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A Later Banned Set of Photos Sent Shockwaves Through Chinese Netizens
Read more: A Later Banned Set of Photos Sent Shockwaves Through Chinese NetizensA Chinese Independent Photographer, Xiyouxiu (Twitter ID@xiuxiukong) published a set of photos called “Father” on both Chinese social platforms like Weibo and Little Red Book, and international platforms like twitter. At the beginning of the story being told by the…
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Abbie Hoffman and Yippies shower money on the NYSE
Read more: Abbie Hoffman and Yippies shower money on the NYSEOne interesting thing about this stunt is that there is no record of it other than the Yippies’ wonderful testimony. We believe that it actually happened, but it shows that storytelling is the most important part of any action of…
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“HALT”
Read more: “HALT”In Halt, a new solo piece premiered at NYU Gallatin, dancer and choreographer Jamar Roberts examined the language of the body in protest. The work focuses on what it means for human beings-the committed individual and the organized collective- to…
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Reclaiming the Monument
Read more: Reclaiming the MonumentText by Jessica Stewart – In Virginia, one artist is helping his community reclaim a controversial monument in the name of Black Lives Matter. The Robert E. Lee Monument now stands as the only remaining Confederate statue on Richmond’s historic…
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Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the Streets
Read more: Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the StreetsWhat is looping? Somewhere in between art, activism, and wackiness is this liberating experience. Matthew Silver and Fritz Donnelley, two New York City based performance artists got lonely acting silly in their underwear in public. Knowing that there were enough…
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Ai Weiwei’s Colored Vases: Clever Artwork Or Vandalism?
Read more: Ai Weiwei’s Colored Vases: Clever Artwork Or Vandalism?Exhibition visitors have expressed feelings of uneasiness or even pain and nostalgia when seeing Colored Vases by Ai Weiwei1. The 51 vases that make up the artwork are originally treasures from the Neolithic Age (5000–3000 BCE) and the artist has…
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FOKAL
Read more: FOKALARTS/CULTURE FOKAL is the hub in Haiti where locals and international visitors from all walks of life — artists, writers, citizens, activists– come together to discuss the most pressing nation- and community-building issues, enjoy cutting edge artistic expressions, and share…
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Act Now – Our House Is Flooding
Read more: Act Now – Our House Is FloodingIn the early hours of Sunday 10th November, Extinction Rebellion activists staged an action on the river Thames in London. A classic suburban house was seen floating down the river, sinking into the water in yet another attempt to send…
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Protests in Belfast and Dublin after rugby players’ rape acquittal
Read more: Protests in Belfast and Dublin after rugby players’ rape acquittalProtests have been held in cities on either side of the Irish border after two Ireland rugby internationals were acquitted of rape. Up to 1,000 people took part in a demonstration in Belfast on Thursday after a jury’s unanimous verdicts…
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American Prison Perpestives
Read more: American Prison PerpestivesWith American Prison Perspectives, Gielen intends tol illustrate how prison complex designs reflect the politics, economic priorities and anxieties of society, yet there would be so much more to say with pictures inside the prisions. There are many insightful conclusions…
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Bit Rosie
Read more: Bit RosieBit Rosie showcases female music producers in high quality performance videos and short documentaries. Our videos and digital archive project with the New York University library document the work of women using music technology to make sounds across genres and…
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The Climate Clock
Read more: The Climate ClockFor more than 20 years, Metronome, which includes a 62-foot-wide 15-digit electronic clock that faces Union Square in Manhattan, has been one of the city’s most prominent and baffling public art projects. Its digital display once told the time in…