LOUDER THAN WORDS ART AND ACTIVISM
Complete bibliographies/CV’s for Bachman and Moridpour can be downloaded on the WHO WE ARE page.
NEW BOOK Edited by S.A. Bachman with artwork by LOUDER THAN WORDS:
Art of Defiance: Protest Graphics and Poetry for Palestine is both an artistic intervention and a historical record of resistance. This groundbreaking 270-page volume, featuring over 50 full-color images, unites protest graphics and poetry to document and amplify the Palestinian struggle for self-determination.
Art of Defiance gathers acclaimed and emerging writers who confront occupation, colonialism, displacement, state violence, and liberation while forging transnational solidarity. Contributors include Refaat Alareer, susan abulhawa, Saul Williams, Huda Skaik, Nour Aldeen Hajjaj, Khaled Mattawa, Hiba Abu Nada, meital yaniv, Yousef Dawas, Basman Aldirawi, Ibrahim Yaghi, Omar Faris Abu Shaweesh, Ahmad Alsouq, Huda Skaik, Saleem Al-Naffar, Def Sound, Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, poets affiliated with the We Are Not Numbers (WANN) project, and others. Several of these poets — Alareer, Abu Nada, Dawas, Abu Shaweesh, Aldeen Hajjaj, and Al-Naffar — were martyred after October 7, 2023. Their final words serve as enduring records in a long and ongoing history of dissent.
Alongside these poets is the work of LOUDER THAN WORDS, an inter-generational, cross-cultural team that wields posters as weapons against settler colonialism, U.S. imperialism, and the systemic erasure of genocides by Western corporate media.
Art of Defiance testifies to the enduring power of artistic ingenuity in the face of oppression and stands as a powerful reminder that resistance is, above all, an act of imagination.
TV coverage of WOMEN ON THE MOVE can be found here.
SELECTED PRESS, WEB AND RADIO:
Ms.Magazine, "Grab This, Donald,"Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, May 1, 2017.
The Advocate, "A Taco Truck on Every Corner, and Now This," Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, June 15, 2017.
Feminist Magazine, KPFK Radio, "Woman’s Building/ Quetzal Gets Down/ LOUDER THAN WORDS," Radio Interview with Neda Moridpour and S.A. Bachman about WOMEN ON THE MOVE, May 2nd 2017.
Truthout, "Homeland Insecurity: Jews and Muslims United Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault," Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, May 17, 2017.
Counterpunch, “Women on the Move: Can Three Women and a Truck Quell the Tide of Sexual Violence and Domestic Abuse?,” Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond, April 26, 2017.
Los Angeles Times, "Art Exhibit at Glendale Community College Tackles Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence,” Kelly Corrigan, Feb 24, 2016.
Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, Taylor and Francis Group, Volume 12, "Discussion of LOUDER THAN WORDS art collective’s approach to socially engaged art," Bachman, S.A., Moridpour, Neda, Editor: Rochielle Sievert, Jules, 2015.