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Christian Perdix, Installation View, Centrum Berlin, 2019

Protest can be subtle, noisy, compassionate, pugnacious, humorous; these works and projects show a range of approaches to this varied genre of communication.

Using stories, the Bite Back Movement offers fresh and compelling perspectives on contemporary issues to question what we take as given. 

In reaction to the censorship and oppression of journalists in Turkey, Asli Cavusoglu compiled and distributed an alternative newspaper. To alleviate anxiety in our turbulent political climate, it contains predictions on the future gathered from fifty soothsayers.

Because of Them We Can is a campaign to celebrate Black History Month. It aims to empower young black people and challenge racist ‘alternative facts’.

Emma Waltraud Howe’s cast iron pot, which is part of Shades of Today: Picking up the Pieces Post-Truth, resonates with the sound of protest and resistance. Literally.

How do we distinguish between ‘fact’ and ‘fiction’? These TED speakers offer some thoughts.

This week’s posts reveal some interesting perspectives on ‘post-truth’ as a concept. These artists, thinkers and writers look at the complexities of processing and communicating information.