“Sacklers Lie, Thousands Die”: The art of Nan Goldin and P.A.I.N.

Today: Five manifestos from radical groups across time and mission. This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com. _____ Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com. Mentioned in this episode: Get show notes + more art as resistance! Visit artofresistance.space for a free weekly newsletter about art as resistance, plus episode show notes, video, and audio.

How did this particular form of queer art and culture come to be? How did queer people across centuries find solace and support in these underground and public scenes? And how did the magnificent art of ballroom, and the houses that formed around it, create a powerful form of resistance that continues to defy anyone who tries to erase it? This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com. _____ Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com. Mentioned in this episode: Get show notes + more art as resistance! Visit artofresistance.space for a free weekly newsletter about art as resistance, plus episode show notes, video, and audio.

How did artists empower silenced people? How did photographers use access and international press to tell the truth about a country’s atrocities? And how did individuals, and groups like Afrapix, defy the crushing machine of apartheid in South Africa, and send the government tumbling down? This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com. _____ Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com. Mentioned in this episode: Get show notes + more art as resistance! Visit artofresistance.space for a free weekly newsletter about art as resistance, plus episode show notes, video, and audio.

How did a band in Soviet Czechoslovakia kick off a revolt against repression? How did young Czech people in the 1970s look to the counter culture of the U.S. for inspiration? And what can we learn from the band The Plastic People of the Universe, and their role in the Velvet Revolution, about the role of art in resistance? This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. To make art that matters, every creative person needs support. Find yours at RebelYellCreative.com. _____ Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com. Mentioned in this episode: Get show notes + more art as resistance! Visit artofresistance.space for a free weekly newsletter about art as resistance, plus episode show notes, video, and audio.

How did a group of women change the narrative for LGBTQ representation and equality in the early 90s? How did street performance and circus acts turn the invisible visible? And what can we learn from the Lesbian Avengers and fierce pussy about making art as resistance? This is The Art of Resistance, a podcast about using writing, music, and all kinds of art to resist the status quo. The show is made by Rebel Yell Creative and Amy Lee Lillard. _____ Mentioned in the episode: Watch the Lesbian Avengers eating fire Download fierce p*ssy posters and art Get full episode transcript and sources at RebelYellCreative.com.