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Ge Yulu: Eye Contact
Read more: Ge Yulu: Eye ContactGe Yulu’s artistic practice playfully pulls at the strings of a social system that, although seemingly all-encompassing, is in fact a malleable structure consisting of individual human beings. For his 2016 project Eye Contact, Ge positioned himself in front of…
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[Human Compliance Experiment] ‘The Push’: Netflix Special That Tests Human Compliance Is a Life-or-Death ‘Nathan for You’
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Read more: [Human Compliance Experiment] ‘The Push’: Netflix Special That Tests Human Compliance Is a Life-or-Death ‘Nathan for You’https://www.netflix.com/title/80220000 https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/the-push-netflix-review-ending-derren-b… Article from IndieWire by Steve Greene The hour-long experiment from magician and UK TV mainstay Derren Brown asks a dangerous question with an unexpected twist. [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the Netflix special “Derren Brown: The…
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Mechanized Moments: John Wood and Paul Harrison’s ‘Device’ and the Absurdity of Technology
Read more: Mechanized Moments: John Wood and Paul Harrison’s ‘Device’ and the Absurdity of TechnologyJohn Wood and Paul Harrison are renowned British artists whose collaboration has led to the merging of video art with performance and conceptual art. Their works usually reside on the relationship between human beings, objects, and the environment, with humor…
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Income Inequality in Spain: The 15-M Housing Crisis Protests
Read more: Income Inequality in Spain: The 15-M Housing Crisis ProtestsIn May of 2011, tens of thousands of people crowded Puerta del Sol in the center of Madrid in the most visible manifestation of sit-in protests against austerity and corruption. 15-M was an expression of the devastating effects of the…
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Mierdazo
Read more: MierdazoAfter the economic crisis of December 20, 2001 in Argentina, there was a growth in the participation in all types of protests and claims of the different sectors affected by the crisis (against banks by savers, roadblocks and mobilizations of…
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Rainbow Makeover: Swedish Response to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination.
Read more: Rainbow Makeover: Swedish Response to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination.Swedish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates offered their colorful stance on Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation over the weekend. As The Local is reporting, activists gave a pedestrian crossing outside of the Russian embassy in Stockholm a rainbow…
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South American Traffic Mimes
Read more: South American Traffic Mimes“Mimes gesture as they stand in a crosswalk in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Oct. 7, 2011. The mayor of the city’s eastern district of Sucre has launched a unique program aimed to encourage civility among reckless drivers and careless pedestrians, putting…
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What I Couldn’t Say In Public
Read more: What I Couldn’t Say In Public“What I Couldn’t Say in Public” transforms individual secrets into a public, anonymous spectacle. While origins and exact location of the “What I Couldn’t Say in Public” project are unknown, awareness about the project has grown over the micro-blogging platform…
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Street Artist Plants Secret Rooms in Milan’s Abandoned Manholes
Read more: Street Artist Plants Secret Rooms in Milan’s Abandoned ManholesThroughout the Lodi district of Milan, Italy, artist Biancoshock has transformed abandoned manholes into miniature subterranean rooms. Beneath the pavement, in vacant maintenance vaults, a cupid painting in a gaudy frame hangs in a tiny pink living room; a boxy…
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Private Dinner Party: Clothing Not Allowed
Read more: Private Dinner Party: Clothing Not AllowedPrivate Dinner Party: Clothing Not Allowed The Füde Dinner Experience gathers those who want to meet, eat and drink — only after leaving their clothes at the door. The bare back shoulders of two women facing a table with lit…
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City Forest Mural
Read more: City Forest MuralThe sneaker brand Converse has commissioned an indigenous artist in Australia to create a gigantic mural with a surprising twist. The Melbourne mural plays homage to indigenous urban identity and was painted with a special type of pollution-absorbing paint that…
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Queer Crisis (4.25.2014)
Read more: Queer Crisis (4.25.2014)An intervention created by the April 25 2015 Queer Crisis Collective organized by the Helix Queer Performance Network (HQPN), and part of an ongoing queer resistance project mentored by Avram Finkelstein. Over a period of 2 weekends, 8 artists met…