Political Artwork archive on Democracy Chronicles

These Political Artwork articles reflect the strong relationship between the arts and politics, particularly between various kinds of art and power, occurs across historical epochs and cultures. As they respond to contemporaneous events and politics, the arts take on political as well as social dimensions, becoming themselves a focus of controversy and even a force of political as well as social change. Also see our main section on Political Art or our extensive articles on World Protest.

Democracy in Theatre: The Ice-Cream Flavor War

October 1, 2012 by Richard Fobes 6 Comments

To help people better understand vote-splitting, and how this unfairness can be overcome, I wrote The Ice-Cream-Flavor War. A performance of it gives the audience the experience of seeing vote splitting in action, and seeing how pairwise counting can overcome that unfairness.

Comedian Sarah Silverman Skewers Voter Fraud Fiasco

September 21, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

VIDEO: Silverman Attacks Voter Fraud as an Attack on American Democracy

Obama and Romney Look-a-Likes Make Small Fortunes

September 20, 2012 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Obama and Romney Look-a-Like Fakes Jokes and Pranks Have Made Huge Demand For Character’s Services

Poem: Abe and Thomas for President

September 19, 2012 by Richard Fobes Leave a Comment

The author of this poem, Richard Fobes, has given permission for the words of this poem to be used in any video, as long as the message of the poem is not changed to a different message. Spread his message!