Projects tagged "Activates (people)"

Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
White Paper Revolution in Nanjing University of Communication
Practitioner:
Students from Nanjing University of Communication
Date:
Nov 26 2022
Direct Cause: The event that on November 24, several people died in a fire in a residential building in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, due to delayed disaster relief due to the COVID-19 lockdown policy in China, and the indifference of the government towards the incident and the block of message. Primary Cause: The three-year-long lockdown policy and the government’s excessive control over speech and thought led to social discontent.
Youth Activist Art Archive
Practitioner:
University of Utah
Date:
Jan 8 2022
The Youth Activist Art Archive (YAAA) is a dedicated platform that highlights and celebrates the creative efforts of young individuals (26 years old and younger) actively participating in diverse social movements and causes. YAAA acknowledges the vital role and innovative vision of young activists who employ their artistic talents to envision and advocate for a brighter future.
Orca whale light/drone performance in Russia
Practitioner:
Greenpeace
Date:
Feb 17 2023
A performance in support of a bill banning the catch of cetaceans for cultural and educational purposes in Russia. The bill was supposed to pass readings in the lower house of parliament but unfortunately it was postponed; this activity is meant to help generate support for it to pass. The action was timed to coincide with the World Whale and Dolphin Day (Feb 19).
“Is it Real? Yes It Is!”
Practitioner:
Juanita McNeely
Date:
Sep 11 2022
In recent years, a fashion for painting the human figure has preoccupied the art world, with an emphasis on race, gender and other urgent social issues. Yet another pressing topic in America has been curiously absent from art: abortion, which became all the more timely when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
When We Fight We Win, A Book for Future Activists
Practitioner:
AgitArte, Greg Jobin-Leeds
Date:
Jan 1 2016
Greg Jobin-Leeds, a long-time social activist, collaborated with AgitArte, a collective of artists and organizers, to capture the stories of today’s social movements and the activists behind their success with the release of When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social Movements and the Activists That Are Transforming Our World.
Sweden to tighten gun control laws after deadly shooting
Practitioner:
Oliver Moody
Date:
Feb 7 2025
The government will introduce more rigorous vetting procedures for firearms licences and restrict access to semi-automatic weapons. Sweden plans to toughen controls on gun ownership after its deadliest mass shooting in at least a century.
Truisms
Practitioner:
Jenny Holzer
Date:
Jul 5 1978
Holzer's Truisms have become part of the public domain, displayed in storefronts, on outdoor walls and billboards, and in digital displays in museums, galleries, and other public places, such as Times Square in New York. Multitudes of people have seen them, read them, laughed at them, and been provoked by them. That is precisely the artist's goal.
Nikeplatz
Practitioner:
Coachella Valley
Date:
Sep 1 2003
In September 2003 the news went out nationwide: Karlsplatz, one of Vienna's main squares, is soon to be renamed Nikeplatz. Apart from the new name, it appears that a huge monument in the shape of Nike's famous "Swoosh" logo will be built in Nikeplatz. Needless to say, it is all fake.
"What were you wearing?" Survivor Art Installation
Practitioner:
Jen Brockman and Mary Wyandt-HIebert
Date:
Jan 1 2018
It is an art installation that tells the story of 18 victims of sexual assault and what were they wearing at that time. "What were you wearing?"
Mass Protests to Online Activism: How Coronavirus is Changing the Ways Activists Fight
Practitioner:
Youth Activists, Fridays for Future strikers, Climate Strike Online
Date:
Mar 13 2020
Fridays for Future strikers around the world shared their demands for bold climate action online Friday as many youth activists heeded public health experts' recommendations in the face of the coronavirus pandemic by eschewing public protests in favor of digital demonstrations. The online displays followed the call earlier this week from school strike for climate pioneer Greta Thunberg to #ClimateStrikeOnline.
Keith Haring’s Barcelona mural: A vibrant call to action
Practitioner:
Keith Haring
Date:
Feb 1 1989
A vibrant red mural in the heart of Barcelona serves as both an artistic expression and social activism. Officially known as the Todos Juntos Podemos Parar el SIDA (Together We Can Stop AIDS), the public art was created by the renowned American artist and AIDS activist Keith Haring in 1989. More than just a work of art, this mural represents a powerful call to action against the AIDS epidemic that was ravaging communities worldwide at the time.
Ella Daish's Giant Tampon
Practitioner:
Ella Daish
Date:
Sep 30 2020
Environmental activist Ella Daish has created a giant tampon applicator as part of a protest against single-use plastic. The piece is made out of period plastic found polluting beaches, waterways, and local ecosystems in the UK. Daish sourced 1,200 applicators from 15 different locations across the United Kingdom. Of the plastic applicators collected for the project, 87.5 percent came from one brand, Tampax.
La Fiera en Sevilla
Practitioner:
Isaías Griñolo
Date:
Jan 1 2016
During the economic crisis of 2008, bankers in Spain took advantage of the economically disadvantaged, and the artwork La Fiera en Sevilla, or the Wild Animal in Sevilla in English, brings attention to this money-centric act from the bankers. La Fiera refers to the bankers at the time that used predatory methods in their actions to forcibly evict poor people from their houses.

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