124 - Rick Maderis
NOVEMBER ON STOLEN LAND
Portland, Oregon
October 5, 2024
Single Channel Video
TRT: ##:##
Rick Maderis
https://www.instagram.com/maderis
In America, democracy represents the Alpha—the fundamental promise that every voice counts, that every vote carries weight.
As time stretches before us, rich with possibility and hope, each vote becomes a spark. Small, yet powerful enough to ignite change. With it comes heat, pressure and the growing weight of the issues that define our time.
Hope has become tangled and intertwined with familiar phrases like “thoughts and prayers.” These words, so often invoked in moments of crisis, now feel embedded in our everyday reality. Yet, even in this landscape, new dreams rise with persistence calling for more than sentiments.
Each generation faces rising stakes—equality, justice, freedom—and with each election, these issues press harder with each generation urging us toward action.
Voting has always been the first step in shaping the future of our nation. When we vote, we exercise control over the direction we will take. When we abstain, we leave that control in the hands of others. The Omega—the outcome—is where we will ultimately find ourselves after all these choices are made.
“Vote or Suck” occupies the space between Alpha and Omega—between action and inaction, between raising your voice and letting it be silenced. It is the realm where our future is determined, whether we choose to engage or stand by.
The future is not a distant abstraction; it is shaped by what we do—or fail to do—when it’s our turn to choose and make choice.
If you understand the weight of America’s history—the intensity, the tension, and the potential that has always existed—then you recognize what is at stake for our future.
America’s history—the heat, the possibilities waiting to be born—the power of a vote. The future you want won’t just happen on its own—the power of a vote.
VOTE
NOVEMBER ON STOLEN LAND
Portland, Oregon
October 5, 2024
Single Channel Video
TRT: ##:##
Rick Maderis
https://www.instagram.com/maderis
In America, democracy represents the Alpha—the fundamental promise that every voice counts, that every vote carries weight.
As time stretches before us, rich with possibility and hope, each vote becomes a spark. Small, yet powerful enough to ignite change. With it comes heat, pressure and the growing weight of the issues that define our time.
Hope has become tangled and intertwined with familiar phrases like “thoughts and prayers.” These words, so often invoked in moments of crisis, now feel embedded in our everyday reality. Yet, even in this landscape, new dreams rise with persistence calling for more than sentiments.
Each generation faces rising stakes—equality, justice, freedom—and with each election, these issues press harder with each generation urging us toward action.
Voting has always been the first step in shaping the future of our nation. When we vote, we exercise control over the direction we will take. When we abstain, we leave that control in the hands of others. The Omega—the outcome—is where we will ultimately find ourselves after all these choices are made.
“Vote or Suck” occupies the space between Alpha and Omega—between action and inaction, between raising your voice and letting it be silenced. It is the realm where our future is determined, whether we choose to engage or stand by.
The future is not a distant abstraction; it is shaped by what we do—or fail to do—when it’s our turn to choose and make choice.
If you understand the weight of America’s history—the intensity, the tension, and the potential that has always existed—then you recognize what is at stake for our future.
America’s history—the heat, the possibilities waiting to be born—the power of a vote. The future you want won’t just happen on its own—the power of a vote.
VOTE
NOVEMBER ON STOLEN LAND
Portland, Oregon
October 5, 2024
Single Channel Video
TRT: ##:##
Rick Maderis
https://www.instagram.com/maderis
In America, democracy represents the Alpha—the fundamental promise that every voice counts, that every vote carries weight.
As time stretches before us, rich with possibility and hope, each vote becomes a spark. Small, yet powerful enough to ignite change. With it comes heat, pressure and the growing weight of the issues that define our time.
Hope has become tangled and intertwined with familiar phrases like “thoughts and prayers.” These words, so often invoked in moments of crisis, now feel embedded in our everyday reality. Yet, even in this landscape, new dreams rise with persistence calling for more than sentiments.
Each generation faces rising stakes—equality, justice, freedom—and with each election, these issues press harder with each generation urging us toward action.
Voting has always been the first step in shaping the future of our nation. When we vote, we exercise control over the direction we will take. When we abstain, we leave that control in the hands of others. The Omega—the outcome—is where we will ultimately find ourselves after all these choices are made.
“Vote or Suck” occupies the space between Alpha and Omega—between action and inaction, between raising your voice and letting it be silenced. It is the realm where our future is determined, whether we choose to engage or stand by.
The future is not a distant abstraction; it is shaped by what we do—or fail to do—when it’s our turn to choose and make choice.
If you understand the weight of America’s history—the intensity, the tension, and the potential that has always existed—then you recognize what is at stake for our future.
America’s history—the heat, the possibilities waiting to be born—the power of a vote. The future you want won’t just happen on its own—the power of a vote.
VOTE