the escape artist mixtape ART OF SURVIVAL ZINE VOL. 3
This zine is dedicated to spirits of survivors and victims of un/natural disaster, senseless violence and war of any kind, for any reason, any where. This zine is made in honor of those who seek to help and heal in times of crisis, loss and displacement. This zine was made in honor of the ancestors that got us here. Remember, we are their wildest dreams. This zine is grateful to Mother Earth and the trees that helped make it a reality for you to hold in your hand in this moment.
STAY WOKE What are ways you/community can stay critically conscious and curious, informed and aware, visionary and open? INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITY
NOTED POWER TOOLS + RITUALS
STAY READY What are some ways you/community can stay alert and vigilant, prepared and protected, physically strong and in optimal shape? INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITY
NOTED POWER TOOLS + RITUALS
STAY GOLD What are some ways you/community can stay empathetic and grateful, open and accepting, honest and proud, loving and luminous, spirited and soulful, magical and mystical, HOPEFUL and HUMAN? INDIVIDUAL
COMMUNITY
NOTED POWER TOOLS + RITUALS
The truth is out there - the X-files
BOOM4REAL BASICS What will you do when things go BOOM4REAL?
The 4 Rs:
Resistance Readiness Resilience Rebirth
WHAT DOES R __________
LOOK SOUND FEEL THINK DO LIKE?
R IS FOR RESISTANCE
“I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept.” -Angela Davis
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R IS FOR READINESS
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“Beware: Ignorance protects itself. Ignorance Promotes suspicion. Suspicion Engenders fear. Fear quails, Irrational and blind, Or fear looms, Defiant and closed. Blind, closed, Suspicious, afraid, Ignorance Protects itself, And protected, Ignorance grows.� - Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents
R IS FOR RESLIANCE
“There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.� -Toni Morrison
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R IS FOR REBIRTH
“In order to rise from its ashes a Phoenix must first burn.” -Octavia E. Butler
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ESCAPE ARTIST INTIATIVE
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INSTA: @artofsurvival2020 SUPPORT: https://escapeartistinitiative.wedid.it ESCAPE ARTIST INITIATIVE, A PROJECT OF THE
CULTURE TRUST OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA: https://www.cultureworksphila.org/members/escape-artist-initiative
#artofsurvival2020
THE ESCAPE ARTIST INITIATIVE (EAI) is a public awareness and eco-activism
campaign focused on building community readiness and resilience through the arts, popular culture and D.I.Y media. The EAI offers an artist-led, community-centered response to issues of public safety and existential concern that threaten the minds, bodies and spirits of black and brown folks and fellow human beings of the planet.
WHAT IS AN ESCAPE ARTIST?
An escape artist employs creative strategies and design solutions to overcome, escape or otherwise liberate oneself and one’s community from various systems of violence and injustice. Escape artists aim to uproot dysfunctional realities from their mythic bedrock to set the imagination free. We use myth and image, radical worldbuilding and innovative design to plant seeds of hope and survival in the collective consciousness of communities who seek to co-create a better, more sustainable world. Escape artists are change agents and way finders driven to illuminate paths to new ways of seeing and manifest the destiny of our own mind’s eye.
S.O.S. STRATEG SAVE OUR SKIN What does PERSONAL SAFETY and PHYSICAL SURVIVAL mean in the 21st CENTURY? • What are the biggest PHYSICAL THREATS to FLESH AND BONE? • IF FUTURE SURVIVAL meant life without a HUMAN BODY, how might that CHANGE your PERSONAL IDENTITY and REDEFINE what it means TO BE HUMAN? • Do you think this would make humanity STRONGER OR WEAKER as a species?
SAVE OUR SEEDS How do we TEACH THE YOUTH to PROTECT themselves from life’s OLD AND NEW THREATS? • What MYTHS can we create to inspire the SURVIVAL of the NEXT GENERATION and the REBIRTH of a NEW WORLD of their OWN DESIGN? • If you could only SAVE 3 SEEDS from this world for FUTURE FARMING in the next (i.e. off world colonies) which SEEDS would they be and why?
GY SAVE OUR SOULS What does SOUL mean to YOU in the context of LIFE and SURVIVAL? • IMAGE and ARCHETYPE are the LANGUAGE of the PSYCHE/SOUL and the essential constructs of MYTH, DREAM, and REALITY. If we are what we eat as CONSUMERS of MASS MEDIA CULTURE, do IMAGES (MEMES, HASHTAGS, etc.) of THE FEED shape PSYCHE/SOUL and possibly our COLLECTIVE DESTINY? • What IMAGES/VISIONS come to mind that symbolize/ project LIGHT, POWER, LOVE, HOPE, POSSIBILITY, PEACE, TRANSCENDENCE, REBIRTH, LIBERATION for the PSYCHE/SOULS of BLACK/BROWN and INDIGENOUS FOLK in the FUTURE?
SHELTER
FOOD
WATER
3 DAYS WITHOUT WATER* 3 WEEKS WITHOUT FOOD 3 HOURS WITHOUT SHELTER 3 DAYS WITHOUT SLEEP *3 DAYS WATER SUPPLY (1 GALLON WATER PER PERSON/DAY)
(SELF) CHECK POINt FOOD
• Do you have emergency food supply on reserve? If so, how much? • How long would it last you? • Do you know how to grow your own food? If not, do you know others that do? • Would you know how to identify edible wild plants indigenous to your residential region? • Could you identify plants that are medicinal? Poisonous? • Consider your personal/family/community policy around sharing basic resources like food rations. Do you know where you stand on this issue in an emergency situation?
