SoCAN: Southampton Climate Action Network

Art for Climate Action is a programme that explores the role that art has to play in encouraging people to connect with environmental issues and bring about meaningful change in perceptions and behaviours, leading to climate action and climate solutions. We believe that art has the power to make change and encourage radical thinking, enabling us to imagine and build a better future together.

The Red Rebel Brigade first made its appearance at the London 2019 Rebellion, a mass protest and direct action in response to the environmental crisis – and the first time that Extinction Rebellion entered public awareness.

The Red Rebel Brigade first made its appearance at the London 2019 Rebellion, a mass protest and direct action in response to the environmental crisis – and the first time that Extinction Rebellion entered public awareness. Combining public performance, artistic expression and visual protest, figures draped in red with white faces form a slow-moving, living tableau that’s intended to act as a warning and to prick our collective consciousness about the harm we are doing to ourselves and the planet. Moving on from the first iteration of the Red Rebel Brigade as imagined by Bristolian artist Doug Francisco, the concept has grown into a worldwide symbol adopted by local activist groups.

To close the Art for Climate Action: Eco Art Market weekend, Red Rebels from Southampton invite you to join us for an elegiac performance that will interact with the ancient walls of the tower, which could be lost to us in coming years due to sea level rises. Come together to mourn, to rage and to gather resolve to change the predicted course of the future.

Booking: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/water-rising-extinction-rebellion-red-rebels-performace-tickets-617034927077