Ideas for how creative collaboration in the arts can enhance freedom of speech and tolerance around the world
1. Makeartchangesociety.com
Beneficiaries: Artists who have a vision but may not be able to articulate it
Users of the platform:
1. Artists who have a vision but may not be able to articulate it , because of lack of knowledge, networks, means and external pressure.
2. Anyone who wants to contribute to that vision
Mission: provide an opportunity to create a trans-national community helping artists grow their projects to increase their positive impact of society -> ‘Are you committed to using art to change society? Use the tools on our platform to support an idea'
Description: The platform offers 5 different kind of interactions to help the artists’ projects : provide money, encourage leadership, share networks, bring new skills and provide material.
Diplomacy participation : this platform enables the diplomats to choose among multiple options to support artists in a positive way -> art as a tool to achieve a common vision
2. ARTunBoxed.org
Beneficiaries: Artists selling out
Users of the platform:
1. Artists working under oppression can sell their arts in other countries
2. Buyers can find a wider diversity of art works
3. NGOs/Human rights can have a view on where artists are being censored
Mission: provide a digital platform to connect buyers with artists who choose to be anonymous
Description : the website is an online art house that showcases and sells from artists who are oppressed. Artists can choose the degree of anonymity they want. People can choose to follow these artists. Artists have the opportunity to share their story of oppression. They can choose to receive money through bitcoin or banks.
Followers of an art receive an alert when the artist is censored or under oppression.
Diplomacy participation : this platform enables the diplomats to choose among multiple options to support artists in a positive way -> art as a tool to achieve a common vision
3. Bandit.com
Beneficiaries: Banned Art and Censored Artists
Users of the Platform:
1. Censored and Self-Censored Artists
2. Global Art Fans
3. Governments & Policy Makers
Mission: To promote artistic freedom and tolerance by overcoming local censorship by allowing art to be spread and celebrated across the globe.
Description: Censored and self-censored artists are able to post banned content online. Users from around the world will be able to discover and exhibition the content depending on their local government's tolerance. The site would also feature an interactive world map that would display where the artists are from, allowing Policy Makers to see which parts of the world are more tolerant than others. User activism and celebrity endorsements for certain banned works of art can help to promote unfairly banned art and put pressure on governments to improve their tolerance credibility.
Diplomacy Participation: This would allow governments to put pressure on each other to be more tolerant and encourage a move to a global standard for artistic freedom.
Beneficiaries: Banned Art and Censored Artists
Users of the Platform:
1. Censored and Self-Censored Artists
2. Global Art Fans
3. Governments & Policy Makers
Mission: To promote artistic freedom and tolerance by overcoming local censorship by allowing art to be spread and celebrated across the globe.
Description: Censored and self-censored artists are able to post banned content online. Users from around the world will be able to discover and exhibition the content depending on their local government's tolerance. The site would also feature an interactive world map that would display where the artists are from, allowing Policy Makers to see which parts of the world are more tolerant than others. User activism and celebrity endorsements for certain banned works of art can help to promote unfairly banned art and put pressure on governments to improve their tolerance credibility.
Diplomacy Participation: This would allow governments to put pressure on each other to be more tolerant and encourage a move to a global standard for artistic freedom.
4. Artistscorner.org
Beneficiaries: Individuals with an unexpressed concerns to do with the art eco-system
Users:
1. Artists
2. Art Critics and Collectors
3. The Public, anyone interested in all forms of art
Mission: Creative collaboration in the arts to highlight real world problems & build a critical mass behind them.
Description: A mobile application that works as a “speakers corner” for artists. For one day artists are given the space on the Artist Corner to showcase their work, opinions and thoughts. For that day they have control of the domain name. The application allows for crowd sourcing of ideas from the public. An artist takes the podium by democratic vote and the public decides what they want to see next. Users can choose, view, endorse what is said on the Artists corner. The Artist in resident for the day will be able to curate the discussion leading towards a solution the the issue raised at the beginning of the day. These discussions will also be archived on the website.
Diplomatic Participation: The platform can enable law makers and policy makers to see what the public see as issues in the art and cultural sections of societies and can use the discussions to make effective diplomatic decisions based on the outcomes of the discussion.
