‘We do not take any oil, coal, or gas corporate sponsorship for our cultural work. We call on our peers and institutional partners to refuse fossil fuel funding too.’
Culture lovers
We’ve changed our look!
Exciting news: the fossil free culture commitment has got a new name and logo! The new logos are here for you to use in whatever print, web, or other artform you like. John Lewicki from Transition by Design, who worked on the new logo with
We are a growing number of arts and cultural professionals and organisations who refuse to promote fossil fuel companies through our work. This is because their business models contribute to climate change and human rights abuses around the world. We use ‘Oil Sponsorship Free’ as a shorthand signifying our commitment to arts and culture liberated from all fossil fuels – oil, coal, and gas.
- Caryl Churchill (UK) – Playwright
- Raoul Martinez (UK) – Artist, BP Portrait Award nominee, Author
- Francesca Martinez (UK) – Comedian, actor, writer
- Susanne Sundfør (Norway) – Singer-songwriter susannesundfor.com
- Martin Rowson (UK) – Cartoonist, The Guardian
- Hans Haacke (US) – Artist
- Aurora Levins Morales (US) – Writer and poet
- Omar Robert Hamilton (Egypt) – Filmmaker
- Michael Harvey (Australia) – Composer, musical director
- Jem Finer (UK) – Artist, composer
- Oliver Ressler (Austria) – Artist
- Royal Court Theatre (UK) – royalcourttheatre.com
- Red Ladder Theatre (UK) – redladder.co.uk
- Artsadmin (UK) – artsadmin.co.uk
- Home Live Art (UK) – homeliveart.com
- Arcola Theatre (UK) – arcolatheatre.com
- The Yes Men / Yes Lab (US) – theyesmen.org
- Madmen and Dreamers (US) – madmen-and-dreamers.com
- MadElf Productions, Inc. (US) – madelf.com
- San Francisco Green Film Festival (US) – greenfilmfest.com
- Metis Arts (UK) – metisarts.co.uk
- Human Nature (UK) – humannatureshow.com
- Performance Foundation (UK)
- Sylvisphere (Norway) – soundcloud.com/sylvisphere
- CCANW (UK) – ccanw.co.uk
The commitment is coordinated by Platform with support from Art Not Oil Coalition (UK), Not An Alternative (US), The Natural History Museum (US), BP Or Not BP? (UK), and Stopp oljesponsing av norsk kulturliv (Norway).
