After listening to Shortt’s speech I would classify him as both an activist and an artist. Although he strongly believes he is not engaging social change, his persuasion on altering the idea on loitering has me thinking otherwise. During his presentation he really wanted to connect with the audience to gather their interpretation of the word loitering. He mentioned a few times that he felt the word “loiter” is too broad and needs to be clearer on the meaning when it is posted on signs and that was part of the reason why he began this project. The focus on the project is to encourage others to loiter with a purpose and also altering the publics perception of the word. With that said, I feel that makes Shortt an activist. If you look up the definition
