The Grim Reapers Favorite

Practitioner:

Date:

Jan 14 2013

Location:

Olympia Washington

The Grim Reapers stood outside the capital building of the State of Washington as the new Governor Jay Inslee was being inaugurated. We were part of a climate change rally that lasted several hours and included many other groups protesting coal trains and fracking for oil and gas. The same groups also participated in the Seattle action on February 17,2013 when they had a bullet train for people instead of a coal train.
Backbone Campaign made the polar bear "Snowflake"
Rod Tharp, creator of the inflatable (burning) Globe,(below)
Procession for the Future made the train that Snowflake is nuzzling.

External sources:

http://backbonecampaign.org/

Posted by Susan Platt on Mar 6 2013

Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Activates (people)Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work

Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign. Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.

Does nothing (at all)Doesn't really have an impact, beyond possibly expressing the artist-activist's dissatisfaction with the world.

Shifts (culture)Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.

Strengthens (community)Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.