The silence of protest can sometimes be just as powerful as speaking out. The current political climate has sparked protests across North America and around the world, and artists are weighing in. But as history seems to be repeating itself, one artist is thinking hard about how to address the Trump administration, while another is urging artists to speak at all costs.
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- Gita Hashemi took over the Carleton University Art Gallery for ten days in February to paint the story of her friend and bring protest violence against women in Iran and around the world. Photo by Emma Tranter.
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- Hashemi is a Toronto-based transdisiplinary artist. Informing her art is the desire to have the voices of marginalized people, particularly Middle Eastern women, heard in society. Photo by David Deen.
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- Adornato believes his art is a form of protest that takes place over multiple days. Image taken from film Art in Protest.
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- Dressed in a suit and gas mask, Marc Adornato rode his motorcycle across ottawa for fifty days last summer. The goal of the performance art was to bring awareness to inequality, climate change and state surveillance. Photo courtesy of Marc Adornato.
Warning: Viewers are advised the first artist shown (Gita Hashemi) is painting a story containing sexualy explicit content and accounts of sexual violence in Farsi.
Credits
Produced, filmed and edited by Emma Tranter, Kristine Lee and David Deen.
Music by chopping the piano by Ryan Little is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (aka Music Sharing) 3.0 International License.
You, yourself and the main character by Komiku is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
Battle Rappers instrumental by Yshwa is licensed under a Attribution-ShareAlike License.
Based on a work at Yshwa.com.
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