BushfireBrandalism – artists act when governments won’t
41 artists have taken to the streets with a guerrilla poster campaign that encourages people not to accept the government's 'business as usual' approach to climate change.
Yesterday (3 February) a new campaign using the hashtag #BushfireBrandalism began circulating across social media. An artistic response to this summer’s devastating bushfires, the campaign is also a call to action at a grassroots level.
Forty one artists have created guerilla-style posters inserted into bus and tram shelters, in a reaction against the ‘business as usual’ approach taken by the Federal Government when it comes to acting on climate change.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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