Cambridge-based Katherine Hasegawa organised an art activism performance to raise awareness of the situation at the Orinoco mining arc in the Venezuelan Amazon.

A former Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) student, who studied international business management, she most recently delivered her 'ARTivist' message at the Fitzwilliam Musuem and the Cambridge Judge Business School.

In 2019 Katherine made a folkloric dress from Venezuelan bank notes to raise awareness of the economic crisis in her country.

Now Katherine, with the help of her friend Dr Michelle Darlington, head of knowledge transfer at Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation, has made another money dress to highlight ecocide in the Amazon, where illegal gold mines are violently displacing indigenous populations and causing deforestation.

Katherine, who is open to other collaborations, said:

To read the complete article, see:
Katherine's money dress events in Cambridge highlight issue of ecocide in the Venezuelan Amazon(https://www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/money-dress-highlights-the-destruction-of-the-amazon-9292862/)

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
EXHIBIT: DEFACED! MONEY, CONFLICT, PROTEST(https://www.coinbooks.org/v25/esylum_v25n41a12.html)
MISS EL SALVADOR'S GOLDEN BITCOIN OUTFIT(https://www.coinbooks.org/v26/esylum_v26n03a28.html)