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Do Not Talk About Climate Change
Read more: Do Not Talk About Climate ChangeFranke James put up “Do Not Talk about Climate Change” posters around cities to raise people’s awareness on climate change issues. The artist cited that many Canadian cities are ill-prepared for catastrophic weather. CBS reported that “Many Canadian cities and…
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Climate strikes continue online: ‘We want to keep the momentum going’
Read more: Climate strikes continue online: ‘We want to keep the momentum going’The large crowds and brightly coloured placards of the school climate strikes became some of the defining images of 2019. “There would be lots of chanting and the energy was always amazing,” says Dominique Palmer, a 20-year-old climate activist from…
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Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance – First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster
Read more: Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance – First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster“Human Cost, Tate Britain Performance (87 minutes), charcoal and sunflower oil 20 April 2011 – First anniversary of the Gulf of Mexico disaster. On the same day, 166 people who work in the arts published a letter in the Guardian…
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Mashrou’ Leila
Read more: Mashrou’ LeilaCAIRO — Seven Egyptians were arrested on charges of promoting homosexuality after concertgoers waved rainbow-colored flags at a rock concert in Cairo last week, Egyptian officials said. The arrests were the latest assault on social freedoms in Egypt under President…
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Men’s Magazine Prints Editions Using HIV-Infected Blood To Tackle Stigma
Read more: Men’s Magazine Prints Editions Using HIV-Infected Blood To Tackle StigmaThanks to dramatic advances in drug therapy, infection with HIV has been transformed from a death sentence to a chronic, manageable disease. HIV-positive patients can even enjoy a normal life expectancy if treatment is successful. So we needn’t worry about…
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Performance Art “Not to Leave the Cage Unless You Have to” in Beijing Film Academy
Read more: Performance Art “Not to Leave the Cage Unless You Have to” in Beijing Film AcademyDirect Cause: Students’ freedom to enter and leave the campus has been restricted for two weeks, but the university has not even issued an official document, only a verbal rule of “not leaving the campus unless necessary.” Objective: To protest…
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My Model Body
Read more: My Model BodyThe humorously critical project offered people an opportunity to compare themselves to the supermodel silhouette: face to face in the imaginary impression of a mirror, or at real physical scale. The idea was born out of a serious concern with…
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Climate Activists Deface Constitutional Monument in Germany with Black Paint, Posters
Read more: Climate Activists Deface Constitutional Monument in Germany with Black Paint, PostersClimate activists defaced a work of art near Germany’s Parliament Saturday in the latest act of vandalism by protestors concerned with environmental policy. Members of The Last Generation threw black liquid over a series of glass plates displaying 19 articles…
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¿Cómo podemos expropiar a las entidades bancarias?
Read more: ¿Cómo podemos expropiar a las entidades bancarias?El albañil anarquista Lucio Urtubia falsificó miles de cheques del First National City Bank, en la segunda mitad de los años setenta, hasta prácticamente llevar el banco a la ruina. Urtubia donó el dinero así generado a diversos movimientos de…
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Break Down
Read more: Break DownArtist Michael Landy catalogued, inventoried, and systemically destroyed all of his possessions for the 2001 public installation Break Down, commissioned by British arts organization Artangel. It took him three years just to itemize the 7,227 objects included in the project.…
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A Straight Journey: days and nights in their kingdom
Read more: A Straight Journey: days and nights in their kingdomA Straight Journey is a documentary of Chinese homosexual people. It is the first time for Chinese gays and lesbians to make their debut and speak out via one of the largest Chinese Internet service providers. Two Chinese photographers Masa…
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Yankee Doodle Dandy
Read more: Yankee Doodle DandyThe Fourth of July is upon us, so it’s time once again to sing what is arguably our most baffling national ditty, “Yankee Doodle Dandy.” Maybe you’ve noticed: Some of the lyrics seem like the work of a prankster on…