Projects with Clear Long-Term Goals

These projects have long-term goals for change. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
Hot Exhibition
Practitioner:
Alper Dostal
Date:
Sep 27 2017

HOT ART EXHIBITION — is a series of visualizations following the question: What would happen if there would be no air conditioner during an extremely hot summer? This might be the result.

American Indian artist Brian Larney uses a mix of art, activism to chronicle Indigenous history
Practitioner:
Brian Larney
Date:
Dec 26 2022

Brian Larney is an AI.tivist or American Indian artist. He is also an Artivist where he performs Artivism, a concept that includes art as a form of activism.

Pantomime for Climate CHange
Practitioner:
The Red Rebels
Date:
Apr 4 2023

Replete with an unmistakable look, intense silence, and mime-like moves, the Red Rebels are, quite intentionally, riveting. In the words of artist and activist Doug Francisco, founder of the Red Rebels Brigade: "We divert, distract, delight, and inspire the people who watch us."

Visual Sovereignty: Unpacking Nicholas Galanin’s 'Never Forget' Installation
Practitioner:
Nicholas Galanin
Date:
Mar 12 2021

For Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist and musician, memory and land are inevitably entwined. The 45-foot letters of Never Forget reference the Hollywood sign, which initially spelled out HOLLYWOODLAND and was erected to promote a whites-only development.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Snake
Practitioner:
Natalie Ball
Date:
Jan 1 2018

Natalie Ball’s work challenges dominant stories of Native American identities, taking to task the historical and visual legacies that misrepresent what it means to be “Indian.” She dives deeply into Indigenous histories and forms of knowledge, the use of language, and a wide range of materials—including animal hides, clothing, and synthetic hair—to create a new narrative around Indigenous experiences and identities.

Repellent Fence: Art, Activism, and the U.S.-Mexico Border
Practitioner:
Postcommodity
Date:
Jan 1 2015

The Repellent Fence is a social collaborative project among individuals, communities, institutional organizations, publics, and sovereigns that culminate with the establishment of a large-scale temporary monument located near Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora. This 2 mile long ephemeral land-art installation is comprised of 26 tethered balloons, that are each 10 feet in diameter, and float 100 feet above the desert landscape.

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