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Becoming a Statue of Japanese Comfort Woman
Read more: Becoming a Statue of Japanese Comfort Woman‘Since Plotinus’, writes Joseph Tanke (2019, p. 486), ‘Western art has been consecrated to beauty, and beautiful art has been understood as the achievement of good form’. But alongside this interest in beauty and form, art has been committed to…
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State Names
Read more: State Names“State Names” is a painting by Jaune Quick-To-See Smith. You immediately recognize the outline of the United States, but at the same time, that map is obscured and made difficult to read. It’s at once recognizable and not recognizable. She…
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“Goo Phone” Chinese Company Used Leaked iPhone 5 Specs to Build Knockoff, Hopes to Sue Apple for Patent Infringement
Read more: “Goo Phone” Chinese Company Used Leaked iPhone 5 Specs to Build Knockoff, Hopes to Sue Apple for Patent InfringementJust the other day, we were hearing about Samsung getting in legal trouble over patent violations with Apple. A federal court decision ruled that Samsung owes Apple more than $1 billion in restitution. Samsung plans to appeal the decision, saying it never…
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Walkthrough
Read more: WalkthroughMoMA presents the first comprehensive American survey of the leading contemporary artist Walid Raad (b. 1967, Lebanon), featuring his work in photography, video, sculpture, and performance from the last 25 years. Dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video…
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Flour Bluff students expand education through activism
Read more: Flour Bluff students expand education through activismCORPUS CHRISTI — Many Flour Bluff ISD students have developed an extracurricular activity that takes their education to the streets, to social media and toward a path of change: activism.Much of the students’ passion stems from the April 1 suicide of…
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One Dress Protest
Read more: One Dress ProtestIndependent blogger, Kristy Powell, decided to begin a digital action, beginning on January 3rd, 2011 and ending on January 3rd, 2012, where she would wear one dress for an entire year to call attention to the politics of fashion’s dominance…
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Ivanka Vacuuming
Read more: Ivanka VacuumingFrom Public Delivery: “The art piece, which was showcased at the Flashpoint Gallery in Washington D.C. from February 1 to 17, 2019, allowed visitors to interact with it. The audience had a pile of crumbs placed right in front of…
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White Clergy Spark Debate By Telling Cops #UseMeInstead For Target Practice
Read more: White Clergy Spark Debate By Telling Cops #UseMeInstead For Target PracticeA group of clergy members wanted to change the conversation when they heard that a Florida police department was using mug shots of young black men as targets for shooting practice. “#UseMeInstead,” the religious leaders said, tweeting photos of themselves…
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Mesmerizing Flesh: The Visceral Corporeality of Tamara Kostianovsky’s Textile Sculptures
Read more: Mesmerizing Flesh: The Visceral Corporeality of Tamara Kostianovsky’s Textile SculpturesFor artists exploring themes of violence towards humans and animals, there is a fine line between thoughtfully engaging and needlessly shocking the viewer; being sensationally explicit can turn people away while being tacit or innocuous may fail to make an…
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When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral Reef
Read more: When Art Meets Science: The Hyberbolic Crochet Coral ReefThe “Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef,” a unique exhibition and thought-provoking fusion of science, conservation, mathematics, and art, is on display in Washington, D.C., at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. By engaging local communities to crochet coral reefs, the…
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AUSSIE Posters
Read more: AUSSIE PostersI am traveling Australia sticking up 1000 poster of Monga Khan, the Aussie folk hero…. The photograph of Monga Khan was taken 100 years ago in Australia. He was one of thousands of people who applied for exemptions to the…
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Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemic
Read more: Professor tracks rise in racism linked to pandemicResearch from Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies Russell Jeung spurs launch of online reporting center to document COVID-19 discrimination. As the coronavirus spreads globally, San Francisco State University Asian American Studies Professor and Chair Russell Jeung is tracking…