s failings."
"A one-day public art intervention that sees him setting up the USAD (United States Apologies Desk) to engage passers-by in dialogue and offer his apologies for many of the USA’s failings."
July 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
If you're in Edinburgh, check out American-born artist/activist Joseph DeLappe's SORRY, happening tomorrow:
"A one-day public art intervention that sees him setting up the USAD (United States Apologies Desk) to engage passers-by in dialogue and offer his apologies for many of the USA’s failings."
"A one-day public art intervention that sees him setting up the USAD (United States Apologies Desk) to engage passers-by in dialogue and offer his apologies for many of the USA’s failings."
At the No Kings No Tyrants protest at the US Consulate in Edinburgh!
June 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
At the No Kings No Tyrants protest at the US Consulate in Edinburgh!
A pleasant surprise to find my work featured in this video essay produced by MUBI. Nice to see them recognise those artists who were literally ahead of the game. #abertay youtu.be/NG7tEh8--GE?...
Video essay: “Infinite Jesters: Protest and Performance in a Simulated World” | MUBI
YouTube video by MUBI
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May 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
A pleasant surprise to find my work featured in this video essay produced by MUBI. Nice to see them recognise those artists who were literally ahead of the game. #abertay youtu.be/NG7tEh8--GE?...
Came across this in NYC, just read through a breathless account of this ad campaign by this startup in San Francisco. Behind their futuristic techno positivistic posturing is essentially a technocratic fascism. We are seeing now where this kind of thinking is taking us.
April 23, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Came across this in NYC, just read through a breathless account of this ad campaign by this startup in San Francisco. Behind their futuristic techno positivistic posturing is essentially a technocratic fascism. We are seeing now where this kind of thinking is taking us.
Opening tonight my solo show in New York City. Come see works ranging from 1984 to 2025… #contemporaryart #nycartgallery #projectosraulzamudio #prz #politicalartist #politicalart #artandactivism #trump #donaldtrump #arendt #totalitarianism #fightback #creativeactivism
April 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Opening tonight my solo show in New York City. Come see works ranging from 1984 to 2025… #contemporaryart #nycartgallery #projectosraulzamudio #prz #politicalartist #politicalart #artandactivism #trump #donaldtrump #arendt #totalitarianism #fightback #creativeactivism
We are in London on the way to NYC to visit our new grandson. My wife remarked that there were not many Americans in London. I responded, I think they are here, they are just being quiet. #quietamericans #london
April 7, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We are in London on the way to NYC to visit our new grandson. My wife remarked that there were not many Americans in London. I responded, I think they are here, they are just being quiet. #quietamericans #london
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Experts: Leaked Messages Show Waltz Admitting to War Crime in Yemen Strike truthout.org/articles/dem...
Democrat: Leaked Messages Show Waltz Admitting to “Blatant War Crime” in Yemen Strike
Vance said it was “excellent” that a strike collapsed a building. Thirteen civilians died, according to one count.
truthout.org
March 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Experts: Leaked Messages Show Waltz Admitting to War Crime in Yemen Strike truthout.org/articles/dem...
Can't help but think it is all too normal that most Americans could care less that we were bombing Houthis, but the group text-chat, OMG! Agreed, it is horrible, but when we are bombing folks and killing children in the process, this should be equally concerning.
March 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Can't help but think it is all too normal that most Americans could care less that we were bombing Houthis, but the group text-chat, OMG! Agreed, it is horrible, but when we are bombing folks and killing children in the process, this should be equally concerning.
I made the original “Liberty Weeps” at 8’ tall out of cardboard in Los Angeles ten years ago. I finally have made a 3D print, 6” tall for my upcoming show in NYC. It will be white.
March 25, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I made the original “Liberty Weeps” at 8’ tall out of cardboard in Los Angeles ten years ago. I finally have made a 3D print, 6” tall for my upcoming show in NYC. It will be white.
Last October I made the work in the photo, looked to submit the work to various experimental film festivals. The work garnered an “Honorable Mention” at Experimental Forum, Los Angeles, comes with one of those “laurels” you see on film posters. My first laurel!
youtu.be/hgq3_HNOoWQ?...
youtu.be/hgq3_HNOoWQ?...
March 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Last October I made the work in the photo, looked to submit the work to various experimental film festivals. The work garnered an “Honorable Mention” at Experimental Forum, Los Angeles, comes with one of those “laurels” you see on film posters. My first laurel!
youtu.be/hgq3_HNOoWQ?...
youtu.be/hgq3_HNOoWQ?...
Honoured to share that my work will be featured in a solo exhibition next month at PRZ in New York City, curated by @_raulzamudio. I’ll be showing a selection of political/activist artworks developed over the past two decades, including works in sculpture, online gaming performance, and AI.
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Honoured to share that my work will be featured in a solo exhibition next month at PRZ in New York City, curated by @_raulzamudio. I’ll be showing a selection of political/activist artworks developed over the past two decades, including works in sculpture, online gaming performance, and AI.
Working on various new works as I am on sabbatical from my job at the University. Several quite political works under development. I keep sane tho, doing this. All my time on the computer transcribed via my artist’s mouse, making a large mixed media work on.
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Working on various new works as I am on sabbatical from my job at the University. Several quite political works under development. I keep sane tho, doing this. All my time on the computer transcribed via my artist’s mouse, making a large mixed media work on.
Just so horrifying to watch the cowardly Trump and his slimy VP bully Zelensky. I am with Ukraine.
February 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Just so horrifying to watch the cowardly Trump and his slimy VP bully Zelensky. I am with Ukraine.
Came home last night to poinsettia toppled on our Christmas crèche, total carnage. Is my cat Pixel the spawn of Satan or was it a top heavy plant?
December 10, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Came home last night to poinsettia toppled on our Christmas crèche, total carnage. Is my cat Pixel the spawn of Satan or was it a top heavy plant?
12 years ago I posted an add on Craigslist in dozens of cities across the US at the start of the Syrian uprising. Glad to see this despot finally fall. hyperallergic.com/46709/syrian...
Syrian Dictator Seeking Work... on Craigslist?
LOS ANGELES — If you log into the jobs board in Craigslist Reno, you might come across a strange posting: “Dictator Seeks New Job!” Log into Craigslist Istanbul and you’ll notice another one: “Preside...
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December 8, 2024 at 6:30 AM
12 years ago I posted an add on Craigslist in dozens of cities across the US at the start of the Syrian uprising. Glad to see this despot finally fall. hyperallergic.com/46709/syrian...
After moving to Scotland in 2017 the main things I noticed were how kind people are here, and how not spending endlessly for car and healthcare expenses allowed me for the first time ever to actually have a savings account that wasn’t gutted each month, and not worrying about getting shot.
December 7, 2024 at 1:21 PM
After moving to Scotland in 2017 the main things I noticed were how kind people are here, and how not spending endlessly for car and healthcare expenses allowed me for the first time ever to actually have a savings account that wasn’t gutted each month, and not worrying about getting shot.
Started a new painting today in the studio, “Playing Wolfenstein with Rebecca Horn”, using a feather as my paint brush attached to my artists mouse whilst playing the video game. Fun to kill loads of technologically augmented Nazi’s.
December 6, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Started a new painting today in the studio, “Playing Wolfenstein with Rebecca Horn”, using a feather as my paint brush attached to my artists mouse whilst playing the video game. Fun to kill loads of technologically augmented Nazi’s.
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