Conformists and sycophants alike will warn, “Don’t rock the boat!” In times of injustice, rocking the boat and defying expectations are the only way to move forward and incite change. Not rocking the boat is no longer an option. Radical change requires taking risks, fighting against the current, and speaking truth to power. The aesthetic of this work appears innocuous in its mylar balloon medium, however its defiant, monumental message is both a call to action and a celebration acknowledging those moments, big or small, in which we stood up and rocked the boat.

Photos taken by Aaron Wojack at the San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Main Gallery.