On May 25, 2020, something happened that shook American society: George Floyd, a man Afro-American, was killed by agents of policeman in front of everyone’s eyes.
The widely shared video showed Floyd repeating, “I can’t breathe” while Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than eight minutes. The strong images became the trigger for protests Y civil unrest.
This movement unleashed a proliferation of artistic expressions who arrived at streets, social media and the most recognized of the music industry. The artists captured the anger, pain and trauma of a society traversed by the racism.
As part of the first mourning anniversary of George Floyd, we remember the art that was born to honor his life.
(George Floyd mural in the Palestinian city of Bethlehem. Photo: Urban Art Mapping)
With the murder of George Floyd and subsequent civil unrest, artists from all over the world flooded the streets (and social media) with labels, graffiti, murals Y signs.
The death of George Floyd inspired the poet Olive Senior to write “B for Breathe”: Un man dying during a pandemic that takes your breath away, no fan, but with a brave spectator recording his last breath.
(Mural painted on wood in Minneapolis, USA. Photo: Urban Art Mapping Project)
During the early days of the pandemic, a group of students and teachers from Minnesota started a mapping of the Street art of his city. In May of the same year, the project turned towards registering the George Floyd related art what, today can be consulted online.
This illustration shows the pain of a world where mothers cry for Lost lives of their children.
“Your life still matters to us.” One year after death of George Floyd, the signs of respect for his memory are maintained on social networks.
But definitely one of the most famous works was the song “I Can’t Breathe”, from the Californian H.E.R. This moving protest song was written in response by the floyd murder and won a Grammy for best song.
H.E.R. said the song was born during a video call conversation with his co-writer Tiara Thomas, in which they discussed the new wave of protests.
“Our words became the lyrics to ‘I Can’t Breathe’, it was something I needed to get out. But when it came out, I didn’t realize that it was actually going to be something that it will impact people and that would become the march soundtrack or something like that”.
“I feel a responsibility to use my platform. We should all speak out against the things we don’t like“declared the singer-songwriter.
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