Chapter 3
"When we protest we are also demonstrating to the world who we are, what we believe in, and how we’d like the world to be"
Defining who we are through our actions can be life changing for some and it can be ground breaking for others- can cause others to get in tune with what they believe in- inspire people
"We never start at zero, and it’s a mistake to think we create something from nothing. We are always drawing from repostories of words, images, and meanings that already exist. This is what makes changing society so hard: we are working within the very culture we are trying to change."
There has to be something that causes someone to decide they want to make a change or see a change in the world- we need the experience and they unfortunately are essential so that there can be change
Chapter 4
"We’re taught to believe that artists create things that are new, unique, and absolutely their own. This is not true. Even sitting by themself, isolated in their garret, the individual artist is never alone: they are surrounded by culture."
I think to some degree everyone is inspired by something, whether that be nature, a video, a movie, a song, an experience. There is always something that influences people in their creative processes and nothing is ever completely their own idea and is based even slightly on the life around them.
" Like all culture, alt culture reflects the needs and desires of those who participate in it. Alt cultures, however, do this in a much more immediate way. Unlike pop culture, where our needs and desires are reflected in cultural products created and sold to us by someone else, alt culture is created by us. There are no focus groups or panels of critics to mediate the process, just direct cultural expression. Alt culture is transparent about what makes its creators and its adherents or followers tick."
I think going against the mainstream media is unique to every individual and I think when you have a group of people who can relate to the art in the alt-cultural art world, it makes things much more fun and experimental and allows a community for people who may not feel like they belong with the mainstream crowd.
Artwork from the Textbook
“consciousness raising circles”
Artists: Women/Feminists
Description: Intimate get togethers where women would discuss and define their personal experiences of being women sharing their stories about oppression and injustice at home, in the workplace, and on the street, as well as lessons in political education.
Message: Blurring boundaries between what is understood as public and private- challenging notions as what was defined as political, making the case "personal is political" meaning equity in the home was just as important as well as interconnected with equity in the voting booth.
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Feminist Consciousness-Raising – National Women's Liberation
Performance Artwork
Shaun Leonardo: The Eulogy (2016, 2017)
Description: Leonardo went to the High Line in NY and performed a Eulogy inspired by the novel "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison and memorialized men of color that had died at the hands of police brutality between the last 3-5 years following the style of a New Orleans second line funeral procession. The music was interwoven into his speech "punctuating words that serve as a memorial, a rejection, a challenge, and a call to action all at once."
Message: A commentary on police brutality especially within the black community and the young men who die because of the brutality. "It is about bearing witness to something that is incredibly awful and powerful"
https://shaunleonardo.com/body-of-work/the-eulogy/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6iqRUXZZYo
Instruction Piece
Find someone
Look in their eyes
Listen to their breathing pattern
Smile
Art Intervention
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