WHAT IS
DON’T DELETE ART?
Don’t Delete Art (DDA) is a project drawing attention to the damage done when art is censored in online environments. We are a collaboration of artist-activists and human rights organizations advocating for greater protection of artistic expression across platforms.
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PANOPTICON EFFECT: AN EXPLORATION OF ARTISTIC SELF-CENSORSHIP
NOVEMBER 20 // 6-7:30pm CET // 12-1:30pm EST
Join DDA’s Emma Shapiro and artist Liza Shkirando for a participative talk in collaboration with BONFIRE about a complicated and frought situation artists find themselves in all too often: self-censorship. From personal lives to social media and political regimes, artists confront responsibility and risk daily in our communal effort to create, communicate, and collaborate. Together in this session, we will explore these situations and envision a roadmap for artists and the contexts that they inhabit. How can we, as an artistic community, create a framework for accountability without compromising the freedom of self-expression?
Registration is FREE, event will take place ONLINE - SPACES LIMITED
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DDA team member Elizabeth Larison, Director of the NCAC’s Arts and Culture Advocacy Program (ACAP) was interviewed for INTERLOCUTOR magazine about the explosion of art censorship since October 7th, 2023, and the unique challenges of protecting artistic freedom on social media platforms.
HAS YOUR ARTWORK BEEN DOWNRANKED OR DELETED ONLINE?
If you know of art that has been removed or downranked (a.k.a. “shadowbanned”) online, submit it for consideration to be included in DDA’s Gallery for Art Censored Online, a rotating curated feature that illustrates what kinds of art is being suppressed online.
This week’s featured artist from the DDA Gallery of Art Censored Online:
Jessa
Fairbrother
“This is a post which shows a photograph of my back, embroidered. I had become ingenious at making custom ‘censors’ which seemed to work for a while, cutting out pseudo-pants to put on the figure. Originally I thought this was in ‘an abundance of caution’. It turns out it wasn’t anywhere near ‘enough’!!
My attention is sapped by how time consuming this is. It affects my professional life because it takes up so much time. ”
See what else they’ve been hiding from you
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DDA MANIFESTO
Social media corporations have become cultural gatekeepers with unprecedented power to determine which art works can freely circulate and which ones are banned or pushed into the digital margins.
JOIN US and THOUSANDS of artists, curators, critics, galleries, historians, students, and cultural institutions in telling social media companies that there must be greater support of artistic expression on social media.
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Censorship Art Spots: Open Call!
Inspired by MTV’s 1985 “Art Breaks” series, we are calling for videos from the DDA community artistically responding to the problem of online art censorship and drawing attention to the obstacles and frustrations that come with it.
SUBMIT YOURS TODAY
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DDA Store
Don’t Delete Art is made possible by in-kind volunteered time. Purchasing our merch helps us stay afloat & continue our goals fighting for artists who are censored online. Thank you for your purchase. We appreciate you!
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