Graphic sketchnote of key talking points. The image splits roughly in two section: 'It's all wrong!' and 'How do we radically regenerate?'. Under the 'wrong' section are ideas like: malnutrition, imbalance, dangerous conditions, dependence on industrialised food system, long-standing oppression, all about profit, and 8 years until biodiversity collapse. Under 'regenerate' section, are ideas like: find nearby networks, think intersectionally, take steps to transition, engage people and avoid guilt, and embrace discomfort as it's hard to break the cycle.

Bad Taste – an open call for artists and activists

We invited artists and activists to devise creative interventions that confront the role of industrial food in the climate crisis. Applications are now closed.

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We’re looking for work that sits at the intersection of art and activism to foster imaginative strategies that create change, and interventions in places of public, political and corporate structural power.

Three projects will be supported with grants of £10,000, a separate production budget, and a box of ash from burnt Amazon rainforest to incorporate into the project.

Recognising the injustices built into the industrial food system, this project prioritises the perspectives of artists and activists who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, people of colour and/or working class.

We welcome people identifying as disabled and neurodivergent, and will support access needs wherever possible.

Applications are now closed.

What are we looking to support?

Ideas should confront the damaging nature of the industrial meat and dairy system in the UK by:

Exposing harms: exploring how corporations, such as major food brands or agribusiness, or the UK government, are complicit in the crises that industrial meat and dairy exacerbate for people, climate and nature.

and / or 

Promoting solutions – making links between industrial meat and dairy reduction and climate and social justice.

We are looking to support artworks, creative actions and interventions that are:

  • Focused, simple and targeted to achieve maximum impact.
  • Conceptually compelling, imaginative, bold and ambitious.
  • Site-specific and take place in public, corporate or political spaces – perhaps without permission.
  • Subversive and find unconventional ways to confront corporate actors.
  • Action focused and can be delivered collaboratively with Greenpeace specialists, including climbing and/or boat teams.

See the the formal selection criteria for shortlisting in the info pack for applicants.

Other conditions

  • All projects must take place in the UK.
  • Participants must be available for a one-day collaborative workshop on 9 February 2023.
  • Participants must be willing to participate in Greenpeace’s nonviolent direct action (NVDA) training programme (one day) during the project development period, after grants have been awarded.
  • Participants should be comfortable with collaborative working and have an open and positive approach to shared learning.

Check the info pack for applicants for more guidance on eligibility and what we’re looking for.

What you’ll get

Three projects will be supported with:

  • A £10,000 grant to cover your time and fees.
  • A share of the £45,000 production budget, depending on individual project requirements.
  • An archive box of ash from a burned area of Amazon rainforest. You can decide how to incorporate the ash. If not in the final work, it must be demonstrably embedded in the creative process.
  • A package of expert support, training and mentoring tailored to your project and personal needs.

Learn more about the full grant package

Key dates

  • 1, 8, 15 December 2022 and 5, 12 January 2023: zoom Q&A sessions available
  • 15 January: Open call closes (midnight)
  • 27 January: shortlisted applicants notified
  • 9 February: workshop (one day)
  • 5 March: project proposal deadline
  • 20 March: grants awarded
  • 27 March: project development begins
  • April: nonviolent direct action training (one day, date tbc)
  • May to August: project development and production cont.
  • September to November: project delivery across the UK
  • December: project debrief

This schedule is subject to change depending on project requirements and external circumstances.

See the full process and selection criteria

Collaborators

The project has been developed with various practitioners including:

Harun Morrison

UK-based artist and writer Harun Morrison is embedded in the project as an associate artist.

Tania Bruguera

Internationally renowned, Cuban-born, artist and activist, Tania Bruguera is supporting the project by reviewing final proposals from the shortlisted applicants.

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Get more info

You’ll find lots more details on the project, with answers to common questions in the application pack.

Email us

You can contact the team at badtaste@greenpeace.org.

Press and media enquiries

Contact press.uk@greenpeace.org or visit the press centre.

Read the press release for the project.

The Bad Taste identity has been designed by Julie Kim in collaboration with Harun Morrison.