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Similar to graffiti, wheat pasting is an artistic practice classified as a direct action technique, spreading a conceptual message by directly speaking about a problem to the viewer yourself, rather than petitioning authorities and government officials or relying on an institution. Vigilante artists have historically used street art to support various social causes, from feminist issues to climate action causes. As a result of the accessibility of the technique, it has the means to easily mass-produce an image, wheat pasting allows the artist to share complex messages at a large number of locations with minimal effort and risk.
Inspired by artists that practice under this medium, such as the Guerilla Girls, I use this technique to adhere governmental portraits of politicians in Appalachian regions that doubted or denied climate change. Placing the prints under the estimated water rise of the James River by 2250, the politicians will be submerged under the water, forcing them to drown as a direct result of their choices.
