POWER TO THE PEOPLE

Here is an example of some of the banners created during the Housing Protests Camp in Madrid in October 2026. The camp has become like a little town (Micropolis) with its streets, its services and crowds passing by, in and out

The most striking piece is a portrait of Maricarmen, the elderly woman who was evicted in September and has become the symbol of this protest .

Also there are different banners with different slogans with mascots, caricatures, and even a watercolour of the protest painted on cardboard

When Art becomes a driver for social change, it becomes Artivism