The Power of Art and Basic Income
Working with Craig and Zainub as artists and advocates has been an exceptional experience for me and I feel like we are only getting started. We had the opportunity to make work together discussing the…
Author Archives: Clayton Windatt
Email as Body as Art
Email as Body as Art Clayton Windatt (Multi-Arts, Performance Art, Technology, Communications, Co-Design) My arts and advocacy processes are acts of communication towards the world. Not necessarily identified audiences, but a planet imagined through…
Artistic Iterations
My current projects “possibilities of human intervention” and “artists, rights and activism: a basic income for all” are explorations of relationships and how personal connections shape my communication methodologies. My goal is to explore and…
COLONIAL ENCOUNTERS OF THE PANDEMIC KIND
“Colonial Encounters of the Pandemic Kind” is a series of short films publicly available online programmed by Clayton Windatt as an offering to both the Wawasayg Film and Media Arts Festival and the Fabulous Festival…
2021 SUMMER ARTS INTERVENTIONS / PROJECTS INTERLOCKING SIMULTANEOUSLY
introduction A large part of my life is activism, art and the intersecting points between these subjects through actions. I propose a 12-week summer intensive where I will work towards an increased understanding of my…
possibilities of human intervention
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the movement is part of my life
Thinking about speculative design and how it can question oppression and push towards larger shifts in society forces me to reflect on my own role in social activism. I consider my proximity to an issue…
moving forward 2021…
A start to this year by clayton windatt As someone who has worked in artist-run culture and community arts for many years, noise, interaction and critical discourse has become a constant for me and I…
OBJECT HISTORIES
I recently had my work accepted into a group exhibition at Eyelevel in Halifax called “OBJECT HISTORIES” which is a decentralized exhibition of printed-matter and multiples taking place online and at three locations across Nova…
Racism, Technology and Mass Consumption
Motion sensors have become commonly used within various hygiene devices primarily in public spaces functioning as triggers for activating hands-free devices. This includes sinks, soap dispensers and hand dryers as a way of having less…