The justice-minded non-profit Artwork at a Time Like This launched the newest iteration of its “8 X 5” initiative, a public artwork intervention that references the scale of a jail cell, simply in time for Miami Artwork Week. 5 artists chosen from an open name may have their work featured alongside established figures, whose artwork engages with the American jail system, together with the Guerilla Women, Glenn Kaino and Dread Scott.
Guerilla Women‘ billboard Photograph: Eric Thayer
The group will activate text-based works displayed on billboards and cellular vehicles in distinguished elements of the town till 3 December, plus static billboards in Little Havana and downtown Miami, elevating consciousness about incarceration in Florida and the US at massive. Whereas the US solely accounts for 4.2% of the world’s inhabitants, it represents greater than 20% of the world’s prisoners, and Black persons are incarcerated at greater than 5 instances the speed of white individuals throughout the nation. As of final 12 months, solely three of the 701 US federal felony circumstances tried in South Florida have been discovered not responsible.
