Artista ng bayan, ngayon ay lumalaban!’
Resistance and protest can be done in many ways, but often the best and most effective medium is art. Paintings, songs, literature, and other forms of art have the ability to move people to stand up in solidarity in such a creative way that the movement is hard to leave unnoticed. That same thing is happening this week with just a simple illustration shared online by artist Tarantadong Kalbo, Kevin Eric Raymundo in real life.
‘Tumindig,’ digital art by Tarantadong Kalbo
His now viral work, titled “
Tumindig,” presents legions of fists bowing down except for one, which is glowing and standing up. While it wasn’t intended to be a campaign, activists, action leaders and groups, and fellow artists were quick to follow what he did and created their own versions of “