From virtual art galleries and wall street paintings, different approaches are emerging as designers set eyes on creating awareness and promoting solidarity necessary during the Covid 19 crisis
From virtual art galleries and wall street paintings, different approaches are emerging as designers set eyes on creating awareness and promoting solidarity necessary during the Covid 19 crisis
Cognisant that art is a powerful tool for communication and empowerment, a group of 10 artists from Dakar are painting on themes including compliance with barrier measures, stigmatization and the fight against misinformation on coronavirus across the walls of Dakar the capital city of Senegal calling for solidarity, peace and resistance (YAKAAR to mean hope) during the crisis https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1066802
Localy, another team of artists has teamed up to paint murals on the streets on Nairobi calling for justice for victims of curfews caused by the pandemic https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53150397
The above incidents paint a clear outlook for the designers raising to occasion in the world today and without doubt providing a sneak preview into their post pandemic works.
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