The Anarchist Action Figure a completely hand-made doll. Packard did everything from the sculpting and painting of the head, hands, and accessories to the sewing of the clothing. The box was illustrated, written, and laid out by Packard and printed at Electric Works in San Francisco. The doll was then taken to various big-box stores around the San Francisco Bay Area and brought to the register to purchase. The results were recorded in an attempt to show the ease of commodification of radical ideology. This concept came out of an exercise in trying to think of anything that could not be commodified. This, as well as other store experiments, came out of a project at Wal-mart from 1998-2000, where Packard made a product line that commented on negative aspects of Walmart's business practice, such as the Mussolini Action Figure and the Kathie Lee Gifford XS kiddy Tee. Multiples of these products were left in Walmart stores around western New York. A purchase of the Mussolini Action Figure was caught on video. For more on the Walmart Project....link here.

The doll, a full video with multiple store drops, and other new work by Packard will be on view at Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco from January 19th-March 1st, 2008.