Tools for Action was an informal art

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working on the intersection of art and activism. As of 2019 it is formalized as

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Tools for Action Foundation. It acts as collaboration platform between artists, educators, activists and others interested in making and interventions with inflatable sculptures. Tools for Action aims to practice alternative forms of social engagement and resistance and open the way for experimentation. Team-PopUpRainbow2014-in-MaMa

History

Tools for Action was in 2012 by the Dutch-Hungarian artist Artúr van Balen working in

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, Germany, first operating as Eclectic Electric Collective with Jakub Simcik, by making inflatable objects within a protest context. Joint projects with Jakub Simcik were The Hammer (Berlin-Mexico 2010); publication El Martillo (2011). During the years several collaborators and members of collective took part in different actions as well as educational and artistic activities.

Awards

Award for Cultural Education of the Federal Ministry of Culture and the Media of Germany for 2017 for the project Mirror Barricade together with Schauspiel Dortmund.

Exhibitions and presentations

* 2014 ''Disobedient Objects,''

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, London * 2016 ''Barrikade,'' IG Metall / Haus am L√ºtzowplatz, Berlin * 2017 ''Tools for Action,''

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, Vienna * 2018 ''Floating Utopias,''

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, Berlin

References

External links

* {{official, www.toolsforaction.net * WIKISPORE Art:Tools_for_Action#Collaboration_networks Artist groups and collectives New media art