Over years people Just learn to make them part of society and just walk over them as if they are not there, straight up ignore the existences of a human being. As we are noticed in our everyday lives of people in society I feel as if homeless people do not get this same "privilege" as us "normal" citizens do. All they want to feel is cared for, some of us look at homeless people as if they are scary as if they are not humans like us. There has been many artist in which have made impact touching on topics including homelessness, one of the main is Krzysztof Wodickzo. Although known for many of his projects the one I would like to focus on is the Homless vehicle he made.
This vehicle was something to help homeless people survive on the streets. The wagon type silhouette served as many different things to these homless people, first off it extended into a bed for the people to sleep on at night, second off the bottom of the cart had a section for someone to store cans and other things they needed to build up.
Also the vehicle had a compartment which came out and give you a platform to wash ur head and hair in. Nevertheless the reason this was so impactful and so important is because this project did for homeless people something they never had before, people turning and looking at them, drawing them attention, making it so that they are seen as people just like everyone else. Wodickzo addressed this issue of homeless people being unseen by making something that is very easy to the eye. Another person who made something similar to help homeless people recently is a young woman, 15 years old, by the name Emily Duffy, a student at Desmond college in Limerick. She developed a fireproof and rainproof sleeping bag with Velcro straps just incase the person had to get out of the sleeping bag quickly. She recently showed this project off at the BT Young scientist and technology exhibition in Dublin.
One of the most known artist in this genre and notable is Michael Rakowitz. He created a project named the "parasite". This was a tent like structure built from inflatable plastic bags. This structure would attatch to the exterior outtake vents of buildings, these blew hot air into the structure which would then give people an insulated tent to sleep in. Although it broke some laws it still made its impact while people were using it.
Rakowitz gave people a harsh taste of reality of how hard it is for homeless people during the winter. The parasite was only distributed to 30 people ranging from Boston to New York City. All three of these artist are to me examples of activism in art, they make something to show people and reach different artist. Activism in art paints pictures for people and let's threm the audience think what they want about the project, paint their own picture, make their own meaning of it. On the other side activism is politics can lead to worse stuff. For example our recent presidential debate led to more segregation than maybe ever. Also not to mention all the riots and violent protest which followed the outcome of the election. Activism through art is a real way of a peaceful protest, it gives people an opportunity to think for themselves instead of getting consumed into what media spits at them.
Links and resources for project
This vehicle was something to help homeless people survive on the streets. The wagon type silhouette served as many different things to these homless people, first off it extended into a bed for the people to sleep on at night, second off the bottom of the cart had a section for someone to store cans and other things they needed to build up.
One of the most known artist in this genre and notable is Michael Rakowitz. He created a project named the "parasite". This was a tent like structure built from inflatable plastic bags. This structure would attatch to the exterior outtake vents of buildings, these blew hot air into the structure which would then give people an insulated tent to sleep in. Although it broke some laws it still made its impact while people were using it.
Links and resources for project
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