SPRINTS: Reimagining Democracy is a global series of 48-hour creative bootcamps bringing together 100 visual artists across 10 countries to explore what democracy could become.
Developed by Fine Acts in collaboration with One World or None (OWoN), the initiative invited artists in London, São Paulo, Sofia, Manila, Ramallah, Goa, Johannesburg, Athens, Cairo, and Istanbul to look beyond familiar images of elections, parliaments, and protests – and imagine new ways of shaping our collective future.
Inspired by emerging approaches to participatory and deliberative
democracy, the artists created 100 original artworks offering bold, diverse, and unexpected visions of democracy’s possibilities.
Now, these visions are free for the world to use.
All artworks are available on TheGreats.co, the world’s largest platform for open-licensed social-impact visuals. They can be freely downloaded, shared, and adapted for non-commercial purposes by activists, educators, organizations, and anyone working to inspire positive change.
“Democracy is not a finished idea. It is something we can question, rethink, and reinvent together. But before we can build a different future, we need to be able to imagine it.”
“Reimagining democracy requires more than new policies or institutions. It requires new ways of seeing what is possible. Artists can help us move beyond the limits of today's political imagination and spark conversations about the futures we want to create.”
Selected Artworks
SPRINTS: Reimagining Democracy happened in collaboration with a group of amazing local partners:
Postane (Istanbul, Türkiye) / TEDxAmazônia (São Paulo, Brazil) / Loop (Athens, Greece); Palestine Design Week (Ramallah, Palestine) / Unbox Cultural Futures (Goa, India) / KuMo & Co (Johannesburg, South Africa) / Ard Art (Cairo, Egypt) / Dakila (Manila, Philippines) / Counterpoints (London, UK)
Fine Acts is a global creative studio for social impact working at the intersection of art, technology, and social change. Its SPRINTS format brings artists together in intensive 48-hour creative bootcamps to address urgent social and environmental issues through open-licensed art.
One World or None (OWoN) is a global cultural initiative bringing democracy done differently into the public imagination.
