ART ACTION UNION - CREATIVE ACTIVISM
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Nov 24, 2009
Art Action Union
106 posts
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Topic: Group News / Renewable Energy Awareness Group to Join our Family Hi Roz… yes, I’ve been keeping up with the ‘scandal’ as far as the media picks and chooses it… yes … I would like to see all 3000 emails in entirety… and read every word sitting with a scientist who understands science… my point is… why not be conservative with our resources regardless of whether one believes it’s ‘man made or not’, the fact is polar ice sheets are melting and that’s environmental impact that will bring other social issues with immigration that we aren’t coping with either… but to ask for conservative environmental policies with regard to conservative exploitation of earth’s resources I will take a lot more convincing than these few journals… I think having solar panels is the best feeling in the world, who doesn’t want to farm their OWN energy without trying it first – and not only that we get money for it! Wind farms are prettier too than big coal plants… I have heaps of reasons to want big holes in the ground from not being put there … and I don’t buy the economic argument either… Whether I believe in ‘man-made’ global warming or not is not really the issue (although for the record I do, it just makes common sense to me, with our increasing population one would have to be a damn good psychic to know how long we can sustain), but it’s also issues for me of conservation … how many massive holes in the ground can we dig without pissing people off and displacing whole communities… how many big ocean oil rigs will leak massive amounts of oily pollutants into our already struggling oceans… no… for me this is way more than global warming and ‘what is man-made or not’ ... the point for me is that it is black… it is dirty… it is unsustainable for the future… just my opinionn of course :-) |
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Nov 24, 2009
Roz Rayner-Rix
13 posts
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Topic: Group News / Renewable Energy Awareness Group to Join our Family I think perhaps you may be a little out of date with regard to so called global warming. Please read THIS It was on the BBC news yesterday too. Lord Monckton wants these people prosecuted. Personally I think it is the biggest scam in the history of mankind, apart from religion… Sorry I am an atheist. |
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Nov 23, 2009
Art Action Union
106 posts
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Topic: Group News / Renewable Energy Awareness Group to Join our Family THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE AN AWESOME GALLERY AND CREATE A BUZZ ABOUT NEW PROCESSES… ESPECIALLY WITH COPENHAGEN DRAWING NEARER… SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THE LOVELY LOVE NEWS ABOUT OUR NEW HIPPY LOVE IN GALLERY MAN! CHECK IT OUT! Hello Consciencious Energy Consumers… First I wish to say that I would like to thank the original owner of this group for creating it in the first place. It seems she has left the bubble, we wish Lorie well :-) - and so… The Renewable Energy Awareness Group has EVOLVED again YAY!!! Let me introduce to you our new colleagues, our new expectations and our new structure… Colleagues (aka HOSTS, I just think that sounds like we’re full of parasites, which of course we are – ahem)* Welcome to the stage for their first time as Hosts: Erland Howden
Thanks Erland! AND… Frank Sillitano (sorry Frank, I will spell your name right now) He is a graphic designer (freelancer/collaborator) from Adelaide, South Australia. He loves the arts, especially typography & design, film, architecture and theater. His greatest concerns are: 1) Increasing global emphasis on profits at the expense of humanity. 2) Global warming and the impact this will have on the lives of my children. Using the skills he has acquired (or been given) to improve the future is what drives him. Design for him is not about winning awards or being accepted, it is about creating something new, effective and interesting, regardless of the genre.
