Main Gallery
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Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir
Read more: Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping ChoirReverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choir is a New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. We are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters and Earth loving urban activists who have worked…
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Bed-Stuy Aquarium
Read more: Bed-Stuy AquariumThe Bed-Stuy Aquarium (also known as the Hancock Street Bed-Stuy Aquarium) is a makeshift goldfish pond located on a sidewalk in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. The pond, originally formed by a puddle from a leaky fire…
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Artistic activism at the State House and why it matters
Read more: Artistic activism at the State House and why it mattersThe Reproductive Health Care Act (RHCA) will impact so many people from all walks of life in Rhode Island. On March 28 in the Library at the Rhode Island State House, 15 actors and 20 volunteers came together to for…
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Hysterical: Radical Creativity
Read more: Hysterical: Radical CreativityFor Women’s History Month 2024, Hysterical Collective presented: Hysterical: Radical Creativity – the third instalment of the annual charity art exhibition and cultural programme taking place in March each year. Co-founded and curated by Eliza Hatch of Cheer Up Luv…
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I Paint, I Protest: Mary Perry Stone
Read more: I Paint, I Protest: Mary Perry StoneVideo of Mary Perry Stone’s social protest art created in the 1960s . Civil Rights, and the Vietnam War were her subjects. Mary never stopped being an activist and a few of her later works are also in the video.…
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Ladies’ Room 洗手间 (2000)
Read more: Ladies’ Room 洗手间 (2000)Ladies’ Room, lasting fewer than six and a half minutes, offers a behind-the-scenes look at a women’s washroom in a nightclub located in a Beijing hotel. A male patron of Cui Xiuwen’s studio first took her there, and she acknowledges…
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Stop – short film on stop and frisk
Read more: Stop – short film on stop and friskhttps://vimeo.com/114980972 “Probably one of the most important and timely shorts for America this year. Reinaldo Marcus Green’s film addresses the upsetting aspects of New York City’s stop-and-frisk policies with sensitivity and insight.” -Jeff Bowers, VICE (https://bit.ly/1mU7HHQ) “The film packs a…
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Bread and Puppet Theater Founder Peter Schumann on 50 Years of Art and Resistance
Read more: Bread and Puppet Theater Founder Peter Schumann on 50 Years of Art and ResistanceThis year marks the 50th anniversary of one of this country’s most beloved theater companies. Founded in New York City in 1963, the Bread and Puppet Theater’s first productions ranged from puppet shows for children to pieces opposing poor housing…
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Stop Sign Takeover
Read more: Stop Sign TakeoverDaku is an Indian graffiti artist that engages in street art with political and social meaning. Little else is known about the elusive artist, due to the illegal nature of his work. The name “Daku” literally translates to bandit or…
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Every Step You Take
Read more: Every Step You TakeWith an estimated four million surveillance cameras, Britain is by far the most-watched nation on earth. Every Londoner is on camera about 300 times a day. How could this come about in George Orwell’s mother country? What were the ignition…
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Migration is Beautiful
Read more: Migration is BeautifulArtist and social activist Favianna Rodriguez collaborated with musician Pharrell Williams to create a documentary series focusing on migrants in America. The documentary consists of 3 episodes that focus on the role of artists in the political realm. The goal…
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Natural Intervention
Read more: Natural InterventionGerman Forests Come Alive Through Creative ‘Natural Intervention ‘ “Some think that every tree has a soul. It’s hard not to agree after a walk in the woods, surrounded by these beautifully imposing creatures that creak, sway and at times…