Press + Media Coverage

Frances Madeson, “At the Born Again Labor Museum, art is a weapon for the working-class,” The Real News Network (October 13, 2022)

Nick Shillingford interviews Tish and Adam Turl, “SNV Special Interview: Born Again Labor Museum (BALM) Now Open!” Socialist News and Views (April 28, 2022)

Alex McIntyre, “Irrealism, Imagination, Intervention: The Locust Review in Their Words and Mine,” Cooper Point Journal (March 30, 2022), 12-13

Anna Casey (producer), “Museum examines workers’ rights through art,” 21st Show (February 7, 2022)

Kallie Cox, “Born Again Labor Museum offers free Communist Manifestos,” The Southern Illinoisan (February 1, 2022)

Makayla Holder, “Solidarity Doesn’t Mean Everyone is the Same: Locust Review features working-class stories,” The Southern Illinoisan (January 13, 2022)

Kallie Cox, “Born Again Labor Museum in Carbondale showcases stories, struggles of working class,” The Southern Illinoisan (December 27, 2021)

“Breaking the Spell of Capitalist Realism with Locust Review,” interview with Adam Ray Adkins, Acid Left Podcast (October, 2021)

“Tish Markley and Adam Turl Bring Their Art to Core Contemporary,“ VIM (March 5, 2020)

Craig Wilson, “Adam Turl presents The Barista Who Disappeared,” Carbondale Nightlife (June 2018)

Leslie Ventura, “A Flat Dimension Comes Alive in ‘Revolt of the Swivel Chairs,’” Las Vegas Weekly (March 2018)

Craig E. Ross, “Adam Turl + Alexander Billet,” interview, Dumpster Pizza Podcast #2 (May 2017)

James Diaz, “Interview with Artist Adam Turl,” Anti-Heroin Chic (October 2016)

Liam Otten, “Red Mars + The Fictional Artist,” The Source (June 2016)

Beall, Dickson, “Adam Turl, MFA 2016” (video interview), St. Louisan (May 2016)

Project 1612, “Post-1612 with Adam Turl” (interview), Post-1612 (May 2016)

Janessa Kenway, “13 Baristas Pours it On Hot + Heavy,” Las Vegas Seven (September 2015)

Dawn-Michelle Baude, “Concrete Messages from Fictional Artists in ‘13 Baristas,’” Las Vegas Weekly (September 2015)

Dylan Frost, “Area artists Turl, Ross, Lane Use Exhibit to Inspire Social Change,” Daily Egyptian (January 2014)

Anthony Pickens, “Art Reception Expresses Area Social Conflicts,” Daily Egyptian (February 2013)

Adam Testa, “Three Artists Present ‘Evicted from Heaven and Earth,’” Southern Illinoisan (February 2013)

Audio + Video (Lectures)

“Toward a Brechtian Cybernetics,” presented along with panelists Tish Turl and Alexander Billet at Historical Materialism 2021 (November 2021)

“Critical Irrealism as Socialist Cultural Strategy,” video presentations from Adam Turl, Holly Lewis, Alexander Billet, and Anupam Roy at Historical Materialism 2020 (November 2020)

“Born Again Labor Museum,” video version of a presentation given at Historical Materialism London (November 2020)

Outsider Art, Social Class + The Weak Avant-Garde, video presentation from Adam Turl at Historical Materialism New York (April 2019)

“The Total Art of Neoliberalism,” Adam Turl, video presented at Historical Materialism London 2018, RedWedgeMagazine.com (video from February 2019)

“Art, Music + The Return of the Crowd,” Adam Turl, Holly Lewis, Alexander Billet, panel at Historical Materialism London 2017, WeAreMany.com (November2017)

“Interrogating Uneven + Combined Development in Aesthetics,” Adam Turl, Trish Kahle, Jordy Cummings, panel at Historical Materialism Toronto 2016, RedWedgeMagazine.com (August 2016)

“Art Against Global Apartheid,” Adam Turl, Alexander Billet, C.S. Becceril, panel at Historical Materialism Toronto 2016, RedWedgemagazine.com (June 2016)

“For Art as Epic Theater,” Adam Turl, artist talk given at Project 1612 and the Brett Wesley Gallery, RedWedgeMagazine.com (October 2015)

“Neoliberalism + The Radical Imagination,” Adam Turl, Alexander Billet, panel at the Left Forum New York 2015, RedWedgeMagazine.com (September 2015)

“Ernst Fischer + The Necessity of Art,” Adam Turl, workshop at Socialism 2013, Chicago, WeAreMany.com (June 2013)

