Art and Activism

The exhibition ‘Global aCtIVISm’ is dedicated to the field of new, 21st century forms of artistic expression.

‘Global aCtIVISm’ is politically inspired and seeks to draw attention to abuses in the political sphere by means of actions, demonstrations and performances, and demands changes to existing conditions. On the basis of objects, photographic, cinematographic, video-graphic and mass media documents, the exhibition shows just how different the roles of art can be in the various regions of the world.

The exhibition highlights the various ways art is used as a form of agency. Art and action entered into a new fusion ever since the expansion of art in the mid-1960s. As artistic mediums have developed so have the ways they have been used for creative protest. Instead of oil paintings, flyers, placards and graffiti are produced, while YouTube videos replace art film productions.

The exhibition shows global activism or ‘artivism’ as the first new art form of the 21st century by means of photographs, films, video, blogs, social media and other mass media documents.

‘Global aCtIVISm’ is on display until Monday 3 March 2014 at ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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