At the International Animal Rights Conference in Luxembourg, with my art comrade and friend Philip, we gave a presentation titled 

'Art For Change'.  We discussed how protest art has always been a tool for social and political change, examining its use across the many intersecting issues of oppression.  We showed how to use art as a significant part of the fight to dismantle societal norms and harmful narratives around the use of our fellow animals, highlighting the importance of how artists for liberation can use their work to amplify the animals' own voices. 

'Ben' - a poem by Gretchen Primack

I created some simple animation for this video, taking inspiration from Gretchen's incredible poetry collection set in a maximum security men's prison.  I am deeply indebted to Gretchen for allowing me to illustrate two of her works in video form, the other being 'Love This', which you can view below. 

This and other videos featuring protest art from around the world can be found at Agitate Art on YouTube, here 

Gretchen's website with all of her wonderful work is here

'Love This' - a poem by Gretchen Primack

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