In-Class Assignment: Speed Research Art Activism

Five groups/Flash Research Assignment

You have 25 minutes. Read or view the resources provided and find one additional textual published source taken from the library database. Read the additional source. On the appropriate OpenLab page, post the answer to this prompt: What is the most effective and creative means this group uses to communicate a message?

Present your findings for the class in three minutes. All must contribute (hint: divide and conquer) 

1. Dread Scott: On the Impossibility of Freedom in a Country Founded on Genocide and Slavery
https://www.dreadscott.net/works/impossibility-of-freedom/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTeBLj1M3Xg (start at 4:32)

 

2. L.A.P.D. Los Angeles Poverty Department
https://www.lapovertydept.org/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/qbevwq/tales-from-the-los-angeles-poverty-department-a-gentrification-story

 

3. Extinction Rebellion:
https://extinctionrebellion.us/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2019/apr/23/extinction-rebellion-a-week-of-protest-in-three-minutes-video

 

4. Guerilla Girls:
https://www.pbs.org/video/the-art-of-complaining-the-guerrilla-girls-ysgoj2/

Guerrilla Girls: Not Ready to Make Nice

 

5. Reverend Billy:
http://www.revbilly.com/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/nov/27/reverend-billy-church-of-stop-shopping-black-friday