Beneficiaries: Individuals with an unexpressed concerns to do with the art eco-system
Users:
1. Artists
2. Art Critics and Collectors
3. The Public, anyone interested in all forms of art
Mission: Creative collaboration in the arts to highlight real world problems & build a critical mass behind them.
Description: A mobile application that works as a “speakers corner” for artists. For one day artists are given the space on the Artist Corner to showcase their work, opinions and thoughts. For that day they have control of the domain name. The application allows for crowd sourcing of ideas from the public. An artist takes the podium by democratic vote and the public decides what they want to see next. Users can choose, view, endorse what is said on the Artists corner. The Artist in resident for the day will be able to curate the discussion leading towards a solution the the issue raised at the beginning of the day. These discussions will also be archived on the website.
Diplomatic Participation: The platform can enable law makers and policy makers to see what the public see as issues in the art and cultural sections of societies and can use the discussions to make effective diplomatic decisions based on the outcomes of the discussion.
5. Directors Cut App
Beneficiaries: Films with Banned Content
Users: Viewers watching a film with banned content
Mission: highlight that parts of the film have been censored and give viewers the choice to see them at their discretion
Description: For films that feature banned content, directors will put in a black screen with a QR code during the moments that are blocked. Users can use an app to access the locked content on their mobile devices along with a video explaination by the director explaining why that scene was important to the story and why it was banned.
Beneficiaries: Films with Banned Content
Users: Viewers watching a film with banned content
Mission: highlight that parts of the film have been censored and give viewers the choice to see them at their discretion
Description: For films that feature banned content, directors will put in a black screen with a QR code during the moments that are blocked. Users can use an app to access the locked content on their mobile devices along with a video explaination by the director explaining why that scene was important to the story and why it was banned.
6. Art in a Box
Description: Allows censored artists to sell work anonymously. They could be paid via Paypal or Bitcoin, and a bio explains their story -- if they are in danger and why, why they have been censored, whether they are seeking legal help. They could even include a Twitter hashtag to get their story heard. "It empowers artists who don't want to disclose their identity," said one of the creators
Description: Allows censored artists to sell work anonymously. They could be paid via Paypal or Bitcoin, and a bio explains their story -- if they are in danger and why, why they have been censored, whether they are seeking legal help. They could even include a Twitter hashtag to get their story heard. "It empowers artists who don't want to disclose their identity," said one of the creators
7. Git Creative
Beneficiaries: Artists, Art Enthusiasts and people new to Art
Users:
1. Artists
2. Students of Art
3. Generally people interested in Art
Mission: an open source platform for art in evolution
Description: A Git-Hub like platform where artists can upload their art piece in digital form. The piece will then be available for other artists to remix, mashup and iterate it into different directions. It will be an interactive platform that encourages artists from around the world pick up other peoples pieces and play with them. A history of the art feature would make it easy to follow the evolution of each piece- where it started and how it changed over time. This would promote art as a more accessible medium and encourage global collaboration across borders. Artists can specifically invite another artist to remix their work. Art schools can also participate and use it as a learning platform. The platform will also allow people from other countries to buy the original and remix work.
Diplomatic Participation: Git Creative could be used by diplomats in various countries to see some of the trends that are emerging in art and what topics a society is discussing.
Beneficiaries: Artists, Art Enthusiasts and people new to Art
Users:
1. Artists
2. Students of Art
3. Generally people interested in Art
Mission: an open source platform for art in evolution
Description: A Git-Hub like platform where artists can upload their art piece in digital form. The piece will then be available for other artists to remix, mashup and iterate it into different directions. It will be an interactive platform that encourages artists from around the world pick up other peoples pieces and play with them. A history of the art feature would make it easy to follow the evolution of each piece- where it started and how it changed over time. This would promote art as a more accessible medium and encourage global collaboration across borders. Artists can specifically invite another artist to remix their work. Art schools can also participate and use it as a learning platform. The platform will also allow people from other countries to buy the original and remix work.
Diplomatic Participation: Git Creative could be used by diplomats in various countries to see some of the trends that are emerging in art and what topics a society is discussing.