ABOUT

The role of Art for Ecocide Law is to use creativity to Educate, Inspire and Empower people globally about ‘Ecocide’ and what they can do to help”.
Ashley Phillips is the Global Co-Lead for Art for Ecocide Law, AfEL

Dear artists and creatives,
Your work is medicine for our times and Art-for-Ecocide-Law supports the growing movement to criminalise Ecocide internationally, working as a creative initiative as part of the global Stop Ecocide International network.

There are more than 40 countries where Art-for-Ecocide Law, other networks, and youth groups are actively working to Educate, Inspire and Empower people to support ecocide law through art.

Inspired by the international focus on oceans and water demonstrated at the UN Oceans Conference in Lisbon July 2022, and by the ground-breaking news from one of the conference’s co-hosts, Kenya, whose Cabinet Secretary for the Environment and Forest formally announced, in plenary, the country’s proposal to criminalise ecocide.

Our sole purpose is to support making Ecocide the 5th international Crime on the Rome Statute. There are 123 signatories countries and they require a 2/3 majority to add a new law. So we only need 85 countries. we currently have over 35 countries talking about it at the diplomatic, government level. the more people that understand what Ecocide is and what we can do, the faster this change will happen. The International Criminal Court is already having high-level talks about how they are going to implement Ecocide WHEN it becomes law.

This project is an urgent #CALLtoACTION. We hope to truly inspire and bring into focus our oceans. We have launched this first global art initiative be easy to reproduce in any country by anyone, anywhere in the world.

Reverse graffiti is a very effective way to use creativity to make powerful statements, leave inspiring messages, and do it without the need for formal permission and without harm to property

The idea is to create big shoals of fish on dirty pavements or walls in very public places all over the world, starting on the same day! This is an ongoing project - not just one day - that builds and grows awareness - with examples hosted on the Stop Ecocide International website as folk around the world catch on to it.

More and more #FISH will accumulate along with the use of the Stop Ecocide logo and rune alongside the words #StopEcocide, #SaveOurOceans and #ACTNOW.

There are resources and videos on the website, step-by-step 'how to' create a stencil from a aluminum drinks can with just a craft knife.

1. Cut
Download and cut out the stencil. You can use hardboard, plastic sheets or a flattened aluminium can, just be careful cutting with a scalpel or tin snips.
2. Clean
Place the stencil on your chosen surface and use a stiff/wire brush to clean away the initial dirt layer. Tougher stencil materials will work best.
3. Repeat
Repeat this process until you have a large shoal of fish.

We suggest you work in teams, if possible, and have several people working with multiple stencils at the same time. Share wire/stiff brushes and rotate regularly to make optimal use of everyone’s scrubbing arm; one can fatigue quickly!

Please take photos of your installations: before, during, and after your small/large shoals. Send all media to ashleyATglartiqueDOTcom and post on your personal and/or organisational social media accounts.

Tag us ATecocidelaw, use the hashtags #StopEcocide, #ART4EcocideLaw and #OceansForEcocideLaw and add the suggested tags below in all social media posts.
Other suggested hashtags:
#globalgoals #OceanDecade #GenOcean #SaveOurOcean #RevitalizeTheOcean
#OceanClimateAction #OceanAction #OceanProtection #OceanConservation
Printable rune stencils, logos, and QR codes that link to the international SEI website will be uploaded to the website.
This is a collaboration between AshleyPhillips DOT art / Stop Ecocide International/ Art for Ecocide Law. Ashley was one of 144 creatives to form part of the 1st incubator for The #DesignScienceStudio and #HabRitual with Roxii, part of the #BuckminsterFullerInstitute