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Barack Obama “Hope” Poster
Read more: Barack Obama “Hope” PosterStreet artist, graphic designer, and activist Shepard Fairey created this visionary portrait of then Senator Barack Obama in 2008 as a form of grassroots activism to support Obama’s first presidential campaign. Fairey based the work on an Associated Press photograph…
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Room13Delmar
Read more: Room13DelmarRoom13Delmar is a tricycle-based mobile studio conceived as a sculpture: a cross between a vending tricycle and a ‘Mary Poppins’ bag that unfolds to create a space for creativity on the sidewalk, at a senior center and at a veterans…
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Activists Illustrated – Women at the Heart of Global Struggles
Read more: Activists Illustrated – Women at the Heart of Global StrugglesLatin American Artist María María Acha-Kutscher takes photographs from social and feminist movements and turns them into stunning pop art illustrations. ” Indignadas (Outraged Women) consists of a visual record of participation of women in public protests around the world,…
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Rain of Poems over London
Read more: Rain of Poems over LondonRain of Poems took place over London on Tuesday 26th June 2012 at 9pm. One hundred thousand poems printed on bookmarks by over 300 contemporary poets from 204 countries fell from a helicopter over Jubilee Gardens during Poetry Parnassus as…
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See Saws installed on Border Wall
Read more: See Saws installed on Border Wall“ALBUQUERQUE — For a brief moment — just a half-hour over the weekend — a simple piece of playground equipment served as a bridge between the United States and Mexico.” “Actions that take place on one side have a direct…
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The Dollar Menu
Read more: The Dollar MenuEver get to thinking about how a food desert can pop up in the middle of a major city? One major reason is corporate fast food and manufactured goods. Food deserts are defined as urban neighborhoods and rural towns without…
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“Save the Bees” Street Art
Read more: “Save the Bees” Street ArtColony collapse disorder is a colossal issue – and artist Louis Masai wants you take notice. His street art project “Save the Bees” aims to catch your attention by covering the walls of London with bees. Bees are extremely important…
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The Climate Clock
Read more: The Climate ClockFor more than 20 years, Metronome, which includes a 62-foot-wide 15-digit electronic clock that faces Union Square in Manhattan, has been one of the city’s most prominent and baffling public art projects. Its digital display once told the time in…
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Dancing Is The New Protest In Iran
Read more: Dancing Is The New Protest In IranThe Islamic Republic has always frowned upon dance but recently even a simple choreographed or ‘synchronized movement’ – as the regime calls it – has become an act of protest. Last week on International Women’s Day, a 40-second video of…
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MFA Billboard
Read more: MFA BillboardThe Guerrilla Girls tactic was well thought-out and was effective in creating a spectacle to draw attention to the issue at hand, which is the lack of female representation in the museum. Where I think the campaign has some drawbacks…
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Send it On Disney Channel Project
Read more: Send it On Disney Channel Project“Send It On” is a song recorded by American recording artists Miley Cyrus, Jonas Brothers, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez from charity project Disney’s Friends for Change. The track’s producers Adam Anders and Peer Åström co-wrote it with Nikki Hassman.…
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The World’s Most Dangerous Rap Group: NWA
Read more: The World’s Most Dangerous Rap Group: NWAIn 1988, rap group the N.W.A from Compton, California released their second album, “Straight Outta Compton”. Without any radio play or media coverage, the album still managed to become an underground hit, and the notorious rap group successfully introduced socially…