Ta Frank. and then there is little ‘ole me … kathleen who is also artactionunion.org (aau for short) Apart from all the personal work I have on my individual profile … I was the conceptor and administrator (although lately I have promoted myself to Creative Director) of the Art Action Union which began as one gallery here and now we got about 1500 people or more in a de-centralised network of many sites craving for awareness raising art… they are craving I say! If one looks hard enough one does not take long to find more about me… :-) so I won’t rave… but – we have just had solar panels installed so although not AS pure as OUR hippy ERLAND, we are trying to live our mandate… The Art Action Union links five likeminded groups together… Just a link listing to our family of groups… Anticonsumerism Together and with the power of a ‘union’ of artists who at some point become concerned and empowered enough about the need to face ideas of change to make art and spread it… we feel that the importance of Renewable Energies is deserved of it’s very own gallery group here at RB… The art action union is an common ground and branding thread, and essentially a fake characterised organisation (you have to understand, the internet is my stage and I stand at the front and make a lot of bizarre impromptu acts (like street theatre) to get attention, we get interesting response ha!) From time to time… you will have your work moderated by the Art Action Union account. All AAU fave’s are shared on our facebook and twitter networks which will then allow me to share them in a gozillion OTHER places… To find out more about the broader activities of the AAU see us at our own community site or facebook we also have a group and soon to be released fan page… There will be a review of the current group guidelines and some extra things added… such as the AAU Mission Statement and Rules for submissions etc. so that this gallery will operate and fit nicely into the larger framework. We assure you, any work added to this group will be greatly honoured – not only for it’s beauty and pagentry as art itself, but for it’s intent and vision. MAY WE LIVE THE CHANGE WE WISH TO SEE IN THE WORLD peace… |
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Nov 10, 2009
Art Action Union
106 posts
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Topic: Group News / REGARDING FAVOURITES BY THE ART ACTION UNION ACCOUNT IN THESE AWESOME GROUPS All AAU fave’s are shared on our facebook and twitter networks which will then allow me to share them in a gozillion OTHER places… But only if your work is uber, and thought provoking! Keep up the good work! |
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Oct 28, 2009
DragonFlyer
1155 posts
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Topic: Group News / Art Action Union Stuff October 2009 thanks Kath (I think?) – I saw it :) |
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Oct 28, 2009
Art Action Union
106 posts
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Topic: Group News / Art Action Union Stuff October 2009 Here is some news encompassing our networks activities all over the place |
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Oct 15, 2009
artbyjehf
25 posts
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Topic: Group News / CHALLENGE VOTING IS HAPPENING IN THESE LOCATIONS... Wow, great images in all 3! |
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Oct 15, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / CHALLENGE VOTING IS HAPPENING IN THESE LOCATIONS... Hello to the conscientious and well endowed with what I consider good morals… Bless your precious souls !!! This is just a shout out to say that the latest challenge running … BEWARE OF ACTIVIST ART: THE DEMORALISATION OF ETHICAL ART ON THE INTERNET is accepting your vote as of today for a week! In the interest of awareness and indeed etymological experimentation, this identical challenge was run in 3 groups at once. For those who don’t cross-pollinate with the other ‘issues’ groups and may have been unaware, you may wish to see that there were different entries in each challenge… so you can vote up to 3 times! LEFT WING VALUES AND POSITIVE GLOBAL AWARENESS |
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Oct 9, 2009
Art Action Union
106 posts
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Topic: Group News / For those who miss our hostess at large Gregory has started a petition here…. I got a feeling though… a nice feeling of resolve! |
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Oct 2, 2009
Gregory John O...
152 posts
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Topic: Group News / Helen Bascom a victim of discrimination??? Start an account and complain about every post Peter Styles makes !!!!!!!! |
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Oct 2, 2009
mklau
27 posts
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Topic: Group News / Helen Bascom a victim of discrimination??? A grave injustice has been done and should be rectified |
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Oct 1, 2009
[l1|\|70|\| 7\...
5 posts
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Topic: Group News / Helen Bascom a victim of discrimination??? yes. Bring Helen back. This is pathetic. |
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Oct 1, 2009
Gregory John O...
152 posts
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Topic: Group News / Helen Bascom a victim of discrimination??? Bring Helen Back !!!! |
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Oct 1, 2009
Josh Bowe
13 posts
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Topic: Group News / Helen Bascom a victim of discrimination??? Will do Kath, totally concur with the above |
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Sep 30, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / Helen Bascom a victim of discrimination??? If you vote yes… let your voice be heard… I love her… she is intelligent was my trusted right hand woman with hosting 4 of our shared political art groups… She called someone out on a charge of bigotry… I am sure there is a forum about it somewhere on this infernal spew…. Helen is a good woman, and a long term member here… give her the publicity she deserves… Tell RB that discrimination based on Left Politics is NOT tolerated! Kath |
