Mark begins with a story about a trip to america where he crawled through the streets of nyc on presidents day with a george w bush mask on and a sign that read kick my ass. Bill oddie says ban driven grouse shooting mark avery. In this video the two go on a rant about the current social, political and economic circumstances in the world. In the second half, max interviews mark mcgowan, aka the artist taxi driver, about the uk employment numbers, kate middletons kitchen, the queens new golden carriage and other austerity stories. Whilst many a taxi driver no doubt gets bored whilst waiting between fares, clapham born mark mcgowan decided to put his spare time to good use and turned himself into the artist taxi driver in 2010.
Mark mcgowan, the artist taxi driver pushes toy pig 4 miles with fireman to raise awareness of nhs privatization introducing mark mcgowan. Originally covering more general issues such as art fairs and the price of beans, the video series, shot from his car, has become an outlet for mcgowan s daily views on the. Mark mcgowan is a performance artist who decided to take on the persona of the artist taxi driver around five years ago as a way to channel his protests against the government and the general establishment in a more productive way than his previous chunky mark persona. The artist taxi driver youve come across this because the mainstream media rarely ever report on things like this, the media dont want to show the public that people actually care about things such as the. As the artist taxi driver, he interviews a staggering range of people in his taxi from people like frankie boyle. The artist taxi driver discordion artist ian pritchard. Mark mcgowan, aka the artist taxi driver, talks about uk general election 2015, which political party is not in the pocket of the corporations and if the met police working with rbs on financial crime will lead to more or less in the new year.
Mark mcgowan the artist taxi driver uk was invited to discuss what he thinks is better than art. In the second half of the show, max talks to artist mark mcgowan aka the artist taxi driver, about his pushing a pig to downing street as an artistic response to the privatization of the national health service in the united kingdom. Performance art protest against section 75, privatisation of nhs. They also look at the war machine and the norman bateslike fight janet yellen is having with the markets. Once you have seen marks utube clipsincluding if i was the pm and you agree with his views then please like and share. The artist taxi driver s official youtube channel still under the chunkymark name by 20 had thousands of videos made by mcgowan, with almost 30,000 subscribers, and his most. To fill the dead time, he records videos on his iphone short rants about politics, social and current affairs, and uploads them to youtube, where. The hope over fear campaign will not shirk its responsibilities. The video he made in response to this request torturing david cameron and the queen is better than art is above. Taxi driver fuelled by rage at the corruption of modern.
Well, we could think of no one better than youtube sensation, artist and taxi driver mark mcgowan aka artist taxi driver. By profession, mcgowan is a london taxi driver and occasional university speaker and arts tutor. Mark mcgowan, aka the artist taxi driver, has an audience of over 40,000 for his youtube political videos, recorded in his minicab. Controversial performance artist mark mcgowan has become a youtube sensation after reinventing himself as the artist taxi driver his youtube channel is filled iwth nearly 2,000 videos in which he.
Luke rudkowski talks to mark mcgowan, the artist taxi driver about the various projects he has done over the years. Mcgowan abandoned the chunky mark persona in late 2010 and fully adopted the artist taxi driver persona for his youtube web blog on, where he daily films himself most often alone in his taxi between fares, wearing dark sunglasses, and in which he rants passionately and emotionally about the news and issues of the day. By profession, mcgowan is a london taxi driver and occasional university. Mark, i hope mark mcgowan the artist taxi driver aka chunkymark has been asked to do a post. The artist taxi driver fuelled by rage at the corruption of modern life his rants from behind the wheel of his cab have made him a youtube star but the performance artist. Mark mcgowan is a street artist, performance artist and prominent public protester who has gone by the artist name chunky mark and more recently the artist taxi driver. He has a lot of youtube followers and i think is saw him tweet his support a few days ago. Mark mcgowan is a director and actor, known for uk18 2017, austerity is a scam 2016 and the daily politics 2003. The artist taxi driver fuelled by rage at the corruption of modern life his rants from behind the wheel of his cab have made him a youtube star but the performance artist has. On 24th april 20 cancer patient and online polemicist mark mcgowan the artist taxi driver pushed a toy pig along the pavement four miles from kings college hospital where he is currently receiving treatment to downing street to deliver a petition from his children to david cameron, protesting against the closure of vital services in the nhs. Mark mcgowan aka the artist taxi driver and chunky mark. Mark mcgovern, himself recently diagnosed with cancer puts in a huge effort to. Mark mcgowan born 9 june 1964 is a british street artist, performance artist and prominent public protester who has gone by the artist name chunky mark and more recently the artist taxi driver.
This selfemployed eccentric shares satirical videos attacking political parties and injustice with his 59,000 subscribers on youtube on a daily basis and he never fails to rise to the occasion. While mark has featured on many television programs such as the bbc news, itvs london tonight, cbs news, russia today, richard and judy and in national newspapers, such as the independent, guardian, daily mail, mirror, among others, the artist taxi drivers youtube channel functions as a form of alternative media. Since 2010 mark mcgowan has been uploading videos as the online persona the artist taxi driver. They also discuss mcgowan s crowdfunded film currently in production, this is not a recession, its a robbery. The artist taxi driver mark mcgowan first day youtube. Fuelraged taxi driver s rants go viral on youtube meet mark mcgowan, the performance artist whose youtube rants have gone viral. Martin godwin for the guardian m ark mcgowan spends. Next they speak to mark mcgowan aka the artist taxi driver about general election 2015, which political party is not in the pocket of the corporations and whether or not the met police working with rbs on financial crime will lead to more or less in the new year. Live stream video from queens park railway club in glasgow. In the second half, max interviews mark mcgowan aka the artist taxi driver about westmonster, both the film and the reality of westminster as governed on behalf of corporate interests. Controversial performance artist mark mcgowan has become a youtube sensation after reinventing himself as the artist taxi driver. Featuring documentation of the performance wheres daddys pig, performed on 24th april for trade. Banquets for the rich, austerity for the poor and prejudice for the rest. Artist taxi drivermark mcgowan for pm home facebook.
Culture is not your friend curated by artist and political renegade mark mcgowan otherwise known as. Angry band remix one of the artist taxi driver s rants. Lots of great speakers including mark mcgowan, the artist taxi driver plus great music. Employing a direct language and an aggressive antineoliberal rhetoric grounded on widespread populist binaries, such as the elites and the. What i thought of the artist taxi drivers westmonster. So we wanted someone special to do our in an ideal world feature, and someone who loves nothing more than a rant. This paper explores the social and political implications of art and leftwing populism through the work of the british artist and taxi driver mark mcgowan and his project artist taxi driver. The most interesting conversation with a taxi driver we. Mcgowan abandoned the chunky mark persona in late 2010 and fully adopted the artist taxi driver persona for his web blog on youtube, where he films himself alone in his taxi between fares, often wearing dark sunglasses, and in which he rants passionately and emotionally about the news and issues of the day. Im the artist taxi driver and this, my friends, is sarah morrison, mark mcgowan says directly into the iphone camera that is hanging from his taxi s windshield. The artist taxi drivers official youtube channel still under the chunkymark.
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