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War Is Trauma

War Is Trauma is a portfolio of handmade prints produced by the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative in collaboration with the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). This portfolio transpired out of a street poster project, from November 2010, which a number of Justseeds artists provided graphics for "Operation Recovery" - a campaign to stop the deployment of traumatized troops and win service members and veterans right to heal. Posters were pasted in public, replacing many corporate advertisements, to focus public attention towards the issues not being discussed - GI Resistance, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), sexual assault in the military or Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). The action led to another collaboration between Justseeds and IVAW - an “Operation Recovery” booklet published by Printed Matter in NYC and currently the War is Trauma portfolio. For this project over 30 artists from Justseeds, IVAW, and our allies have each created a print that addresses “Operation Recovery,” its larger goals of supporting service member and veterans right to heal, GI resistance, challenging the culture of militarism in the US, and ending the war in Afghanistan. A total of 130 portfolios have been created that we hope inspire 130 exhibitions that can act as a starting point to bring different people together – veterans, civilians, Iraqis, Afghans, and others to dialogue on issues.

The prints are housed within a handmade paper cover from the Combat Paper Project – paper whose source material derives from military uniforms that veterans have cut into small piece, mixed with water, and pulped into paper as part of the healing process. Drew Cameron of the CPP writes, “The batch that I made for the portfolio is mostly created from Army Combat Uniforms that we were worn with the Stryker battalions out of Fort Lewis, WA. These are the same guys who rolled out of Iraq early back in July 2010. I also added Egyptian cotton to strengthen it. I like to imagine that the mill workers who made the cloth I used were the same one’s rising up last spring.”

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  • War is Trauma Portfolio at UWM

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Please Download, Print & Post

We invite everyone to download, print, and post these graphics everywhere and anywhere to help highlight the unseen psychological tolls to the Iraqi people and veterans.

Past & Future Events

Utica , NY
Central New York Veteran's Art Blast
October 9th - 9:00am
Higashimatsuyama
War is Trauma Portfolio & Works by Ash Kyrie & Aaron Hughes at famous Maruki Gallery in Japan
December 8th - 2:00pm
Aarhus
”War Is Trauma” er en samling af håndlavede prints produceret af ”Justseeds Artists
November 2nd - 8:00pm
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Eugene Cherry
Colin Matthes (Milwaukee)
War is Trauma (Soldier and Woman in Iraq)
Erik Ruin (Philadelphia)
Matt Howard PTSD Shadow
Nicolas Lampert (Milwaukee)
PTSD (Bullets)
Shaun Slifer (Pittsburgh)
Hanging Tree
Jeremy Bergren (Marine Veteran, North Carolina)
Pill Bottle Soldiers and Combat Paper
Malachi Muncy (TX Army National Guard Veteran, Texas)
We Kill War
Dan S. Wang (Madison, WI)
PTSD Stars and Stripes
Josh MacPhee (Brooklyn)
Believe and Support
Temporary Services (Chicago, Philadelphia, Copenhagen)

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Justseeds, a decentralized artist collective consisting of 26 printmakers in the US, Canada, and Mexico

Booklyn, an artists-run, non-profit, organization that specializes in providing educational institutions: artist/activist archives, limited edition and unique artists books, and works on paper. Booklyn also focuses on providing resources and alternative distribution networks for innovative, sustainable and socially conscious art projects.

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