Joseph DeLappe
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Joseph DeLappe
@josephdelappe.bsky.social
Artist and activist, American living in Edinburgh. Working with digital art forms since 1983. Godzilla fan.
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
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
April 11, 2025 at 2:34 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.
March 25, 2025 at 6:42 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!

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March 24, 2025 at 12:08 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.
March 19, 2025 at 9:19 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.
March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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
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
Liberty Weeps
December 2, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Last night gave a talk at CUNY Baruch College, I did an Oprah style give away at the end of the talk with hidden post it’s under the seats. Lucky students who are now proud owners of signed “Thrift Drones”! #freeart #thriftdrones
November 21, 2024 at 8:04 PM
So I’m in NYC for a visit to Baruch College CUNY. I’m doing a talk Wednesday evening, it is free. I’ve made some new “Thrift Drones”, come to the talk you just might land up with some free art…register here: ci.ovationtix.com/1091/product...
November 19, 2024 at 1:59 PM
This is coming up next week in New York City. Free to attend or watch online. ci.ovationtix.com/1091/product...
November 16, 2024 at 2:53 PM
A piece I made out of cardboard some years ago. “Liberty Weeps” #lowpolygon #sculpture #contemporaryart
November 15, 2024 at 1:16 PM