The Red Rebel performance purpose was to raise awareness about clean water and sanitation at a local beach and also have a public engagement information stand with the ‘Love and Power’ postcards. We discussed the value of silent but strong performance as a way to challenge power and violence in society. Some people mentioned that direct action forms of activism are not for everybody, and that performance offers an alternative way to protest and speak back to power.  Some shared their experience of doing Red Rebel protests with the ‘Shannonwatch’ anti-war movement at Shannon Airport in Ireland, which is used to facilitate the movement of USA military personnel despite Irelands Neutrality. Shannonwatch | Monitoring foreign military use of Shannon Airport.

To plan this session together, we corresponded through slack and email. It was agreed to invite people outside of the co-researching group to participate in the Red Rebel action as participants. We discussed an awareness raising strategy, that footage of the action be shared on social media, to print press, and to politicians and local authorities to raise awareness of the issue. The importance of getting good visual documentation of the action was highlighted. A practice performance before the action was proposed.