I've Got Nothing To Say Favorite 

Practitioner: 

Date: 

Feb 23 2024

Location: 

Zhengzhou, Henan, China

Feb 23 2024, on the streets in Henan, China, a girl holds a big sign with the black text "I've got nothing to say" on a white background, walking around in city center and malls. She live-streamed her walk and her account was banned after a few hours.

Comments say that she's inspired by Endre Tot's performance piece "Hopes in the Nothing" (1993), in which Tot holds a sign that says "I'm looking for nobody" and walks around on the street.

External sources: 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C3yv1cfrdlT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Posted by sc55 on Mar 1 2024

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Does nothing (at all)Doesn't really have an impact, beyond possibly expressing the artist-activist's dissatisfaction with the world.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear short-term goal. Short-term goals tend to be things like: create or repeal a law; get a President impeached; make the city administration repair a sidewalk. A campaign with a short-term goal needs a clear theory of change, complete with targets that can be cajoled or pressured into effecting the goal.
short-term goal of holding a sign and walking on the streets; doesn't necessarily have an activism goal

Notes

the project became complete and effective with the official censorship and banning of the live-stream account, yet the effectiveness or how many audience reached is hard to measure because it was eventually banned.