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Dubbed the “first TikTok war” the current battle raging in Ukraine against Vladimir Putin’s reckless imperialism is taking advantage of user outrage.

As British art critic John Bergen so poignantly said, “Protest and anger practically always derives from hope, and the shouting out against injustice is always in the hope of those injustices being somewhat corrected and a little more justice established.” And that’s just what we all want – TikTokers, magazine subscribers, TV addicts, artists, designers, and architects alike.

In the new issue of DAMNº – The Art of Protest – we side with those creatives whose work bites deep, with those who use their craft to protest, and specifically with those who reach out to the public directly as collaborators in that fight against iniquity. We have tried to extend the impact of cultural protest to emphasise those artists and designers who go beyond mere representation and dare to discuss real solutions.

And even if the medium of protest expands in the age of social media, it should be recognized that rough skills as well as cheap accessible materials have always been at the core of protest art – posters then, memes now, photography then, NFTs now.

The kernel usually starts emotional and even angry before the narrative cleans up and moves across the spectrum into polite society where eventually even galleries and collectors become enthusiastic.

DAMN° Magazine

We Are All Artists

By Arnaud Gaillard

Collectible 2022

by Brecht Wright Gander

Tavares Strachan, Protesting for Goodness’ Sake

Marcus Civin

Justin the Dustbin Gets Gnarly

Bruno Baietto

A Decalration of Change

by Lidewij Edelkoort

Driving the Human

by Katharine Wimett

Flowers, Footmen and Revolution

by Laurie Cluitmans

Dress to Object

by Sara Kaufman

Fighting with Flair

by Grace McKeever with Illustrations by Julius Klemm

Just Give Us Space

By Grace McKeever

Activating Good Sense

by Will Wiles

The Milk of Dreams

by Sara Kaufman

Art Turns Internal in Ukraine

Lisa Bukreyeva

Digesting Rage

by Avsar Gurpinar

Textiles Animate the Truth

by Charles Bramesco

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