In the spring of 1996, Vital 5 Productions decided to stage a dada performance on the steps of the Federal Building in downtown Seattle. Reaching for the most absurd and obtuse idea we could, Artists For a Work Free America (AFWFA), was informally born and breed as a one day only mock activism. A logo was created, an arsonal of posters and slogans materialized- tee shirts, propaganda, art supplies, megaphones, and clip board petitions all bore the mark of a real movement. But, like I said, it was a dada performance and not meant to be taken seriously. So how AFWFA has managed to survive over 2,585 days instead of the proposed one afternoon is anyones guess. We continue to print hundreds of tee-shirts, distribute starter kits, tag walls and buildings with new posters outlining the propaganda of AFWFA, write stories, sponsor art grants and mail information all over the country. Maybe it was the "Mondays could be fun days" poster, or the "Alarm clocks kill dreams" illustration, but something in that body of absurdity, something in the hoax was real. AFWFA is a mock organization with a nugget of truth so mysterious and compelling that we are not going to stop until we get to the bottom of it, and dada or not- there is nothing absurd in a hunt for the truth.