Artist Statement

Silvie Bird

05/03/2021

Stop Injustice For All

The message I wanted to do was to not just speak out for injustice for just one group of people like Asian hate or BLM. I wanted to speak out about injustice about hate to one group of people, that’s why I made two hands holding a sign saying Stop Asian Hate.

I also wanted to speak about gender equality because people in the LGBTQ+ are going through some difficult things too so that’s why I added the LGBTQ+ flag. I chose the red drips because I wanted to show hate and what has been happening but I also added yellow under the red to show even though there is hate happening, I wanted to show that there is still time/hope that we can fix it. I also added the road because I wanted to show that hate has been happening for a long time and even when you can see the whole road, it doesn't mean that hate isn’t happening.

I like my poster because I didn’t just speak out about one topic but a couple. I might have done the background a bit differently or have the sign say something else but still with the rainbow words.