Art Black Out April 15th
The idea is that on April 15th - World Art Day - artists only post black images to draw awareness to something people take as given: a steady stream of visual content on their dashes.
We are drawing attention to the ongoing issue of artists being disrespected and their art being stolen or reposted. Let’s make people aware of what the Internet would look like if artists stopped making art because they get discouraged or too scared to post for fear of having their work stolen.
For one day, let’s flood dashes everywhere with gaping black spaces where art is supposed to be.
HOW TO JOIN:
On April 15th post completely black images everywhere, on whichever platform it pleases you, and tag them with #artblackout.
Inform yourself on the issue of art theft, reposting and giving credit and spread the word!
That’s it, well done, and thanks for helping artists to stay motivated to create the awesome content they are giving the world every day.
An additional suggestion: reblog them with “I want this on a shirt/mug/etc” so all the art theft bots start selling merch with the stolen ‘art’
Please do.
Also now available:
https://www.instagram.com/artblackout_april15/
https://twitter.com/artblackout
For your convenience.
LET’S DO THIS THING!!
All art is art, whether you use colors or words or notes or pixels to create it. All art deserves to be appreciated.
If you’re a content creator yourself, art, fic, meta, photography, noodle installations, butter sculptures, whatever, amateur or professional,
if you’d like to support your friends who are, or
if you’d just like to support the project in general:
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN AND SUPPORT!
Art theft is a big issue at the best of times, but in the current situation giving credit where it’s due is even more important.
On any platform, post a black image on April 15th and tag it with #artblackout.
If you wish to watermark your art on April 15th, feel free to use this!
@missaceriee
Here are a few templates for IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS you could use:
“Image description: a black rectangle, a metaphorical forecast of what the Internet would look like if artists stopped sharing content because they get discouraged or too scared to post for fear of having their work stolen, their art reposted, and their credit taken away.“
“Image description: insanely cute fanart the artist didn’t post after having their other work stolen.”
“Image description: utterly amazing photo that was never posted because the photographer stopped posting their work when their photos kept being reposted.”
Feel free to make up your own captions as well of course - it would be absolutely fantastic to see more along the lines of our templates <3