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Tactical Media Art: How Artists Hack the System to Challenge Power

Tactical Media Art: How Artists Hack the System to Challenge Power

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Beatriz da Costa: A Pioneer in Tactical Media Art

Beatriz da Costa: A Pioneer in Tactical Media Art

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SHARE and JOIN US 4/27/2021 6:30 Est. Join us April 27th at 6:30pm EST when Artists Against Fascism hosts it’s second broadcast event! The AAF Broadcast Series presents panel discussions with leading artists, activists, scholars, and community builders on a variety of subjects under the larger topic of how art practice and creative intent can be utilized in anti-fascist resistance. We’re pleased to welcome artist panelists Derek Curry, Jennifer Gradecki and Steve Kurtz of Critical Art Ensemble (CAE), who are pushing boundaries and triggering authority by uncovering the inner workings of systems of disinformation, surveillance, bio-tech, and ecological damage. To act against these forces, they promote and encourage information activism, media literacy, public engagement, public interventions, mock situations, and mockstitutions. Free, but registration required: artistsagainstfascism.com #tacticalmedia #triggeringauthority #artistsagainstfascism #aaf #activism #artivism #socialjustice #climatejustice #saynotocapitalism #antifascistsofinstagram #artistsofinstagram #contemporaryart #publicengagement #communityart #communityengagement #protest #sociallyengagedart #intervention #vcfa #derekcurry #jennifergradecki #infodemic #goingviral #stevekurtz #cae #criticalartensemble https://www.instagram.com/p/CNsj0t8jKJM/?igshid=1iiotlalecel0

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Can “Artivism” be the Future of Activism?

Tactical media is a set of practices used by activists to spread counter-information to make a political statement. David Garcia and Geert Lovink, in the tactical media manifesto, define it as “do it yourself” media, meaning that content is created with simple technology and tools of communications, rather than made by professionals. Tactical media is creative, even if its authors are not artists in a “traditional sense.” Tactical media is also rebellious. According to the Critical Art Ensamble, it is made “for achieving a variety of specific noncommercial goals and pushing all kinds of political issues” (5) by subverting cultural symbols (culture jamming). Because it expresses a non-violent refusal to obey certain laws, it may be regarded as an act of civil disobedience.

Some of the activists from the yellow vests movement, a movement started in France in 2018, perform civil disobedience through tactical media to fight the carbon taxes imposed by the French president Macron. They are, for instance, the amateur artists who contribute to the website “Dessins pour la paix - Cartooning for peace.” This website, as the title hints, publishes digital art to spread peace and make a change. From the title, it is clear that art is viewed as a powerful tool to make a statement and express discontent in a non-violent way. Because art is used to criticize the French government in a peaceful way, cartoons published in this website, such as the one criticizing president Macron (picture 1) may be regarded as an act of civil disobedience.

Picture 1.

Artists contributing to the website “Dessins pour la paix - Cartooning for peace” are also using culture jamming to make a statement. Culture jamming subverts known cultural symbols to create counter-information. For instance, picture 2 is a modified version of one of the most famous French paintings in the world, Eugène Delacroix’s La Liberté guidant le peuple (Liberty Leading the People). Yellow vests “artivists” (people who do activism through art) decided to use such famous work and add their iconic symbol, the yellow vest, to claim that their fight is similar to the French Revolution’s fight for liberty, fraternity and equality. By referencing such a famous work, the creator of this tactical media allows art to speak for itself. 

Picture 2.

The cartoons published in the website “Dessins pour la paix - Cartooning for peace” confirm that art and imagination should not be underestimated because they can effectively be used to encourage political change. Tactical media, like picture 1 and picture 2, can make a statement without the use of violence or professional artists. Moreover, thanks to culture jamming, such content can speak louder than words because it resonates with people’s cultural backgrounds. For all these reasons, tactical media can be a peaceful and influential mean of expressing political ideals and through engaging in civil disobedience. Could artivism be the future of activism? 

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