Welcome to
The IFT ARTIST SOCIETY
The ITF Artist Society is an independent members organisation, bringing together a group of awake and aware contemporary artists, curators, art historians, gallerists, and museum directors, who are seeing through the current drive towards a global technocratic totalitarianism under the guise of caring and purported benevolence.
We have been deeply disappointed that so many artists (who should be at the forefront of critical thinking and inquiry, challenging the mainstream narrative) have been fast asleep at the wheel in the past few years, conforming blindly with the authorities and sleepwalking into a dystopian nightmare, dreamt up by international ‘elites’, without thinking properly and questioning anything.
We are aware of and see through what’s currently happening on a global scale, although we appreciate that that is likely just the tip of the iceberg. We do not have any political leaning or party affiliation; we simply want to be the change we want to see.
Our Vision
We have come together to support each other, and to stand up for the following principles we strongly believe in. We hope that our work will contribute to foster a freer, healthier, happier, more connected, and ultimately better society.
On freedom
We are pro freedom. We are aware of and oppose the insidious erosion of fundamental human rights and individual liberties currently happening all over the world, including Western societies.
On global technocratic totalitarianism
We are concerned about where the world, including the West, is currently heading towards, and stand against the march toward a thinly veiled global technocratic totalitarianism masquerading under the illusion of democracy.
On bodily autonomy
We champion medical freedom and bodily autonomy. We are against mandated or coerced medical interventions and non-medical measures such as lockdowns. We also reject geo-engineering and other forms of non-consensual or no-opt-out interventions affecting our body.
On free speech and censorship
We are pro free speech and believe that everybody has the right to speak freely. We stand against cancel culture and censorship in all its manifestations, including covert mechanisms such as search engine moderation, which we worryingly see increasing all around the world. We also discern the global strategy of exploiting terms like misinformation, disinformation, and other forms of doublespeak to manipulate the narrative, suppress an open dialogue, silence dissenting voices and legitimise censorship —an approach we strongly oppose.
This also extends to the realm of science including environmental science, medicine, and public health, where censorship, data manipulation, and suppression of dissenting opinions, and facts that do not support the official narrative endanger scientific integrity, patient safety, and ultimately harm our society and the planet.
We may not agree on everything (in fact we disagree on many things…), but we pledge to maintain an open mind and welcome alternative viewpoints; and we fiercely defend your right to express your opinion without being censored or suppressed, recognizing the importance of open, uncensored discourse.
It is OK to disagree, but you should be allowed to speak freely, even if what you say may offend me. We do not support hate but are aware that the term ‘hate-speech’ is all too often being highjacked, appropriated and abused these days for purposes of autocratic control and censorship, which we repudiate.
We believe freedom of speech to be fundamental for a free society, constituting a cornerstone of real democracy, rather than a purported threat thereto, as it is often portrayed these days.
On mass surveillance
We are aware that people around the world are being tracked and traced, watched and monitored - more than they have ever been in the history of humanity, both by their own governments as well as corporate behemoths and big tech. We stand against mass surveillance and support the right to privacy, confidentiality, personal freedom, and autonomy.
Consequently, we reject centrally controlled CBDCs (central bank digital currencies), the abolition of physical currency, universal digital ID, and a social credit system, recognizing such measures are not for our security and convenience, but are conduits for a reduction in civil liberties with unfettered power and control over individuals, which we vehemently oppose.
On openness and transparency
We are against the authorities deceiving the public and concealing things from us, the people, whether that’s ‘for the greater good’, ‘for our own safety’, or any other purported reason. We advocate for full transparency and disclosure, fostering an environment of open dialogue and collective healing. All truths must be brought to light.