De toekomst in actie (The future in action)

We Sell Reality
OPENBARE WERKEN
  • Wed 14.05
    14:00 - 17:00
    Bar Edward - Speldenstraat 1, Gent
    HUB
    Past event

Protest signs for children's issues

We Sell Reality will work with children to create protest signs about the issues that matter to them. These can be protest signs where the children express their opposition to the conflict in their home country that they have fled, or perhaps against problems they encounter in their current environment. From ‘Stop the genocide’ to “Don’t litter on the street.” 

Based on the pro­test signs, We Sell Rea­li­ty will design a num­ber of post­cards that will then be sold door-to-door by child­ren affi­li­a­ted with the youth move­ment. The pro­ceeds from the sales will go to a cha­ri­ty cho­sen by the child­ren themselves. 

We invi­te all child­ren and their parents to the fes­ti­val HUB on Wed­nes­day 14 May from 14.00 to make new pro­test signs and cele­bra­te their enga­ge­ment. The pro­test signs will form an instal­la­ti­on on the squa­re and the final post­cards will be for sale. The pro­ceeds from this will also go to the cho­sen charity.

The project ‘The Future in Action’ is part of a series of artistic and activist workshops and gatherings aimed at making the children's voices a part of the public conversation about where we are collectively heading in this world. Children learn to critically reflect on the political mess that adults create and to propose ideas for a better future and visualize them.