Projects tagged
Activates (people)
Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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Eric Bouvet’s Chechnya On Stage
Read more: Eric Bouvet’s Chechnya On Stage“On Friday, March 15, 2013, for the launch of the 20th edition of the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, the theatre company Map performed Jusqu’au bout, a play directed by David Ropars based on a text by the photojournalist Eric…
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Abler
Read more: AblerSara Hendren is an Enabler. Hendren’s writing, research, and “knowledge-building” propels conversations of ability and disability in such a way that activates a creative dialogue as well as provides a scholarly basis for cultural critique. “Sara Hendren is an artist,…
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SPEAK
Read more: SPEAKLast night I attended an Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Speak Out, where people across campus from the LGBT community and coalitions of color came together in one sacred space to share their stories with strangers. For many, including…
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Zoo Portraits
Read more: Zoo PortraitsZoo Portraits is a humorous photo series by Barcelona-based photographer Yago Partal that matches animal heads with human bodies. Partal amazingly matches animals to appropriate human bodies and even manages to match their personalities and styles. The photographer’s cast of…
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12-12-12 Humanity
Read more: 12-12-12 HumanityThis project features a collection of various artists, in which they submit a project/action/performance of human connection and communication in the busy bustling world of today. Holding this event on the notorious 12/12/12 (the day the world was supposedly supposed…
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Day Without Meat
Read more: Day Without MeatWhile this protest draws quick and reactive attention and awareness to the issue at hand; it does fail to make clear the message that they intend to protest. The audience, which seems to be the general public, may focus on…
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The Exquisite Uterus
Read more: The Exquisite UterusThis project served as an educational tool to demystify the female body and bring awareness to the issues of reproductive rights and the ignorance that sometimes plagues common misconceptions about the reproductive system. I think this campaign is very successful…
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Trojan T-Shirts
Read more: Trojan T-ShirtsAn anti-Nazi organization called Exit-Deutschland targeted a right-wing Rock Festival in a city called Gera. They got in contact to the festival organizers by using a fictitious name, and they distributed 250 trojan t-shirts with a writing “Hardcore Rebels” during…
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Turning Art Into Activism
Read more: Turning Art Into ActivismBy David Gonzalez Leslie Thomas wants to shock you. She wants to anger you. And above all, she wants you to do something. She’s not talking about run-of-the-mill, “Hey buddy, watch your step” angry or TMZ sleaze shock. She’s talking…
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Facebook: Visual Platform for Marriage Equality Activism
Read more: Facebook: Visual Platform for Marriage Equality ActivismMarriage equality activism has taken aim at a new platform for global exposure: facebook. The social media website has seen swarms of users change their profile picture to a red image with a pink equal sign on top, signifying the…
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Jay Shells Drops “Rap Quotes,” His Most Site-Specific Street Art Project Yet
Read more: Jay Shells Drops “Rap Quotes,” His Most Site-Specific Street Art Project YetJAY SHELLS DROPS “RAP QUOTES,” HIS MOST SITE-SPECIFIC STREET ART PROJECT YET By Aymann Ismail | March 25, 2013 – 12:30PM After schooling New Yorkers on etiquette via numerous unsanctioned interventions, artist Jay Shells channeled his love of hip hop…
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Dyke Action Machine!
Read more: Dyke Action Machine!Taken from the website: Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) is a two-person public art project founded in 1991 by artist Carrie Moyer and photographer Sue Schaffner. Between 1991 and 2004 DAM! blitzed the streets of New York City with public art…