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Pop-Up Studio: Kids’ Campaign to Correct History
Read more: Pop-Up Studio: Kids’ Campaign to Correct HistoryJoin other families in reimagining sports team mascots and logos that misrepresent Native American communities. Design a campaign for alternative names with the help of artists Sam Durant and Elisa Harkins, taking inspiration from the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the…
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post (r)evolutionary exercises
Read more: post (r)evolutionary exercisesThe post (r)evolutionary exercises are the outcome of a meeting/friendship/project that started in summer 2010, when we took part in “Goings on” seminar in Beirut, Lebanon. In this seminar, curated by Cecilia Andersson, Scandinavian and Middle east art groups were…
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Fossil Free Eugene
Read more: Fossil Free EugeneA group of protestors and organizers from Sunrise Movement, Earth Guardians, 350 Eugene, Cascadia Wildlands and more staged a bike march culminating with a die-in outside of the Northwest Natural Gas headquarters in Eugene, Oregon. The protestors lie on the…
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Outrage in China over pressure on student to stop activism amid growing Me Too movement
Read more: Outrage in China over pressure on student to stop activism amid growing Me Too movementBEIJING – Before Yue Xin became a central figure in China’s burgeoning movement against sexual harassment, she recorded herself singing a revamped version of the 1960s pop classic “Que Sera Sera.” “Will we be equal? Will we be free?” sang…
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Crows That Pick Up Trash
Read more: Crows That Pick Up TrashOh, to be a crow. Maligned as scavengers that torment their dead brethren. Portrayed as aerial killers in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock classic, “The Birds.” In France, though, the wily crow is getting a makeover. Puy du Fou, a historical…
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Jesus as a Working Class Hero: Resignifying religion in Spanish music (three examples)
Read more: Jesus as a Working Class Hero: Resignifying religion in Spanish music (three examples)The story of the life and death of Jesus is arguably the most ubiquitous story ever told. Translated to every language, vastly circulated, taught in schools all around the world, conservative groups –except for some exemptions, like Liberation Theology- have…
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Climate strikes continue online: ‘We want to keep the momentum going’
Read more: Climate strikes continue online: ‘We want to keep the momentum going’The large crowds and brightly coloured placards of the school climate strikes became some of the defining images of 2019. “There would be lots of chanting and the energy was always amazing,” says Dominique Palmer, a 20-year-old climate activist from…
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The Rhode Island-based artist creates sculptures from trash that look like wildlife from one perspective — but reveal themselves as much more when you take a closer look.
Read more: The Rhode Island-based artist creates sculptures from trash that look like wildlife from one perspective — but reveal themselves as much more when you take a closer look.“Works in Progress” highlights artists across a range of disciplines whose work deals with ecological themes. Considering the particular role that artists play in the climate movement, this column shares their voices and provides a glimpse behind the curtain into…
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Speaking out against air pollution through Smog Art
Read more: Speaking out against air pollution through Smog ArtThe action art performance themed “War on smog, we are taking action” was held by some environmental activists and volunteers on the commercial center and famous tourist spot Yangren Jie (Foreigners’ Street) in Nanan district, Chongqing municipality in Southwest China…
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Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird Species
Read more: Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird SpeciesIn a visually captivating public art venture, the Audonon Mural Project seeks to raise awareness for species of birds threatened by climate change in a rather unconventional way—street art. A collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery,…
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Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in Cuba
Read more: Blurring Boundaries Between Art and Activism in CubaMEXICO CITY — Of the half-dozen pieces that form Tania Bruguera’s series “Tatlin’s Whisper,” the one that the Cuban government silenced may have resounded most. An attempt by Ms. Bruguera, a New York-based Cuban artist, to stage an open-mike performance…
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Ai Weiwei’s Colored Vases: Clever Artwork Or Vandalism?
Read more: Ai Weiwei’s Colored Vases: Clever Artwork Or Vandalism?Exhibition visitors have expressed feelings of uneasiness or even pain and nostalgia when seeing Colored Vases by Ai Weiwei1. The 51 vases that make up the artwork are originally treasures from the Neolithic Age (5000–3000 BCE) and the artist has…