WATER • How do you take your water? • Do you drink tap water? Still/Purified? Spring? Mineral? Alkaline? Free? Any way you can get it? • How much water (emergency supply) do you have stored? • What are the fresh water sources in your area? • How would you source water if you couldn’t buy it? • What are some of the ways you can purify water for drinking?
SHELTER • Do you have an emergency escape plan for your home? • Do you have a safe space/emergency recovery location outside your house? Your neighborhood? State? Country? Planet? • Could you create a make-shift shelter to survive if you had to? • Do you know how to quarantine a room DIY style?
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SHELTERING IN PLACE • If local officials tell you to “stay put,” act quickly. Listen carefully to local radio or television stations for instructions, because the exact directions will depend on the emergency situation. In general you should: • Get inside. Bring your loved ones, your emergency supplies, and when possible, your pets. • Find a safe spot in this location. The exact spot will depend on the
type of emergency.
• Stay put in this location until officials say that it is safe to leave.
SEALING A ROOM • In some types of emergencies, you will need to stop outside air
from coming in. If officials tell you to “seal the room,” you need to: • Turn off things that move air, like fans and air conditioners. • Get yourself and your loved ones inside the room. • Bring your emergency supplies if they are clean and easy to get to • Block air from entering the room. • Listen to officials for further instructions. • Once officials say the emergency is over, turn on fans and other things that circulate air. Everyone should go outside until the building’s air has been exchanged with the now clean outdoor air.
EVACUATION BEFORE PLAN HOW you will leave and WHERE you will go DESIGN Family/household COMMUNICATION + REUNIFICATION plan
ASSEMBLE a GO BAG for immediate response/short-term
emergency and a SURVIVAL SUPPLIES KIT for longer travel and long-term emergencies to be packed and stored in car or other vehicle of transport. Make your car has a FULL TANK of gas!
COORDINATE If you don’t have a car, plan your emergency
transport + escape routes with those who do.
DURING LISTEN to battery-powered RADIO for emergency instructions GRAB your GO BAG! FOLLOW recommended emergency routes DESIGN beware of road hazards + listen for changes + updates If time allows Call/email out-of-state contact with status
update, secure your home, unplug electrical appliances except refrigerator/freezers (only when there is no risk of flooding), leave a note with status update, wear sturdy shoes and protective clothing, check with neighbors who may need a ride
Source: www.ready.gov
PLAN AHEAD: COMMUNICATION + REUNIFICATION KEY QUESTIONS Have you memorized your immediate loved ones primary contact numbers and addresses? If you don’t have a working cell phone, do you have an alternative means of communication? Do you know where the local shelters and emergency resource centers are in your area?
DRAFT A PLAN EMERGENCY MEETING PLACES
INDOOR: INSTRUCTIONS:
NEIGHBORHOOD: INSTRUCTIONS:
OUT-OF-NEIGHBORHOOD: ADDRESSS: INSTRUCTIONS:
OUT-OF-TOWN: ADDRESSS: INSTRUCTIONS:
Photo copy this page + post it on the fridge or family bulletin board
GO BAG CHECK LIST — THE BASICS Water—one gallon per person, per day Food—nonperishable, easy-to-prepare items (minimum 3 day supply) Flashlight Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (NOAA Weather Radio, if possible) Extra batteries First aid kit (whistle, antibiotic ointment, bandages, face masks, gloves and reference book) Medications (7 day supply and medicinal dispensers if necessary) Multipurpose supplies (wrench, pliers, plastic sheet, duct tape, scissors, matches) Sanitation/personal hygiene items and bleach Copies of personal documents (medication list and pertinent medical information, proof of address, deed/lease to home, passports, birth certificates, insurance policies) Cell phone with charger Family Disaster Plan (family and emergency contact information) Extra cash Emergency blanket, extra clothes, sleeping bag (1 for each person) Map(s) of the area For more information visit: www.cdc.gov/phpr Source: cdc.gov
ADDITIONAL ITEMS + PERSONAL NEEDS
Artist Credit: Alice Wang
HOW DO YOU FIND PEACE IN THE CHAOS?
WHAT IS YOUR ROCK IN THE STORM?
WHERE IS YOUR QUIET PLACE?
WHO ARE YOUR ANGELS OF HOPE, PEACE + PROTECTION?
WHO ARE THE ANCESTORS THAT INSPIRE STRENGTH, PERSERVERANCE + RESILIENCE?
SIGNS OF THE TIMES MANDALAS + MANTRAS + MEDITATION
“My mandalas were cryptograms concerning the state of the self which was presented to me anew each day…I guarded them like precious pearls…” -Carl Jung
FREE SPACE Use the graph paper to create your own symbols!
FINAL TRANSMISSION Have you ever thought of what your last words would be to loved ones, to the world? Who would you call if you had the time? Would you use limited words to express love and gratitude? Or maybe share your greatest joy OR your deepest regret? Would you send a final message to someone special or make a last request? Or maybe you might leave behind a beautiful memory to echo your spirit into peaceful eternity every time it’s remembered‌
“I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-Beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.” -Roy Batty, Blade Runner
COLLABORATORS ZINE CONTENT/ART DIRECTION: Li Sumpter LEAD ZINE DESIGN COLLABORATOR: Isa Segalovich ART + DESIGN CONTRIBUTORS: Alice Wang, Carlye Kalmes GRAFFITI IN THE GRASS CONCEPT ART: Eric Battle COVER ART COLLAGE: Li Sumpter
For collaborations and inquiries email: artofsurvival2020@gmail.com
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