Ne pas Plier

A French association focused on blending art, politics, and social activism. The organization operates as a collaborative space, promoting solidarity through public actions, art workshops, posters, and stickers. They aim to engage with societal issues and urban spaces, fostering dialogue on collective resistance and struggle. The project emphasizes shared creative expressions as tools for social change, embodying an alternative, utopian vision of activism.

City

Paris

Country

France

Region

Europe

Year of Creation

1991

Featured Project

Existence/Résistance (1994)
The Existence/Résistance campaign involved distributing stickers during public demonstrations, combining powerful words with simple graphics to provoke engagement and foster dialogue. The term “Résistance” was used not only to evoke traditional notions of resistance but also to represent everyday struggles, such as unemployment and exclusion from public life. This project emerged from their deep-rooted philosophy that art should serve as a tool for action rather than mere aesthetic contemplation.
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References

Holmes, B. (2009). Escape the overcode: Activist art in the control society. Van Abbemuseum.

Paris-Clavel, G. (1998). Everything is possible. In J. van Toorn (Ed.), Design beyond design: Critical reflection and the practice of communication (pp. 101-102). Maastricht.

MMA. (n.d.). A struggle at the roots of the mind: Service and solidarity in dialogical art.

Holmes, B. (2011). The aesthetic analysis of finance capitalism: Technopolitics. European Graduate School.

Design Manifestos. (n.d.). Ne pas Plier.

More Information

https://www.nepasplier.fr

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