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Ice Watch London
Read more: Ice Watch LondonThe Guardian: Olafur Eliasson is putting the chill into climate change. The revered Scandinavian artist has placed 24 large blocks of centuries-old ice, harvested from the Nuup Kangerlua fjord in Greenland, in a circle outside the Tate Modern in London,…
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How about taking your favourite banker (and politician) to jail?
Read more: How about taking your favourite banker (and politician) to jail?The Spanish 15M/INDIGNADOS social movement represents a citizen break-up with the current political system while proposing an alternative one, creatively transforming the prevailing participation and action patterns in its society. Inside the swarm of the movement, we find a key…
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For $84,000, An Artist Returned Two Blank Canvasses Titled ‘Take The Money And Run’
Read more: For $84,000, An Artist Returned Two Blank Canvasses Titled ‘Take The Money And Run’The money was supposed to be used to create modern art. And it was — but not in the way a Danish museum expected when it gave an artist the equivalent of $84,000. In return, it received two empty canvases.…
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Björk to Launch Environmental Sound Installation at Paris’ Pompidou Centre
Read more: Björk to Launch Environmental Sound Installation at Paris’ Pompidou CentreBjörk and the French artist Aleph have collaborated on an immersive, AI sound piece that recreates extinct animal calls, set to run at the Pompidou Centre, in Paris, from November 20 until December 9. It will play as visitors travel…
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Xincun
Read more: XincunSong Tao and Ji Weiyu, established their collaborative named Birdhead in 2004. Both natives of Shanghai, their work is deeply rooted in their hometown and its evolution amid China’s growth into a global power. The duo takes diaristic snapshots, highlighting…
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Veterans Peace Team, face to face with police on May Day
Read more: Veterans Peace Team, face to face with police on May DayUnlike some of Occupy Wall Street’s iconic actions in recent months, May Day did not include a scene of mass arrest. Several dozen arrests were scattered throughout the day and night during various marches and actions. But, as never before in…
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Māori Artist Gives Glimpse of Future Water-World Full of Plastic
Read more: Māori Artist Gives Glimpse of Future Water-World Full of PlasticNew Zealander artist George Nuku has presented his latest work as an installation that imagines the state of the world’s oceans 100 years in the future where plastics have totally changed the marine environment. Nuku’s project, dubbed Bottled Ocean 2122,…
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Gota D’Agua
Read more: Gota D’AguaA site-specific art intervention intended as a call to action in response to Brazil’s water crisis. Strategically planned to coincide with UN World Water Day, Gota D’Agua gathered onlookers around an abandoned Olympic size swimming pool at the foot of…
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Walmart Worker Flash Mob
Read more: Walmart Worker Flash MobSeptember 5th, 2013, Raleigh, NC – As Walmart workers petition managers to reinstate employees who have been unfairly treated, a flash mob breaks out. SEE VIDEO. External sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuCNH7dqZxg&feature=youtu.be
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#Hokkolorob
Read more: #HokkolorobHok Kolorob. Let there be noise. It was perhaps these two words of protest that eventually led to the arrest of two engineering students for allegedly molesting a fellow student at Kolkata’s Jadavpur University last month. Conjured up in a…
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Bicycles As a Vehicle For Protest in Guatemala
Read more: Bicycles As a Vehicle For Protest in GuatemalaNon-profit organizations and a multitude of Guatemalan girls protested together demanding justice and security from the government. Guatemala’s insecurity and cases of girls’ disappearances have increased over the years. The protest started outside the Government Ministery (Ministerio de Gobernación) early…
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Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God’s Plan to Schools in Impoverished Areas
Read more: Drake Donates $1 Million Budget for Music Video God’s Plan to Schools in Impoverished AreasDrake has released an emotional video for “God’s Plan” in which he donates the music video budget to people in need. Shot in Miami and directed by Toronto’s Karena Evans and Jordan Oram, the video features a bunch of generous,…