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.
Trayvon Martin's Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian Exhibit
Practitioner:
The Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture
Date:
Mar 1 2023

A new exhibition titled “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” will debut at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to examine Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more.

Five Times Climate Change and The Environment Inspired Fashion Design
Practitioner:
Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen, Christopher Raeburn, Balenciaga, Stella McCartney
Date:
Sep 7 2022

The upcoming year of fashion shows look set to be charged with climate change and environmental themes.

This year, more than ever before, we have seen that the business of fashion, at the highest levels, is responding to the push to take the very pressing issue of climate change and environmental damage seriously.

Why Is Iran’s Regime So Afraid of This Song?
Practitioner:
Shervin Hajipour
Date:
Sep 27 2022

“Baraye,” the anthem of Iran’s “Woman, Life, Liberty” protest movement—a song woven together entirely from a Twitter hashtag trend in which Iranians express their investment in the current protests—continues to unite Iranians in their opposition to the Islamic Republic several weeks after it was first released online.

Climate Activists Throw Soup on Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to Protest Fossil Fuels
Practitioner:
Just Stop Oil, Phoebe Plummer, Anna Holland
Date:
Oct 14 2022

On Friday, in room 43 of London's National Gallery, two young women opened cans of tomato soup and threw their contents onto Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting Sunflowers. The soup-throwers donned shirts displaying the logo of Just Stop Oil, an activist group that has been staging nonviolent demonstrations across the United Kingdom to protest the production of fossil fuels.

Turning powerful stats into art
Practitioner:
Chris Jordan
Date:
Jan 1 2008

Artist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics -- like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day.

https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_turning_powerful_stats_into_art?r...

Sarah Lucas: Self Portrait of Fried Eggs
Practitioner:
Young British Artists (YBA)
Date:
Dec 1 1996

Since her breakout show, Penis Nailed to a Board, held at south London’s City Racing gallery in 1992, British artist Sarah Lucas has never shied from making a statement. Working with sculpture, photography and installation, the Goldsmiths graduate and prominent YBA member has honed her provocative and playful oeuvre to question culturally prescribed notions of femininity and sex.

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