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Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects at the Legacy Gallery in Victoria, B.C.
Read more: Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects at the Legacy Gallery in Victoria, B.C.We’re proud to announce the third iteration of Trans Hirstory in 99 Objects, an ongoing series of exhibitions organized by Chris E. Vargas, Executive Director of the Museum of Transgender Hirstory & Art! For this iteration Trans Hirstory in 99…
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Climate Activists Throw Soup on Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to Protest Fossil Fuels
Read more: Climate Activists Throw Soup on Vincent van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ to Protest Fossil FuelsOn Friday, in room 43 of London’s National Gallery, two young women opened cans of tomato soup and threw their contents onto Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting Sunflowers. The soup-throwers donned shirts displaying the logo of Just Stop Oil, an…
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“Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would”
Read more: “Describe Yourself Like a Male Author Would”On an unnamed part of the internet, young adult author Gwen C. Katz found a delightfully deluded male author claiming that his facility with writing natural women characters constituted an unassailable rebuke to the idea that we need diverse authors…
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Rokudenashiko and Her Man-Boat
Read more: Rokudenashiko and Her Man-BoatMegumi Igarashi—who goes by the name Rokudenashiko, or “good-for-nothing” in Japanese—is known as a “vagina artist” in her native Japan. Among the pieces she’s created are a vagina chandelier, a remote-controlled vagina car, and a 3-D-printed kayak modeled after her…
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GreatFire
Read more: GreatFireGreatFire was set up in 2011 by three anonymous individuals to counter the “Great Firewall of China”, the systematic blocking by the Chinese government of any website deemed controversial, including any that touch on news, human rights, democracy or religion.…
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Money on an Island (Hip-hop video)
Read more: Money on an Island (Hip-hop video)The Apopalyptics take on tax-dodging multi-national corporations Lyrics below (for subtitles – click – clip sous-titré en français et anglais) Lyrics: Money on an island © O.McEldowney/D.Cole 2012 – www.apopalyptics.com You can keep your money on an island You can…
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Kendrick Lamar Opens the 2018 Grammys with a Powerful and Political Performance
Read more: Kendrick Lamar Opens the 2018 Grammys with a Powerful and Political PerformanceDAMN. Kendrick Lamar opened the 2018 GRAMMYs with a powerful and political performance of his hit, “XXX.’” The rapper featured an army of face-covered soldiers marching in the background of an American flag, that quickly turned into a “satire” taking…
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TAXI
Read more: TAXITaxi is a car with a digital advertising sign attached to the roof. Linked to a global positioning system, the message changes relative to the car’s location, addressing specific neighbourhoods, addresses, and audiences. The technology can target an area as…
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Ghost Protest in Seoul
Read more: Ghost Protest in SeoulHaeryun Kang reported the following for NPR on February 24, 2016: “On the eve of South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s third anniversary in office, protesters gathered in Seoul… to condemn the administration’s increasing crackdown on free speech. These protesters were…
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Ninguno pa’ Gobernador
Read more: Ninguno pa’ GobernadorNinguno pa’ Gobernador fue un acto de protesta a las elecciones coloniales, promovidas por los partidos burgueses, mediante una campaña de abstención al voto y a favor de llevar la política a las calles mediante la protesta y la auto-gestión…
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Turning powerful stats into art
Read more: Turning powerful stats into artArtist Chris Jordan shows us an arresting view of what Western culture looks like. His supersized images picture some almost unimaginable statistics — like the astonishing number of paper cups we use every single day. https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_jordan_turning_powerful_stats_into_art?r… External sources:
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She Draws the Urgency of Climate Change
Read more: She Draws the Urgency of Climate ChangeHer name is Zaria Forman, a leading artist in contemporary art with a cause. She is not only an exceptional human being; she is also an incredible American drawer who uses art to convey the emergency of climate change. Zaria’s…