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Sep 3, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / We've got free promo AND Another sporadic activist art blog thing! Hey… ta for the broken link alert! It is now fixed… If you do manage to click it again… don’t worry I catered for you as there are pictures… When you say you’re not a reader, does that mean you don’t read? Or just taking an opportunity to point it out now? And when you say you are not a librarian… what does that have to do with me? tataaaa :-) It wouldn’t look so bad here but I refuse these days to reformat in Ruby code … takes too freakin’ long… click the link and it’s swish… |
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Sep 2, 2009
Rakuda
17 posts
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Topic: Group News / We've got free promo AND Another sporadic activist art blog thing! i clicked on the link and it says the page was not found… also i didnt read the rest of this message cause im not a reader or a librarian. |
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Sep 2, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / We've got free promo AND Another sporadic activist art blog thing! Publicity Stunts and Activist Art This is VERY EXCITING NEWS!!! Some may remember this post from a few months ago about the Art Action Union getting a front page feature on their photo of the week spot? WELLLLL…. Our lovely friends at Changents have honoured us with a permanent rotation on the front page of this incredibly motivated and awesome site dedicated to the people who want to act on their worries about our future and society. Visit the link and refresh a few times (and perhaps a few more times) and hopefully you will see my avatar and our Art Action Union profile pop up. Eleanor (Changents Community Support) tells me that this may even lead to promo on their other sites such as Facebook etc. Fingers crossed that we receive more support in this way, because it all comes back to the Artists and their thoughts. Given we have gotten this free publicity, it seem only right that we do in turn… Visit www.artactionunioncommunity.ning.com and you will see a new widget addition to our community front page. Changents and their partners Timberland have launched an extraordinary challenge. No matter who wins WE WIN cause we’re in the right place now to enjoy the Changents traffic!!! Join Changents and find heaps of wonderful initiatives from the active ones amongst us! We’ve been around over a year now so… Yessss… It’s a retrospective edition! It all began as a single humble gallery at redbubble, the URL “action-without-violence” was originally chosen by Ash Laws to reflect the passive aggressive way in which the group began to present itself. Gathering momentum in the old days of a still small creative community, I found that political and activist artists were often virtually harassed on a semi-regular basis for pointing out confronting issues about topics ranging from American politics and war to Anti-Whaling. For some people, art just simply is the celebration of beauty and nothing more, to raise issues about religion and community and war would trigger a massive outpouring of hate, the exact thing that active artists were trying to raise awareness against. This being said, artists are often know to act creatively impulsive and some contankerous attitudes were expressed on both sides of the fence, but especially beneath it. Mud wrestling and slinging insults was not a way forward in my honest opinion, and I kind of became a little obsessed with creating and alternative outlet. I figured there were heaps of angry people around right! No money and no clue how to get any, after baby three I set about networking… in all those annoying yet free ways. Some people got into it and still do and there seem to be more now than there were then, so it goes on! Onward and upward and outward. It’s a little action, and it’s made up of little actions, but the words that people use when they are impressed shows the magnitude of the creation. Thanks~ The Art Action Union Is… The Art Action Union is a collective based on the desire to promote and encourage activist artists to continue to create and pursue the Arts for social change and positive awareness. Aim Objectives Assessment of Audience Benefits for Audience Benefits for Artists Basic Initial Promotions Structure This document is now available as a pdf from our MISSION STATEMENT page. Water War and Irrigation Without Borders – Bangladeshi Theatre pouring out their concern I just wanted to shout back out to you all this article that I published a couple of weeks ago about a theatre group in Bangladesh who are writing productions to raise awareness and provoke discussion and action, to educate the world about their plight! Spread this blog post far and wide, send it to anyone you know that might be interested in reading the stories. I only wish I could be there to see the plays. Perhaps Sorkar will publish the scripts later, unless they are impromptu or something of course. Activist Art United Video Another AAU product to promote the amazing array of global talent we find in our hole. For those who haven’t become victim to our viral marketing virus… please get INFECTED!!! Thanks to the participating artists: This is one way I can promote you, we also have FACEBOOK gift applications to spread awareness, if you are on facebook you can visit our group page first, here and then go to the page for the Art For Awareness application and install it and then send it to all your friends, daily!!! Facespitting Synaptic Graffiti Collective Paper Magazine Are Zionists Nazi’s? Healthy Environment Leadership Mentoring Arts Program In this era there are actually quite a few initiatives around for artists who wish to grow their skills in an activist specific area. This is one such opportunity. Although you may have missed out on this one, I thought it a good idea to interview the organisation behind the initiatives about arts and activism. Environmental art project grants – $13,000 Can arts make a difference to the environment? If you are an emerging artist under the age of 26 that works with visual art as a means to promote the environment and sustainability, than you may be interested in trying for a slice of this rather generous pie. Queensland Conservation and the Australia Council are working towards creating a number of unique projects fusing the world of the arts and activism. What a novel idea! Utilising the artist as a catalyst for change, and change as a catalyst for the artist, the grant promises to give support and training in association with Feral Arts in Brisbane (www.feralarts.com.au). Such is the need for