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Chinatown gets animated in campaign against 76ers arena plan with bevy of protest art on display
Read more: Chinatown gets animated in campaign against 76ers arena plan with bevy of protest art on displayWander around Chinatown and you’ll find a simple message plastered along storefronts and the sides of buildings: NO ARENA. The posters are usually sparse, text-heavy and straight to the point. Since last year, residents and shop owners in Chinatown have…
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Pro-Choice Trolling
Read more: Pro-Choice TrollingHobby Lobby is a chain of arts and crafts stores that has recently come under fire for denying its employees affordable access to contraception. Jasmine Shea redecorated many of the craft supplies in one of their stores to “troll” them…
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Semiotics of the Kitchen
Read more: Semiotics of the Kitchen“Semiotics of the Kitchen” is a feminist video art that examines the symbolism of women’s confinement within domestic spaces, utilizing the framework of a televised cooking show. In this piece, Rosler assumes the role of an “anti-Julia Child,” wielding a…
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Tortuguita Billboard
Read more: Tortuguita BillboardMAJOR NYC BILLBOARD TAKEN OVER IN HONOR OF TORTUGUITA, PART OF COORDINATED DAY OF RESISTANCE 1/18/2025 “This weekend, thousands of people across the world organized events and took collective action in honor of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán who was murdered by…
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Monument #1
Read more: Monument #1MONUMENT #1 is a series of sculptures by the Bulgarian artist and designer Erka, created in collaboration with Fine Acts. The work seeks to raise awareness about the lack of monuments honoring notable women in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria…
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Thousands of Ghanaians protest controversial military deal with U.S.
Read more: Thousands of Ghanaians protest controversial military deal with U.S.Thousands of people protested in Ghana’s capital Accra on Wednesday against the expansion of its defence cooperation with the United States, in a rare public display of opposition to the growing foreign military presence in West Africa. Demonstrators blowing vuvuzelas…
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2015
Read more: 2015The slogan of 2015 is “Art changes Perceptions, Perceptions change people, People change the world”. The organization has created an online community where anyone can post digital images of poverty existing in the Arab world. The action was created in…
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Find the Future
Read more: Find the FutureFind the Future: The Game is a pioneering, interactive experience created especially for NYPL’s Centennial by famed game designer Jane McGonigal, with Natron Baxter and Playmatics. Through a once-in-a-lifetime, overnight adventure played inside the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, and an…
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The art of activism: Thapelo Motsumi & the Umuzi Photo Club
Read more: The art of activism: Thapelo Motsumi & the Umuzi Photo ClubPhotographer Thapelo Motsumi is one of many young South Africans who has worked with the Umuzi Photo Club to develop his artistic skills and engage his community. Now this “drop out” has had two exhibitions in London and has been…
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Chinese Contemporary Artist Liao Guohe’s “Bad Paintings” on Exhibition in Nanjing
Read more: Chinese Contemporary Artist Liao Guohe’s “Bad Paintings” on Exhibition in NanjingLiao Guohe’s solo exhibition —-“Satisfaction Guaranteed”, the first-time all-round summary of his paintings in last 10 years, is held from November 14, 2014 to March 14, 2015 at Sifang Art Museum in Nanjing, China. As the only one of his…
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Security-1998 Hacked CANTV database
Read more: Security-1998 Hacked CANTV databaseIn 1998 Hacker-Poet-Artist Yucef Mehri breached the security of CANTV at the time the largest telecommunications company in Venezuela. He was able to access the personal data kept by the company which contained the names, addresses, phone numbers, working places,…
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SOPA Blackout
Read more: SOPA BlackoutSOPA Blackout: Wikipedia, Google, Wired Protest ‘Internet Censorship’ Jan 18, 2012, ABC News, Ned Potter Go to Wikipedia’s English home page and it will look like its regular self for a second, but then – Go to Google‘s homepage, and…