Blixel: (Re)stock Image Collection Favorite 

Practitioner: 

Date: 

Apr 21 2021

Location: 

orlando florida

The purpose of this project was the permeate stock images with more depictions of Black people. Stock images are usually easily found and utilized, showcasing people doing everyday activities or scenes. To boost representation of Black people in this particular image field, were left out, so the artist chose to recreate popular stock images with Black models to showcase representation and shed light on the lack of diversity in these photos.

External sources: 

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/arts-and-theater/os-prem-et-oma-bl…
Posted by nahlahabdur on Apr 22 2021

Staff rating: 

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Effectiveness

How does this project help?

Amplifies (issue or campaign)Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign.  Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
Shifts (culture)Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.

Timeframe For change

This project seems to be part of a campaign with a clear long-term goal. Long-term goals tend to be things like: end racism; end homophobia; make the sun stand still in the sky. A campaign with a long-term goal also needs to have some kind of theory of change.
Increase the representation of Black people in media and advertising, humanizing them by showcasing them more frequently in everyday activities through generic stock photos.

Notes

I think it draws attention to the need for this to occur, maybe not doing anything directly impactful but making a statement nonetheless.