Being an Artivist | How to Use Art to Call for Changes

Опубликовано: 15 Февраль 2026
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I am pretty new to Artivism. I decided to learn more about it by visiting artist-activist Oliver Ressler at his solo show ’Barricading the Ice Sheets’ at the Laboral Art and Industrial Creation in Gijon, Spain. It is said to be the largest exhibition on climate activism in Spain.

In this video, Oliver gives us a private tour of the exhibition, tells us the back story of each work, and discusses how art can be used to call for social changes. If you don’t have the patience, you can skip certain parts of the video using the TIMESTAMPS below.

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00:00 How it began
01:35 Going to Gijon
03:32 Getting to Laboral
04:31 Private Guided Tour
16:20 Artist Interview
19:35 Art as Solution
28:35 The World is Forest
30:06 Inauguration
30:46 Thoughts on Artivism

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Collaborating artist at 06:17 https://www.claudiaschioppa.com/

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