Art that inspires conversations on key social issues

Summary: The project addresses a lack of public awareness on social issues, like Climate Change, by using small artworks to provoke discussion. Unique strategies include ‘elevation markers’ in yards, illustrating sea level rise effects, and Mangrove Installations in shops to highlight deforestation impacts, fostering community engagement and education.

Create an NGO that creates small artworks to inspire discussions on key social matters, including Climate Change.

For instance, one concept is that of creating “elevation markers” to be put in people’s yards (in coastal areas). This foregrounds how real the effect of sea level rise may be (in many cases, suprisingly) and creates personal and financial incentives for the public to actively advocate for policy reforms. Moreover, when a neighbour sees such a sign, their curiosity is piqued and they want to know what that number means (spreading awareness).

Another concept is that of Mangrove Installations, wherein shop owners have small mangrove plants hanging by the counter. When people ask why that’s there, they learn that the region they’re currently in was made by deforesting an entire mangrove forest.

Social Activists can suggest local issues that need more awareness, and then artists can come up with ideas about how to create that awareness.

Source of Idea:

Inspired by Zavier Cortada’s TED Talk explaining how this was done in Miami and had great impact. https://cortada.com/2018/underwaterHOA/about https://www.ted.com/talks/xavier_cortada_a_creative_approach_to_community_climate_action

Skills Needed to Execute This Idea:

Artistic ExpressionCommunity EngagementProject ManagementSocial Media StrategyPublic SpeakingEnvironmental AwarenessCollaborationFundraisingDesign ThinkingGraphic DesignEvent PlanningAdvocacy SkillsResearch Skills

Categories:Content CreationArtRaising Awareness

Hours To Execute (basic)

200 hours to execute minimal version ()

Hours to Execute (full)

400 hours to execute full idea ()

Estd No of Collaborators

10-50 Collaborators ()

Financial Potential

$1M–10M Potential ()

Impact Breadth

Affects 1K-100K people ()

Impact Depth

Moderate Impact ()

Impact Positivity

Probably Helpful ()

Impact Duration

Impacts Lasts 3-10 Years ()

Uniqueness

Somewhat Unique ()

Implementability

Moderately Difficult to Implement ()

Plausibility

Reasonably Sound ()

Replicability

Easy to Replicate ()

Market Timing

Good Timing ()

Project Type

Other

Project idea submitted by u/rosesinhavana.