MELBOURNE—“Man’s Inhumanity to Man, makes countless thousands mourn” wrote 18th century Scottish poet Robert Burns. Humans long for happiness and peace yet in the 21st century still thousands mourn for those who are tortured and killed in many countries. However, one group of artists is speaking out against the inhumanity. They believe that art combined with action can bring about change.
The Melbourne based Artists for Human Rights and Action (AHRA) invited other artists to take part in the inaugural Visualising Human Rights Art Competition. The theme was to explore, from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 3 “Everyone has the right to life, liberty and personal security” and Article 4 “No one shall be held in slavery or servitude”, and also to reflect on the issue of human trafficking.
