Main Gallery
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Center Portion
Read more: Center PortionSpace to Play by Rick Kogan Performance spaces come in all shapes and sizes and purposes, from the shabby basement blues bar to, well, the Auditorium Theater. This is a city that, in spite of shortsighted politicians and greedy developers,…
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Borders
Read more: BordersThe video for “Borders,” a song off MIA’s album Matahdatah, features images recalling all sorts of migrations from the developing world—there are people crossing deserts, fences, and bodies of water. Though much of M.I.A.’s work has been about women and…
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You’d Better Watch Your Step In Madrid
Read more: You’d Better Watch Your Step In MadridLuzinterruptus turns their art activism towards the overabundance of dog doo littering the city’s streets. The studio inflated 500 poop-scoopin’ plastic bags and placed a lightbulb inside each one. Installation lasted nine hours. External sources: https://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/madrids-dog-poop-problem-inspires-led-ar…
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One Billion Rising
Read more: One Billion RisingThe One Billion Rising campaign is a global movement that’s using dance to combat gender violence worldwide. Initiated by “Vagina Monologues” creator and women’s activist Eve Ensler, the campaign will see cities across the world hold dance parties on Valentine’s…
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Activists rallied at dozens of Apple Stores worldwide
Read more: Activists rallied at dozens of Apple Stores worldwideIf you are in favor of Apple’s staunch resistance to the government, you may be interested to join a rally on Tuesday, February 23 at 5:30pm local time at an Apple Store near you. Last Tuesday, Fight for the Future,…
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Watermelon Sunday – 100% Plant Based Cookout
Read more: Watermelon Sunday – 100% Plant Based CookoutStarting in 2019 out of the East Harlem neighborhood in New York, Watermelon has served as recurring series of cookout-themed events that are 100% vegan, while also centering BIPOC businesses. People from all over the city come to the reoccurring…
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FIRST proposed U.S. Anti-Slavery Monument
Read more: FIRST proposed U.S. Anti-Slavery Monument#NYTIMES Why are there no U.S. anti-slavery monuments? https://antislaverymonument.org project is an answer. Standing 60 feet tall, corten steel of two hollow chain links the upper one broken. External sources: https://antislaverymonument.org
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1,001 chairs for Aiweiwei in Taipei
Read more: 1,001 chairs for Aiweiwei in TaipeiA large chair installation work featuring the Chinese name of detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei was set up in Taipei Saturday –the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen SquareMassacre — to call for Ai’s release. Bei Ling, an artist from…
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Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied
Read more: Power: From the Mouths of the OccupiedStatistics are easy to remove ourselves from. A story, you are implicated in, and you have to choose what side you are going to be on. Patrisse developed Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied in 2015 while she was…
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Art AIDS America traveling exhibition
Read more: Art AIDS America traveling exhibitionIf you visit the Art AIDS America exhibition expecting to see activist slogans and memorial pieces along with some art-world superstars, you won’t be disappointed—Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe and the “Silence = Death” slogan are present and accounted for—but you…
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Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political Protest
Read more: Memes, Jokes and Cats: South Koreans Use Parody for Political ProtestAs South Koreans took to the streets this month demanding the ousting of their president, some found an unexpected outlet to express their fury: jokes and satire. They hoisted banners and flags with whimsical messages about cats, sea otters and…
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Theater for Incarcerated Women
Read more: Theater for Incarcerated WomenCreative Time, Social Practice Archive: In 1989 actress/writer Rhodessa Jones was conducting classes at the San Francisco County Jail. Working with female inmates, she developed material for a performance piece called Big Butt Girls, Hard-Headed Women based on their lives…