The present as an archive: future inscriptions in pre-pandemic artivism

Abstract

This article stems from the question around the possible futures we can imagine. In exploring alternatives, it focuses on artistic activism practices developed up to the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. It investigates artivistic experiences based on the hypothesis that these practices embody particularly special elements to imagine and build alternative futures to those offered by the status quo. The analysis will study in more depth some cases where the present author has intervened, as a way of showing the transformative potential of bringing together body and words, experience and critical reflection.