Artist Wolfgang Tillmans Launches Campaign To Promote Voter Turnout
24/05/2019.
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‘Vote Together: As EU Elections Loom, Artist Wolfgang Tillmans Has a Catchy New Campaign to Boost Voter Turnout.
Wolfgang Tillmans is calling on creatives across europe in an attempt to encourage voter participation in the 2019 EU elections. for the project, entitled ‘Vote Together’, the german artist, photographer and activist, has created an open source, print-at-home poster campaign, which has spread across the entire european bloc.
Wolfgang Tillmans is calling on creatives across europe in an attempt to encourage voter participation in the 2019 EU elections. for the project, entitled ‘Vote Together’, the german artist, photographer and activist, has created an open source, print-at-home poster campaign, which has spread across the entire european bloc.
Vivienne Westwood by Andreas Kronthaler in Alpbach. 'Vote Together' campaign by Wolfgang Tillmans.
Bartek Gelner by Karol Radziszewski in Warsaw. Courtesy of vote together
Juana de Aizpuru and Irene by Pierre Gonnord in Madrid. Courtesy of vote together
Maria Przybyszewska by Zuza Krajewska in Warsaw, Chef. Courtesy of vote together
Rem Koolhaas by Dana Lixenberg in Amsterdam, architect. Courtesy of vote together
Teresa Sousa by Nuno Vieira in Lisbon, architect. Courtesy of vote together
'Vote Together' campaign by Wolfgang Tillmans. Courtesy of vote together
Oko Ebombo by Tim Elkaim in Paris, artist and musician. Courtesy of vote together
Thomas Hoepker, photographer. Courtesy of vote together
Giselle Mapp by Wolfgang Tillmans in Berlin. Courtesy of vote together
Małgosia Bela and Anja Rubik by Zuza Krajewska in Warsaw. Courtesy of vote together
Bart Siska Pogoda by Zuza Krajewska in Warsaw. Courtesy of vote together
Sambo Cissé by Fran Bombeke in Brussels. Courtesy of vote together
Henk Schiffmacher by Dana Lixenberg in Amsterdam. Courtesy of vote together
Piotr Skrzeczkowski by Rafal Milach and Karolina Gembara in Warsaw, baker. Courtesy of vote together
Stephanie Hoffmann by Ute Lennartz in Remscheid. Courtesy of vote together
Museum Ludwig, Köln. Courtesy of vote together
'Vote Together' campaign by Wolfgang Tillmans. Courtesy of vote together
German artist Wolfgang Tillmans and a group of photographers and collaborators want you to vote.
In addition to coming up with slogans and creating video content for the campaign the photographer has teamed up with more than a dozen fellow creatives, including Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra and German photographer Thomas Hoepker, to launch a campaign encouraging the public to exercise their right to vote in the European elections later this week. As Tillmans explains, the stakes are high.
In addition to coming up with slogans and creating video content for the campaign the photographer has teamed up with more than a dozen fellow creatives, including Dutch photographer Rineke Dijkstra and German photographer Thomas Hoepker, to launch a campaign encouraging the public to exercise their right to vote in the European elections later this week. As Tillmans explains, the stakes are high.
I am determined not to talk about Europe in terms of crisis or anxiety. I hope that the forces that allow Europe to continue developing constructively can coalesce and collaborate. But it would be foolish to make any predictions about what will happen next. For the first time in my life I don’t understand what is going on in Britain.
Rem Koolhaas
The Vote Together initiative, developed by Tillmans and his Berlin-based foundation Between Bridges, is churning out shareable images, video content, self-printing posters, and voter information on May 26.
Spanning 24 european languages, "vote together" includes shareable images, video content, self-printing posters, and voter information about the upcoming elections in each countries. The european elections sees citizens of the European Union vote for their representatives in the European Parliament.
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