The Art of Resistance

Reclaiming Home: Visualizing Resistance in Sudan Protests

During the Sudan uprising many Sudanese in diaspora found different ways to contribute to the revolution. In Fadlabi’s case he made more than 100 posters about different events to be used in Sudan by his friends. He will talk about that experience and the part that art plays an important role not only in telling the story of revolutions, but sometime even in shaping the goals of the revolution

Carnival: Celebration, Protest and Strategies of Art Activism

In 2019, the collaborative art project “Carnival – an Intercultural Celebration and Protest” was performed in Oslo as a carnival parade and an exhibition at the Intercultural Museum. Inspired by the traditional carnival, the aim was to engage artists, schools, local communities and activist groups to gather in the carnival to celebrate and protest in creative ways. Together we were to explore how the upside-down perspective of the carnival culture could activate new spaces of political engagement and participation, and how artistic expressions and strategies could be used to ridicule and resist systems of power. As one of the initiators, Camilla Dahl will talk about the various forms of projects that participated, ranging from socially engaged and participatory art to activist protests addressing specific issues.

An update from Lebanon

Rana Issa has been participating in Lebanon protests since the onset of the Lebanese October revolution. She will introduce us to the protesters creative strategies with the major milestones in the revolution drawing on non-violent resistance and inspiration from Sudan and Iraq protests.

Reclaim the Streets: Ad-Busting as a Tool for Civic Agency and Empowerment

Subvertising Norway is a non-profit network of artists and activists raising awareness about who has the power to communicate messages and create meaning in public space through acts of creative subversion and art-based activism. Guided by the basic principle that the visual realm in public space belongs to everyone – not only the companies and organisations that can afford to rent our attention – Subvertising Norway provides the tools and know-how for citizens to actively participate in shaping our shared public spaces