Spin the Vote

ArtistsWhoVote collective, 2022

Spin the Vote is a creative hybrid of gallery, performance, and political action that aims to empower young and first-time voters to participate in the election process. This exhibition includes multimedia artwork created by the ArtistsWhoVote collective, including signs, costumes, and props designed to help voters navigate the complex and sometimes fraught voting process.

In keeping with socially engaged art practice, the collective will periodically remove art objects for use in their get-out-the-vote campaign work. Visitors (classes, groups and individuals) can also reserve and ‘check out’ the signs and costumes from the gallery for outside use. This fluid back and forth transformation from art object to voter engagement strategy raises questions about the relationship between art and political action.