AV Art Projects

Cat without a Glitch (2021)

Balm Educational Video #2: How to Become a Possum (December 2020)

“The Barista Who Could See the Future,’ Adam Turl, video produced for exhibition at Artspace 304, RedWedgeMagazine.com (September 2018)

Selected Podcasts (Hosted)

“We Are the Monsters We’ve Been Waiting For,” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Laura Fair-Schulz, produced by Omnia Sol and Alexander Billet, with music from Fat JackRabbit, Omnia Sol, Hans Predator and Worthless Scarecrow (October 12, 2022)

“Abolish Wednesdays,” interview with Alex McIntyre, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Laura Fair-Schulz, produced by Omnia Sol and Alexander Billet, guest music from Pet Mosquito, Locust Radio Episode 16.5 (August 28, 2022).

”Irrealist Combat League,” interview with Alex McIntyre, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Laura Fair-Schulz, produced by Omnia Sol and Alexander Billet, guest music from Pet Mosquito, Locust Radio Episode 16 (August 25, 2022).

“Starbucks vs. Utopia,” interview with Ken LeBlanc, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Laura Fair-Schulz, produced by Omnia Sol and Alexander Billet, Locust Radio Episode 15 (July 19, 2022).

“What if You Had Taken the Day Off?,” interview with Crystal Stella Becerril, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Laura Fair-Schulz, produced by Omnia Sol and Alexander Billet, Locust Radio Episode 14 (June 18, 2022).

“Glitch vs. Digital Funko Pops,” interview with Omnia Sol, hosted by Tish Turl and Adam Turl, produced by Drew Franzblau and Alexander Billet, Locust Radio Episode 13 (April 9, 2022).

“A Journal for the Plague Decade,” interview with Holly Lewis, hosted by Tish Turl and Adam Turl, produced by Drew Franzblau and Alexander Billet, Locust Radio Episode 12 (February 22, 2022).

“Locust Phenotype Plasticity,” interview with Laura Fair-Schulz, hosted by Tish Turl and Adam Turl, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 11 (December 22, 2021).

“Richard Hamilton’s Discordant Will,” interview with Richard Hamilton, hosted by Tish Turl and Adam Turl, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 10 (September 22, 2021).

“Art + Propaganda,” interview with Anupam Roy, hosted by Tish Turl and Adam Turl, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 9 (August 17, 2021).

“Breaking Out of the Steel Cage,” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 7 (April 28, 2021)

“Texas Ain’t the Reason,” interview with Leslie Lea and Mike Linaweaver, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 6 (March 18, 2021).

“Norming in America,” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 5 (February 10, 2021).

“The Cookie Monster Who Flew into Space from Peoria, Illinois,” interview with Omnia Sol and Adam Ray Adkins, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 4.5 (December 29, 2020).

“Make Acid Communist Again,” interview with Omnia Sol and Adam Ray Adkins, hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 4 (December 21, 2020).

“Four Seasons Totalitarian Landscaping,” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 3 (November 23, 2020).

“The Goths Are Alright,” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 2.5 (November 5, 2020).

“Death Becomes Us (A Very Locust Halloween),” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 2 (October 20, 2020).

"Art, Poetry, + Boomer the Three-Legged Piss Hero,” hosted by Tish Turl, Adam Turl, and Alexander Billet, produced by Drew Franzblau, Locust Radio Episode 1 (September 24, 2020).

Poetry + Fiction + Franken-Prose-Poetry

“Stink Ape Resurrection Primer,” (part 4) Tish Turl + Adam Turl, Locust Review #8 (Summer 2022), 7-11

“Stink Ape Resurrection Primer,” (part 3) Tish Turl + Adam Turl, Locust Review #7 (Winter 2022), 5-8

“Stink Ape Resurrection Primer,” (part 2) Tish Turl, Locust Review #6 (Autumn 2021), 12-14

“Stink Ape Resurrection Primer,” (part 1) Tish Turl, Locust Review #5 (Summer 2021), 7-8

“Mike the UPS Guy Gives Birth to the New People, but Now the Moon is a Cartoon Bomb,” Adam Turl as Abigail Orion, Locust Review #4 (Winter 2021), 2

“Bagwood,” Tish Turl, Locust Review #4 (Winter 2021), 5

“Paranoid Androids,” (RPG Sketch) Tish Turl, Locust Review #4 (Winter 2021), 19

“Sound,” (chapters 7, 8, 9) Tish Turl, Locust Review #4 (Winter 2021), 12-14

“The Healing Properties of Post-Industrial Debris,” (part 2) Adam Turl, Locust Review #3 (Summer 2020), 11-13

