The OG Edition 7: Artistic Activism (Alternate Cover)
In a world marred by the twin obscenities of injustice and inequity, how does creative work promote visions of dignity for all? In The OG’s Edition 7, we turn to artists and visionaries who intersect activism and creative work in new and provocative ways. Their work asks us to rethink the relationship between the creative world—long seen as a private, elite sphere—and the public. In what ways do creatives bridge this gap? Or do they work as though there is no gap to bridge—that artistic production and activism can be one and the same? The legendary Black poet June Jordan famously wrote that “poetry is a political act because it involves telling the truth.” Edition 7 celebrates that lineage in the visionaries who are telling the endlessly difficult truth in acts of brave, artistic activism.