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Documentary on art and activism in the streets of Buenos Aires
Read more: Documentary on art and activism in the streets of Buenos Aires‘White Walls Say Nothing’ is the first feature-length film of its kind to explore art and activism in the streets of Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires is a complex, chaotic city. It has European style and a Latin American heart. It…
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As the Taliban Curbs Women’s Rights, Advocates Demand Action
Read more: As the Taliban Curbs Women’s Rights, Advocates Demand ActionIn December – as many around the globe were preparing for the holidays – Sama, a former attorney, remained hunkered down in her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, trying to comprehend how her world had changed. The Taliban had just released…
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India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivor
Read more: India’s new comic ‘super hero’: Priya, the rape survivorA new comic book with a female rape survivor as its “super hero” has been launched to focus attention on the problem of sexual violence in India. Priya’s Shakti, inspired by Hindu mythological tales, tells the story of Priya, a…
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The Prometheus Project
Read more: The Prometheus ProjectThe Prometheus Project is a partnership between the American Repertory Theater and Amnesty International to bring the theater arts to the service of human rights advocacy. In an effort to bring the power of theater to aid the fight for…
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Slashing the Rokeby Venus
Read more: Slashing the Rokeby VenusOn March 10, 1914, Mary Richardson slashed Velasquez’s “Rokeby Venus” with a small axe during public hours at the National Gallery in London. A militant suffragette protesting the force-feeding of imprisoned suffragettes in prison (and the Cat and Mouse Act…
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CLIMAVORE: environmental restoration through artistic practices
Read more: CLIMAVORE: environmental restoration through artistic practicesIn 2016 an eye-catching sparrow was spotted in Scotland. The bird had ingested feed pellets from a nearby salmon farm, turning its feathers pink. Cramped in underwater feedlots, farmed salmon have no access to the prey that colour their flesh…
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Potatoe Walkout
Read more: Potatoe Walkout“Potatoe Walkout” is a series of art installations located outside public food venues, featuring potatoes and cucumbers outfitted in sunglasses, picket signs, umbrellas, and other objects (depending on the depicted scene, which varies). Some scenes represent protest, others represent army…
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“Get Out”
Read more: “Get Out”Jordan Peele discovered halfway through the making of “Get Out” what story he wanted to tell: A horror-thriller for black audiences that delivered a searing satirical critique of systemic racism. “The writing of (‘Get Out’) started with me starting to…
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Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Read more: Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence“The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence® is a leading-edge Order of queer nuns. Since our first appearance in San Francisco on Easter Sunday, 1979, the Sisters have devoted ourselves to community service, ministry and outreach to those on the edges, and…
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Rap Challenge to the Thai Military Junta
Read more: Rap Challenge to the Thai Military JuntaBANGKOK — The rhymes came to Nutthapong Srimuong before dawn, when Bangkok is as still as it can be and the night jasmine overpowers the Thai capital with its perfume. The country whose capital is turned into a killing field…
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Tree Mountain-A Living Time Capsule
Read more: Tree Mountain-A Living Time CapsuleDenes’s project “Tree Mountain-A Living Time Capsule” in Finland is a monumental earthwork involving the planting of 11,000 trees by 11,000 people on a reclaimed gravel pit. It’s designed to grow over the next 400 years, serving as a testament…
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Sweatshop A Dark Comedic Game on Offshore Manafacturing
Read more: Sweatshop A Dark Comedic Game on Offshore ManafacturingFrom the Games for Change website: Through a series of thirty challenging levels players must balance the unreasonable demands of Boss, the temperamental factory owner and Boy, a gentle, hard-working child labourer. Together, the team must work to make the…