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href="/wiki/File:ABOVE_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ABOVE_2.jpg/220px-ABOVE_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ABOVE_2.jpg/330px-ABOVE_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/ABOVE_2.jpg/440px-ABOVE_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="626" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption><i>Giving to the Poor</i>, a stencil by American street artist <a href="/wiki/Above_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Above (artist)">Above</a> addressing the issue of homelessness. Lisbon, Portugal, 2008.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Artivism</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Portmanteau" class="mw-redirect" title="Portmanteau">portmanteau word</a> combining "art" and "activism", and is sometimes also referred to as "<b>social artivism</b>". </p><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artivism&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:You_Cut_Art,_You_Cut_Culture.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/You_Cut_Art%2C_You_Cut_Culture.jpg/220px-You_Cut_Art%2C_You_Cut_Culture.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="330" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/You_Cut_Art%2C_You_Cut_Culture.jpg/330px-You_Cut_Art%2C_You_Cut_Culture.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/You_Cut_Art%2C_You_Cut_Culture.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption><i>You Cut Art, You Cut Culture</i> by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Artica_Concepts&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artica Concepts (page does not exist)">Artica Concepts</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Banksy.bomb.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Banksy.bomb.jpg/220px-Banksy.bomb.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Banksy.bomb.jpg/330px-Banksy.bomb.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Banksy.bomb.jpg/440px-Banksy.bomb.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="794" /></a><figcaption><i>Bomb-hugger</i> by <a href="/wiki/Banksy" title="Banksy">Banksy</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:-GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/-GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG/220px--GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/-GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG/330px--GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/-GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG/440px--GREECE_NEXT_ECONOMIC_MODEL-.JPG 2x" data-file-width="769" data-file-height="678" /></a><figcaption><i>Greece Next Economic Model</i> by <a href="/wiki/Bleepsgr" title="Bleepsgr">Bleepsgr</a> in <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, Greece</figcaption></figure> <p>The term artivism in <a href="/wiki/US_English" class="mw-redirect" title="US English">US English</a> has its roots in a 1997 gathering of <a href="/wiki/Chicano" title="Chicano">Chicano</a> artists from <a href="/wiki/East_Los_Angeles,_California" title="East Los Angeles, California">East Los Angeles</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Army_of_the_South" title="Liberation Army of the South">Zapatistas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chiapas" title="Chiapas">Chiapas</a>, Mexico. The words "Artivist" and "Artivism" were then popularized through a variety of events, actions and artworks via artists and musicians such as <a href="/wiki/Quetzal_(band)" title="Quetzal (band)">Quetzal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ozomatli" title="Ozomatli">Ozomatli</a>, and Mujeres de Maiz, among other East Los Angeles artists, and at spaces such as <a href="/wiki/Self_Help_Graphics_%26_Art" title="Self Help Graphics & Art">Self Help Graphics & Art</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Artivism further developed as <a href="/wiki/Antiwar" class="mw-redirect" title="Antiwar">antiwar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Anti-globalization" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-globalization">anti-globalization</a> protests emerged and proliferated. In many cases artivists attempt to push political agendas by the means of art, but a focus on raising awareness of social, <a href="/wiki/Environmentalism" title="Environmentalism">environmental</a>, and technological problems is also common.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Besides using traditional mediums like film and music to raise awareness or push for change, an artivist can also be involved in <a href="/wiki/Culture_jamming" title="Culture jamming">culture jamming</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subvertising" title="Subvertising">subvertising</a>, <a href="/wiki/Street_art" title="Street art">street art</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spoken_word" title="Spoken word">spoken word</a>, <a href="/wiki/Protesting" class="mw-redirect" title="Protesting">protesting</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Activism" title="Activism">activism</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-A_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-D_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since 2013, Cromoactivismo, a Brazilian group of women artists, works with collectives, groups and schools in direct actions using color for social change.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Artivist <a href="/wiki/Eve_Ensler" title="Eve Ensler">Eve Ensler</a> stated: </p> <blockquote><p><i>... This passion has all the ingredients of activism, but is charged with the wild creations of art. Artivism—where edges are pushed, imagination is freed, and a new language emerges altogether." Bruce Lyons has written: "... artivism ... promotes the essential understanding that ... [humans] ... can, through courageous creative expression, experience the unifying power of love when courage harnesses itself to the task of art + social responsibility.</i><sup id="cite_ref-A_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-A-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-C_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-D_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>By 2005, the term had made its way into academic writing when Slovenian theatre scholar Aldo Milohnic used the term to discuss "autonomous ('alter-globalist', social) movements in Slovenia that attracted wide attention. In carrying out their political activity they made use of protests and direct actions, thereby introducing the 'aesthetic', willingly or not".<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, <a href="/wiki/Chela_Sandoval" title="Chela Sandoval">Chela Sandoval</a> and Guisela Latorre published a piece on Chicano/a artivism and <a href="/wiki/M._K._Asante" title="M. K. Asante">M. K. Asante</a> using the term in reference to Black artists.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There is a chapter on artivism in the book <i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_Bigger_Than_Hip_Hop" title="It's Bigger Than Hip Hop">It's Bigger Than Hip Hop</a></i> by M. K. Asante. Asante writes of the artivist: </p> <blockquote><p><i>The artivist (artist + activist) uses their artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression—by any medium necessary. The artivist merges commitment to freedom and justice with the pen, the lens, the brush, the voice, the body, and the imagination. The artivist knows that to make an observation is to have an obligation.</i></p></blockquote> <p>The impact of artivism vs. conventional activism was tested in a public scientific experiment in <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, Denmark, in 2018. The results, reported in the journal of <i>Social Movement Studies</i>, suggest that artivism may be more effective than conventional activism.