LIFEWTR | Life Unseen
In 2021 LIFEWTR created a program called #LifeUnseen aimed to elevate Black, Latinx, Asian, LGBTQIA, and Disabled artists into the spaces they’ve been held back from. So what do you do when artists can’t be showcased in museums and galleries because they’re not CIS straight white males? You create a space that’s all their own. We turned LIFEWTR’s social media channels into a literal gallery in which each artist was proudly displayed.
With the help of Issa Rae, we launched the Life Unseen gallery on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. Each artist received dozens of customized assets for their channels and we introduced LIFEWTR fans to 3 artists a week one at a time, starting with the launch of the #LifeUnseen filmmakers right after the Oscars.
The campaign first rolled out with staggering stats collected from a study commissioned by LIFEWTR highlighting underrepresentation in all forms of art.
We then rolled out these launch videos across LIFEWTR’s, Issa Rae’s and all 20 of our #LifeUnseen artist’s channels explaining how #LifeUnseen was created to address representational blind spots across artistic industries.
We then launched the gallery one square at a time on LIFEWTR’s channel. We organized the #LifeUnseen gallery into 4 exhibits (Film, Visual Arts, Fashion and Music) and introduced a new artist to fans each week.
Overall, the amount of content we created was massive. Every asset we created for LIFEWTR’s channels was modified to then live on all 20 of our artists channels as well with a unique cover image and footage that highlighted each particular artist.
In addition all 20 artists were given their own customized stories highlighting the program and their work to post on their channels.
And finally we wrapped up the entire campaign with a call for entries asking for creators to submit an idea of their own for a chance to win one of five grants in the amount of $10k to make it.