photos by W.W. Ting

Free Fear from the USA (if you take it)

Vancouver, 2007

Part of Participatory Dissent, curated by Natalie Loveless for the Western Front

In October 2007, the Institute for Infinitely Small Things reverse-shoplifted over 40 copies of The New American Dictionary: Security/Fear Edition into bookstores and educational institutions in Vancouver, BC. The dictionary catalogs over 60 terms related to fear and security which have entered American English since 9/11, including new terms ("freedom fries", "islamofascist") and old terms which have been redefined ("torture"). The books are now available for free in the below locations or on amazon.com for $19.95.

Special thanks to: Lindsay Kelley, Natalie Loveless & W.W. Ting