Ruukku 20 : Artivism

The Artivism issue's expositions demonstrate that artivism requires constant improvisation and imagination. Familiar from discussions about colonialism, decolonisation, and indigenous people, the concept of epistemic disobedience aptly describes artivism. In addition to challenging information produced by mainstream science, epistemic disobedience can be used to challenge the established methods of art production. In the context of artistic research and artivism, it is interesting to study the social and art-related consequences of challenging established ontological and epistemological questions. How does the artist-researcher position themselves when activist art is part of a public space that reaches beyond galleries and the art world? What happens when art is based on personal and political experiences of subjugation, resistance, and empowerment? It is possible to see the concept of "marginal" differently and question what is taken as given.