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Pocard – Singapore Version
Read more: Pocard – Singapore VersionConcept 1. This is a participatory art action initiated by Action Office, aiming at questioning current democratic elections in Singapore and shaping an alternative possibility. 2. Design the pocards to resemble ballots, inviting people to fill out election results and…
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600 Days of Sanitary Pad Mutual Help Boxes in Universities: Stagnation, Perseverance, and Exploration
Read more: 600 Days of Sanitary Pad Mutual Help Boxes in Universities: Stagnation, Perseverance, and ExplorationFrom October to December 2020, Chinese university students nationwide launched a viral movement to install “menstrual pad mutual aid boxes” in women’s restrooms—free, wall-mounted containers stocked with disposable pads on a take-one, replace-one basis. Nearly 250 campuses joined within weeks.…
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Snake
Read more: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little SnakeNatalie Ball’s work challenges dominant stories of Native American identities, taking to task the historical and visual legacies that misrepresent what it means to be “Indian.” She dives deeply into Indigenous histories and forms of knowledge, the use of language,…
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Creative Activism in the Service of Corporations
Read more: Creative Activism in the Service of CorporationsMcDonald’s wanted children in Hong Kong to spend more time with their imagination after a study showed that children spend an average of 5 hours studying per day. In its new ‘I’m Amazing’ campaign, the fast food chain challenges these…
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Facebook: Visual Platform for Marriage Equality Activism
Read more: Facebook: Visual Platform for Marriage Equality ActivismMarriage equality activism has taken aim at a new platform for global exposure: facebook. The social media website has seen swarms of users change their profile picture to a red image with a pink equal sign on top, signifying the…
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Activists Take to Guggenheim Museum to Denounce Israeli Airstrikes
Read more: Activists Take to Guggenheim Museum to Denounce Israeli AirstrikesThe Guggenheim Museum in New York City temporarily closed off its entrance on Saturday afternoon, November 11, after eight artists and cultural workers took to the institution’s iconic spiral ramp to denounce the Israeli military’s ongoing killing of Palestinian children…
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Occupy Small Street
Read more: Occupy Small StreetFirst Inspired by a doll-sized action in Siberia, #occupysmallstreet staged its first little protest in Melbourne’s City Square, as part of #F12, International Art + Occupy Day. Signs are made collectively, by regular Arts x Activism and members of the…
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Land Minds: spreading internet freedom and privacy
Read more: Land Minds: spreading internet freedom and privacyIn the past few years we have seen a growing awareness and concern with Internet freedom and privacy, fuelled by Edward Snowden’s revelations of the vast U.S. government’s surveillance programs, by Wikileaks’ publications, by protests against the Stop Online Piracy…
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HEARD•NY
Read more: HEARD•NYPublic arts advocator, Creative Time, and the MTA Arts for Transit and Urban Design (AFT) partnered to present Heard NY, a public art dance and music installation facilitated by artist, choreographer, and fashion designer Nick Cave. Heard NY was created…
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Mining the Museum
Read more: Mining the MuseumWhen Fred Wilson did an installation at the Maryland Historical Society in 1992, he shook up the museum world. Co-sponsored by the historical society and the Contemporary Museum, Mining the Museum did not involve artwork made by the artist; rather,…
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SPEAK
Read more: SPEAKLast night I attended an Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Speak Out, where people across campus from the LGBT community and coalitions of color came together in one sacred space to share their stories with strangers. For many, including…
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USAID’s Cuba hip-hop project
Read more: USAID’s Cuba hip-hop projectHAVANA (AP) — A U.S. agency’s secret infiltration of Cuba’s underground hip-hop scene to spark a youth movement against the government was “reckless” and “stupid,” Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday after The Associated Press revealed the operation. On at least…