Projects with Clear Long-Term Goals

These projects have long-term goals for change. 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.
Blixel: (Re)stock Image Collection
Practitioner:
Kenya Robinson
Date:
Apr 21 2021

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.

Song 33
Practitioner:
Noname
Date:
Jun 18 2020

After J.Cole posted a song that implies that Noname can get her message across to a wider audience if she changes her tone, she releases another song in response. However, instead of explicitly responding to his critique, she uses the controversy to shed light on the death of Black female activist Oluwatoyin Salau, who was killed by her assaulter.

3/Fifths' Supremacyland
Practitioner:
James Scruggs
Date:
May 5 2017

​"Four theatrical spaces and the full inventory of of 3LD Art & Technology Center were enlisted in the transformation of the space into SupremacyLand, a dystopian theme park where white supremacy and racist carnage was raised and twisted into totally immersive, experiences.

The Earth is Bleeding
Practitioner:
Shu Yong
Date:
Nov 4 1998

Shu Yong is an artist who has been passionate about environmental protection in recent years. "The Earth Is Bleeding" was created in 1998. The creation was carried out in a studio of more than ten square meters.

TIME
Practitioner:
Garrett Bradley
Date:
Oct 16 2020

" Rich is a fighter. The entrepreneur, abolitionist and mother of six boys has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a 60-year sentence for a robbery they both committed in the early 90s in a moment of desperation.

They're Going To Kill Me
Practitioner:
Jammie Holmes
Date:
May 30 2020

The Black, Dallas-based artist Jammie Holmes put George Floyd’s final words in a place where everyone could see them: the sky. Five days after Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, May 30th, Holmes’s piece took flight across Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. Airplanes carrying banners flew between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. EDT.

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