IMANE CHAABA

Artistic activism is an artistic way that requires creativity, political view and emotional view to be delivered. Art and activism have different roles. Activism targets power but art is just a reflection of feelings and emotions. Being an artistic activist requires observation, analysis, and creativity as well. Nowadays artistic activism is more effective when it is expressed as an image or video or even a performance that includes music. People tend to be more engaged with the arts that they receive easily through social media. Artistic activism has existed for decades and by the year people confirmed that creating artistic things makes activism even more effective.

I really loved this quote”Artistic activism is activism that doesn’t look like activism and art that doesn’t look like art”. I think it is absolutely true because art is not art until it touches politics. Behind every artistic piece, there is a meaning and a message. Activism will always have different shapes since people also differ. Each artist has his/her own way of seeing things, I learned from Karen Chernick that activism was not only for males but also for women. I was very inspired by Carol Schneemann’s piece. It is so incredible to finally see that taking advantage of women by being the only ones who must take pictures of them and paint them while them sitting naked for hours. Her performance is an example of how women can do both. Carolee was known for her works about the body, gender, and sexuality. In this performance, she exposed her naked body to the audience and started talking about her vagina. Her message was very clear as she wants to break barriers that were set in the past for women.