Guerilla Girls and the Art of Complaining


This is very wondrous, and it puts a new perspective on the contrast between "protesting" (in the way that a citizen-minded person) vs. "just complaining." 

Here, the Guerrilla Girls (anonymous women who disguise themselves by wearing gorilla masks and protest inequality in the art world and beyond) discuss how yes, they are "complaining", but that complaining isn't all that different from protesting. 

They then discuss how they try to grab the attention of their target audience by using humour, and how they hosted a day at an art gallery where viewers were invited to complain about things (by writing their complaints on colourful pieces of paper and sticking them to large billboards so that everyone could see what they were complaining about.  Complaints ranged from too many unethical coffee companies to inequality within the art gallery. 

See here for more videos: https://www.guerrillagirls.com/#open

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