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Activist Art on Fingertips
Read more: Activist Art on FingertipsThis has been a racially-charged year. How one challenges the status quo is an individual choice and many opt for artistic expression. Artistic expression can personified most visually on the body and while black pride tees are big, nail art…
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175 HECTARS
Read more: 175 HECTARSOn 27th January 2013, the participatory project titled 175 hectares has run through the streets of the city of Trento (Italy). All the community has traced a line of white chalk that measures 6.3 km and the area included was…
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DODDOACID
Read more: DODDOACIDJenny Hozler has mined declassified U.S. government documents for the series Redaction Paintings meticulously silk-screened works that depict blacked-out handprints of American soldiers accused of committing crimes in Iraq. The idea for the Redaction Paintings came in 2004 when Wired…
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Most Likely Safe
Read more: Most Likely SafeIn April, 2011, Food and Water Watch partnered with Yes Lab to raise questions regarding drinking water around New York City. Yes Lab, an organization that collaborates with activist groups, aims to create successful media-related creative actions that help raise…
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The Sahmat Collective
Read more: The Sahmat CollectiveIn 1989, playwright, actor, and activist Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked by political thugs while performing a street play outside of Delhi. His death led to the founding of Sahmat, an influential artist collective that has taken a consistent stance…
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Waste Turned Into Homeless Shelters
Read more: Waste Turned Into Homeless SheltersThe following description is taken from Amanda Froelich’s article on www.trueactivist.com (link below): “Dumpster diving is a topic that is rising in popularity. Just take a peek at Rob Greenfield! This activist won’t hesitate before jumping in a dumpster, but…
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Foreigners Everywhere
Read more: Foreigners EverywhereThe Paris-based collective Claire Fontaine displays a neon sign that spells the words ‘Foreigners Everywhere’ in Arabic. Since this sign was installed strategically above the gallery’s wall-length window – facing in the street – in the edition of the show…
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Ge Yu Lu (road)
Read more: Ge Yu Lu (road)In 2017 Ge Yulu became a national sensation in China. That year, he submitted his final project as a student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, revealing the unnamed road in Beijing that he had claimed in…
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Small things make a big difference
Read more: Small things make a big differenceStreet activity to encourage small actions to help the bees at a local level that can impact on a global scale. By engaging the public in badge making we aimed to connect the head, hands and heart. We did this…
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Long Branch Library Plaza Installation
Read more: Long Branch Library Plaza InstallationAfter researching several potential sites as far afield as Baltimore, Eisenbach and Ruppert “became attracted to the library because the plaza has never been used,” Eisenbach says, citing the fact that the library’s second-level entrance onto the plaza is locked.…
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Rubber Tracks
Read more: Rubber TracksConverse Rubber Tracks is a global community of professional recording studios, which provides free studio time to emerging artists. Bands and artists record without any fee whatsoever and maintain all the rights to their music. These studios are supported by…
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P.A.I.N. Die-Ins
Read more: P.A.I.N. Die-InsThis afternoon, in the Sackler Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, a mother and daughter threw coins into its reflecting pool while a couple posed for engagement photos in front of the Temple of Dendur, the…