“Sound,” (chapters 4, 5, 6) Tish Turl, Locust Review #3 (Summer 2020), 4-7

“The Great Call-Out,” Adam Turl, Locust Review #2 (Spring 2020), 16-17

“The Healing Properties of Post-Industrial Debris,” (part 1) Adam Turl, Locust Review #3 (Spring 2020), 11

“Sound,” (chapters 1, 2, 3) Tish Turl, Locust Review #2 (Spring 2020), 4-6

“Toilet Key Anthology,” (part 2) Tish Turl, Locust Review #2 (Spring 2020), 7

“Memez,” Tish Turl, Locust Review #1 (Fall 2019), 11

“Space Goths,” Tish Turl, Locust Review #1 (Fall 2019), 5

“Toilet Key Anthology,” (part 1) Tish Turl, Locust Review #1 (Fall 2019), 8

“Flog Hill: Four Poems” - “The Laundromat Stuck in Time,” “Spider Memorial,” 648 Spiders,” and “Flog Hill,” Tish Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (May 1, 2019)

“Sewerbot,” Tish Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (May 1, 2019)

Articles + Essays

"Being with the Prophets,” Adam Turl, Imagojournal.com (November 11, 2022)

“Against Purgatory,” Adam Turl, Tempestmag.org (February 23, 2022)

“Under Covers: Harriet Porber + The Tingleverse,” Tish Turl review of Chuck Tingle, Imago #1 (Fall, 2021), 14-15

“Aelita vs. Elon Musk,” Adam Turl, Imagojournal.com (September 2, 2021)

“Their Weird and Ours: Critical Irrealism vs. Fascist Occultism,” Adam Turl, Imago #1 (August, 2021)

“The Urgency of Anti-Fascism,” Adam Turl, Tempestmag.org (October 1, 2020)

“Socialist Irrealism vs. Capitalism Realism,” written with the Locust Arts & Letters Collective, RedWedgeMagazine.com (February 2020)

“Against Hopepunk,” Adam Turl, Locust Review online (January 13, 2020)

“A Worker Reads Graphic Novels,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (January 2, 2020)

“Erasing Arnautoff,” RedWedgeMagazine.com (July 10, 2019)

“We Are All Outsider Artists Now,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (May 2019)

“The Work of Art in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” Adam Turl, Red Wedge (print, Fall 2018, RedWedgeMagazine.com - May 2019)

“Outsider Art is a Lie,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (February 2019)

“Gentrification + The Weak Avant-Garde,” Adam Turl, Evicted Art Blog (January 2019)

“No More Art Districts,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (December 2018)

“Who Will Be Pirate Jenny?” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (June 2018)

“Aesthetic Leveling: Riot + Poetry,” Adam Turl, Red Wedge Magazine (Nov 2017)

“Anti-Fascist Protest Targets MoMA,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (February 2017)

“Forty Years After the Dematerialization of the Art Object,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (January 2016)

“Evicted Art: Eight Points,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (August 2016)

“The Art of Primitive Communism,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (May 2016)

“The Democratic Image,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (April 2016)

“Against the Weak Avant-Garde,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (April 2016)

“The Ghost Ship is Our Triangle Fire, Adam Turl, co-written with Alexander Billet, RedWedgeMagazine.com (December 2016)

“Beyond Zero Tolerance and Forever Now: A New Genealogy for Anti-Capitalist Art,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (May 2015)

“November: On Making Contemporary Anti-Capitalist Art,” Adam Turl, Anna Maria Tucker, Craig E. Ross, Ian Matchett, Kelly Gallagher, Danica Radoshevich, RedWedgeMagazine.com (April 2015)

“The Art Space as Epic Theater,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (April 2015)

“Weak Socialism + Contemporary Art,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (December 2015)

“Constructivism: The Avant-Garde + The Russian Revolution, Adam Turl, Red Wedge Magazine (October 2015)

“An Opera for Beggars,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (August 2015)

“Interrupting Disbelief: Narrative Conceptualism and Anti-Capitalist Studio Art,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (February 2015)

“12 Concerns for Contemporary Anti-Capitalist Studio Art,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (February 2015)

“In Defense of Artistic Autonomy,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (September 2014)

“A Thousand Lost Worlds: Notes on Gothic Marxism,” Adam Turl, RedWedgeMagazine.com (Summer 2014)

“Ways of (Not) Seeing,” Adam Turl, SocialistWorker.org (June 2013)

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