Projects tagged
Activates (people)
Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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10:10
Read more: 10:10Environmental activist Franny Armstrong’s brainwave came as she was walking to a debate with the then Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Miliband. She had read a report saying that the developed world must cut its carbon…
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The Green Belt Movement
Read more: The Green Belt MovementThe Green Belt Movement (GBM) was founded by Professor Wangari Maathai in 1977 under the auspices of the National Council of Women of Kenya (NCWK) to respond to the needs of rural Kenyan women who reported that their streams were…
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‘The Bus’ memorial for Ken Saro-Wiwa
Read more: ‘The Bus’ memorial for Ken Saro-WiwaIn 1994, the human rights and environmental activist KenSaro-Wiwa was arrested and accused of incitement to murder. Eighteen months later, following a show trial condemned by human rights organisations, he and eight other leaders of the Movement For the Survival…
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Occu-bot
Read more: Occu-botOccu-bot can protest in places that human civil disobedience is not allowed, and it can also replace human protesters. Management-bot, also known as the Financier, is a walking robot that accompanies the Occu-bot. It is made of two stepper motors…
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Dark Side of the Prism
Read more: Dark Side of the Prism“Dark Side of the Prism” is a Firefox Add-on that provides a soundtrack for our surveilled internet meanderings. The public recently learned that the US National Security Agency’s on-going internet surveillance program, Prism, collects data from users of major websites.…
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Publixtheatre Caravan
Read more: Publixtheatre CaravanThe Publixtheatre Caravan is the English name for a travelling project of the Volxtheater Favoriten, a Vienna-based international theatrical troupe that has been creating site-specific theatrical interventions in public space as well as stage-based performances since 1994. It is a…
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TAXI
Read more: TAXITaxi is a car with a digital advertising sign attached to the roof. Linked to a global positioning system, the message changes relative to the car’s location, addressing specific neighbourhoods, addresses, and audiences. The technology can target an area as…
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paraSITE
Read more: paraSITEParaSITE: Custom built inflatable shelters designed for homeless people that attach to the exterior outtake vents of a building’s Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system. The warm air leaving the building simultaneously inflates and heats the double membrane structure.…
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NannyVan
Read more: NannyVanReversing decades of discrimination set into place when New Deal labor laws intentionally excluded domestic workers, New York State in 2010 passed the very first Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Hawaii and California followed soon after with other states soon…
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Homeless Vehicle Project
Read more: Homeless Vehicle ProjectTogether with a group of homeless New Yorkers, Wodiczko constructed the Homesless Vehicle as an instrument of survival for urban nomads. A modified shopping cart that facilitates refundable bottle and can collection, it also provides temporary shelter. As a house…
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Sit-in at Veterans Memorial
Read more: Sit-in at Veterans MemorialThe Veterans Memorial in New York City, located at 55 Water Street, closes every day at 10pm. However, veterans often find themselves wanting to come to the memorial at all hours of the day and night. The organization Veterans for…
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The State of Things
Read more: The State of ThingsThe State of Things was first performed in the spring of 2006 on the 3rd anniversary of the Iraq war. On September 1st, 2008 in collaboration with Northern Lights as part of the UnConvention, Ligorano/Reese recreated The State of Thing’s…