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Inaugural Global Artivism Conference took place in Tshwane, South Africa, from September 5-8, 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artivists">Artivists</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artivism&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Artivists"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notable artivists and self-identified artist-activists include: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 15em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Above_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Above (artist)">Above</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ai_Weiwei" title="Ai Weiwei">Ai Weiwei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aja_Monet" title="Aja Monet">Aja Monet</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfredo_Meschi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alfredo Meschi (page does not exist)">Alfredo Meschi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aloe_Blacc" title="Aloe Blacc">Aloe Blacc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Sprinkle" title="Annie Sprinkle">Annie Sprinkle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anomie_Belle" title="Anomie Belle">Anomie Belle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banksy" title="Banksy">Banksy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bleepsgr" title="Bleepsgr">Bleepsgr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordalo_II" title="Bordalo II">Bordalo II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Arzola" title="Daniel Arzola">Daniel Arzola</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Wojnarowicz" title="David Wojnarowicz">David Wojnarowicz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_De_Robertis" title="Deborah De Robertis">Deborah De Robertis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deeyah_Khan" title="Deeyah Khan">Deeyah Khan</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_%22C-Note%22_Hooker&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Donald "C-Note" Hooker (page does not exist)">Donald "C-Note" Hooker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Zacharevic" title="Ernest Zacharevic">Ernest Zacharevic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Favianna_Rodriguez" title="Favianna Rodriguez">Favianna Rodriguez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fredericka_Foster" title="Fredericka Foster">Fredericka Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gianluca_Costantini" title="Gianluca Costantini">Gianluca Costantini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guillermo_G%C3%B3mez-Pe%C3%B1a" title="Guillermo Gómez-Peña">Guillermo Gómez-Peña</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JoFF_Rae" title="JoFF Rae">JoFF Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/JR_(artist)" title="JR (artist)">JR</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanmarie_Simpson" title="Jeanmarie Simpson">Jeanmarie Simpson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Baca" title="Judy Baca">Judy Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_Salgado" title="Julio Salgado">Julio Salgado</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kwame_Akoto-Bamfo" title="Kwame Akoto-Bamfo">Kwame Akoto-Bamfo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Cafeteras" title="Las Cafeteras">Las Cafeteras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lila_Downs" title="Lila Downs">Lila Downs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_Children_of_Babylon" class="mw-redirect" title="Lost Children of Babylon">Lost Children of Babylon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynnette_Haozous" title="Lynnette Haozous">Lynnette Haozous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martha_Gonzalez_(musician)" title="Martha Gonzalez (musician)">Martha Gonzalez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marina_DeBris" title="Marina DeBris">Marina DeBris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Aveling" title="Martin Aveling">Martin Aveling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maya_Jupiter" title="Maya Jupiter">Maya Jupiter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Platnic" title="Michel Platnic">Michel Platnic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo_Moir%C3%A9" title="Milo Moiré">Milo Moiré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norm_Magnusson" title="Norm Magnusson">Norm Magnusson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavel_183" title="Pavel 183">Pavel 183</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Joseph" title="Peter Joseph">Peter Joseph</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quetzal_(band)" title="Quetzal (band)">Quetzal (band)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qween_Jean" title="Qween Jean">Qween Jean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reverend_Billy_and_the_Church_of_Stop_Shopping" title="Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping">Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sabo_(street_artist)" title="Sabo (street artist)">Sabo_(street_artist)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saul_Williams" title="Saul Williams">Saul Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Self_Help_Graphics_%26_Art" title="Self Help Graphics & Art">Self Help Graphics & Art</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tania_Bruguera" title="Tania Bruguera">Tania Bruguera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tinkebell" title="Tinkebell">Tinkebell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valie_Export" title="Valie Export">Valie Export</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walela_Nehanda" title="Walela Nehanda">Walela Nehanda</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parimah_Avani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Parimah Avani (page does not exist)">Parimah Avani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weapons_of_Mass_Creation" title="Weapons of Mass Creation">Weapons of Mass Creation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Will_St_Leger" title="Will St Leger">Will St Leger</a></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collectives_and_organizations">Collectives and organizations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artivism&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Collectives and organizations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artivists often work in interdisciplinary collectives that are stand-alone' or operate as a creative part of the greater activist groups, such as <a href="/wiki/Gran_Fury" title="Gran Fury">Gran Fury</a> of <a href="/wiki/ACT_UP" title="ACT UP">AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP)</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Other groups include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Artivist_Film_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Artivist Film Festival">Artivist Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crass" title="Crass">Crass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Da!_collective" title="Da! collective">Da! collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Fearless_Collective" title="The Fearless Collective">The Fearless Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gran_Fury" title="Gran Fury">Gran Fury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_Girls" title="Guerrilla Girls">Guerrilla Girls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Riky_Rick_Foundation_for_the_Promotion_of_Artivism&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riky Rick Foundation for the Promotion of Artivism (page does not exist)">Riky Rick Foundation for the Promotion of Artivism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sol_Collective" title="Sol Collective">Sol Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Yes_Men" title="The Yes Men">The Yes Men</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artivism&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_arts_and_politics" title="The arts and politics">The arts and politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graffiti" title="Graffiti">Graffiti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hacktivism" title="Hacktivism">Hacktivism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invisible_theater" title="Invisible theater">Invisible theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Satire" title="Satire">Satire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Social_center" class="mw-redirect" title="Social center">Social center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Extinction_Rebellion_actions" title="Timeline of Extinction Rebellion actions">Timeline of Extinction Rebellion actions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whirl-Mart" title="Whirl-Mart">Whirl-Mart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Immersionists" title="Brooklyn Immersionists">Brooklyn Immersionists</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artivism&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-A-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-A_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-A_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/12/02/opinion/magazine-global-agenda-big-question.html">Politics, Power and Passion</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, December 2, 2011. 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