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Afrofuturism: An Interview with Krista Franklin

The term “Afrofuturism” was coined in the 1990s by the cultural critic Mark Dery, who recognized a preoccupation with the future in the work of a number of black artists. Ever since, it has remained a term that is retrospectively…

‘Met Museum, you’re complicit’: artists and activists take over museum’s front steps with giant pro-Palestine quilt

Practitioner:
Artists, cultural workers and activists

A two-hour rally at the New York museum drew many supportive cheers and honks, plus a handful of antagonistic shouts Benjamin Sutton 25 March 2024 Hundreds of artists, cultural workers and activists gathered on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum…

Sirens of the Lambs

Practitioner:
Banksy

Sirens of the Lambs is created by the enigmatic street artist, Banksy. This piece was first spotted on the streets of New York City on October 10, 2013, it went viral on social media and people are posting and reposting…

Lebanon’s migrant domestic workers demand equal rights

Practitioner:
domestic workers

There are over 200,000 migrant domestic workers living in Lebanon today — a large number when you considered that Lebanon’s population is only a little over 4 million. Most migrant workers live with their Lebanese employers, cleaning their houses, washing…

“Supporting Ukraine Is Not a Choice, But Our Common Duty”: How a Group of Artist-Activists Is Supporting Ukraine From Warsaw

Practitioner:
Sunflower Solidarity Community Center

In 2023, it is impossible to be an apolitical artist in Eastern Europe. As war rages on in Ukraine, art serves as a powerful and necessary tool, according the members of the Sunflower Solidary Community Center in Warsaw: Maria Beburia,…

No nos vamos, nos echan

Practitioner:
Juventud sin Futuro- Youth without a Future

The “no nos vamos, nos echan” campaign speaks to making the invisible visible through pictures, videos and global mass demonstrations. Hopefully the Spanish government and other political players in Spain and Europe will see the faces of the population forced…

Gramsci Monument

Practitioner:
Thomas Hirschhorn

A Summer Place in the South Bronx Gramsci Monument Thomas Hirschhorn built this participatory sculpture dedicated to the Italian philosopher at the Forest Houses. By Ken Johnson July 25, 2013 On last Sunday’s lovely, warm afternoon I visited Thomas Hirschhorn’s…

Falling Fruit

Practitioner:
Caleb Phillips, Ethan Welty

The Falling Fruit project was born from a passion for food and the environment. It is organised in an open-source database that brings together the entirety of maps made by foragers from the Internet. The database also includes edible species…

activists culture jam anti-Muslim ads in NYC subways

Practitioner:
New York Activists

New York activists responded to a recent anti-Muslim subway campaign by plastering stickers over ads depicting the World Trade Center in flames, juxtaposed with text quoting the Koran. The day-glow orange and yellow stickers warn “Caution: This is war propaganda.…

Shake The Dust (Film)

Practitioner:
Adam Sjoberg, Loose Luggage

“‘Shake the Dust’ is a feature documentary that tells the stories of break-dancers in struggling communities around the globe that, although separated by cultural boundaries and individual struggles, are intrinsically tied to one another through their passion for break-dancing and…

Graffiti on the West Bank Barrier

Practitioner:
Various Artists

In June 2002, the Israeli Government decided to construct a physical barrier separating Israel and the West Bank. The declared purpose of this (as yet unfinished) 709 kilometers long barrier—which came to be known as Gader Ha’hafrada (The Separation Wall)—was…

Make Love, Not Porn

Practitioner:
Cindy Gallop

At TED2009, audience member Cindy Gallop gave a 4-minute presentation that became one of the event’s most talked about. Speaking from her personal experience, she argued that hardcore pornography had distorted the way a generation of young men think about…