promoting sustainable environmental ideologies to diversified audiences, art is generally a medium that appeals (in some form or other) to just about everyone in every culture. $A15 000 (including $2000 for travel) in mentorships will be awarded to deserving young emerging artists to raise environmental challenges in their work. Artists will be involved and mentored by environmental activists to learn about issues ranging from climate change to biodiversity conservation. The end result to be a magnificent work or works that will bring together the environment, community and creativity. From the press release: Ryan Dillon, Queensland Conservation Executive Member says the HELM-Arts (Healthy Environment Leadership Mentoring) project is innovative because it helps develop a new generation of artistic leadership. “This project will expose, train and support young artists and shape them into effective leaders who can advocate for a sustainable world through their art,” Dillon says. “Queensland Conservation, the peak body for more than 60 environmental groups in Queensland, is well placed to build closer links with the art sector,” Dillon states, “and we are hoping to attract nominations from a broad range of artists, geographical locations and ethnic backgrounds.” “We created the term HELM-Arts as we feel it is up to young people to take the helm and lead the way with environmental change,” Dillon says. The Art Action Union had a discussion with Ryan Dillon about art challenging environmental education. We discussed how the mentorship grants will help these young emerging artists bloom. Ryan said in a manner of speaking, “the good thing is that it’s a partnership with the Queensland Conservation Council/Australia Council and Feral Arts, two of the best and most well networked environmental and arts organisations in this region. We hope the project will network people from all over the country to create outcomes in Queensland and cross-train arts activists with direct hands on experience to create an ‘eco arts space’ to be watched and anticipated.” I like the way Ryan used the term ‘eco arts space’ it creates a vision of a new and necessary arts culture. A microcosmic and specialised art form that has purpose and reward. We discussed what will happen with the work once it is finished? How will the work be used as an education tool for awareness beyond the initial grant timeframe? Mr. Dillon had a very strong idea that it was open for interpretation. “Given the diversity of artists that we are expecting to see apply for this opportunity, it really will be up to the discretion of the successful artist. All artists will have their merits measured against the same criteria but that doesn’t mean that we will have a set idea about what type of work it will be and how it will be finished. The artists must demonstrate professionalism but it is up to them to prove that they have the best plans in arts education for sustainable environment and the best way of presenting it for long-term educational and arts benefits. We are looking for art that is provocative and emotionally engaging, hopefully the viewer will see the art and want to get involved actively with climate change. The main motivation behind the HELM terminology is to provide a vision for young people to form their ideas around leadership in this area. They are at the HELM of the Titanic with the iceberg [ironic ‘cause really they are melting] looming in the near distance, the artist has to steer that ship with creative thinking to take a new course and not crash. To engage a new audience through new networks. It is up to the artists to decide what is provocative.” Thanks to Ryan for his time and patience with my dodgy technology. It is hoped that the HELM-Arts project will become an annual arts grant event. Further about the initiative is available online at is available online at: http://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/grants/grants/healthy_environment_leadership_mentoring_program2 There’s plenty to talk about all the time and more people are coming to us for help all the time and more artists all the time, are creating art! Keep it up! Until the next sporadic edition. |
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Sep 1, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / Activist Art United thanks to yáll for your endearing support… love flows!!! |
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Aug 20, 2009
C J Lewis
184 posts
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Topic: Group News / Activist Art United Hi Kathleen, fantastic work … the messages need to hit home … and will to some with this great work :) |
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Aug 19, 2009
Gregory John O...
152 posts
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Topic: Group News / Activist Art United Brilliant work from brilliant people !!!! |
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Aug 19, 2009
H M Bascom
1942 posts
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Topic: Group News / Activist Art United Kathleen, it is an awesome, inspiring video! Well done. |
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Aug 19, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / Activist Art United it is a video of the most humbling of minds collaborating together in a project collective, a web canvas, to bring to you a piece that hopefully will INSPIRE you to ASPIRE to INSPIRE! Thanks to the artists (please look for them at our community site), heaps of them are on RB too: made me cry! K |
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Jun 14, 2009
Gregory John O...
152 posts
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Topic: Group News / HELP SAVE THE GREEN BOB BROWN IN THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE Typical tactics of the Corporate world. Keep them in court until they have no money to continue the fight. The government use the same tactics. Equality under the law is a myth. |
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Jun 9, 2009
kathleen
727 posts
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Topic: Group News / HELP SAVE THE GREEN BOB BROWN IN THE AUSTRALIAN SENATE THANKS oh, I mean, thanks for that extra bit of info. Mr. James… I would still hate to see such a career be ended in a sordid and messy way… and he has a great and LONG CV which is profile and profile is what connect the average person to the news… my opinion of course ;-) |
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