Dangerous Symbols

A protest-stencil book designed to help readers to protest creatively, and learn more about the history of the relationship between activism and Art- to 'Protest. Stencil. Campaign. Create'. The first chapter covers Artists who have been punished for engaging in political movements, and how their work becomes a catalyst to visually define that movement and its values. The second covers protests from the past few years and their social impact, and the third explores how symbols we use in our everyday communication can be adopted for other messages. This visual language of protest is one of the most effective tools social movements can have, and Dangerous Symbols can help create these messages through the combination of any symbols contained. 'Read' the front cover in any direction and see what it makes you think of first. The next stage of Dangerous Symbols is a set of downloadable glyphs, making these tools more accessible internationally.