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The art of social change
Explorations of the direct and indirect intersection of art and social change.
We used to build cathedrals - The destruction of art
"We used to build cathedrals" I hate that phrase. Often espoused in art reaction videos or threads by people who think art began and...
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And the band played on... Art as distraction from disaster.
Depending on your definition we'll be rather fast and loose with the term "Art" in this piece. At times it may be more accurate to say...
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Watch your tone - Arts intent V its impact.
No one can truly know how that nebulous group we call “the audience” will respond to an artwork. And many would say that you shouldn’t...
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Heliostat Arrays - The importance of what your art reflects.
A ‘Heliostat’ array is an array of mirrors that, whilst rotating to track the sun, all focus their reflections on to a shared single...
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Pride came after the fall - LGBTQ existence evidenced through art & destruction; from rubble, to riot, to reclamation.
Art will forever be tied to social challenge and change. It simultaneously captures the current collective mind of a society, and works...
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Turning Point - Redirecting Propaganda.
Never underestimate the amount of resources those clinging to profit and power will direct in to the manipulation of a message. Afterall...
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From Science-Fiction to Social-Fact : Arts role in instilling empathy.
From star wars to star trek, politics and social issues have permeated sci-fi since its inception. It has not only inspired us to think...
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A closed door, an open window - Arts role in education.
Across my 7 years of working in schools as a specialised teaching assistant I saw one type of lesson drive more engagement than any...
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Stepped on, Step up, and a step too far - The challenge in the art.
Broadly speaking I don't look for controversy for controversy's sake. Shock value for shock alone is a jump-scare in a horror movie, it...
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Truth to Power - All art is political.
You have a deluge of "jobs" as an artist. Marketing, accounting, event planning, logistics, and more before you even get in to the work...
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Safety’s Off, take the shot - Art in 2025
This surmises the prevailing sentiment I notice from artists at the moment. But why now? I remember being told in design school, there...
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Reclaim - A movement in a message.
It is 1977, over a hundred women walk the streets of Leeds, their voices raised; “Women unite, reclaim the night” The cry of a movement,...
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Yielding's’ Art - Refracting propaganda.
We find ourselves caught in a battle of ideas, memes, art, and media; in essence modern propaganda. In this, to not attack, is not the...
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Paint the mob - The Art of protest.
The art of protest is not one of noise, nor untethered disruption. It is a crucible and a refraction. It redirects energy, it ignites and...
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Don't blame the tools - Killing feudal Lords with their own pitchforks.
We find ourselves caught in one of powers great traps. Unable to challenge systems without partaking in them, using the resources we...
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