Projects tagged
Activates (people)
Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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Joseph Beuys, Coyote: I like America and America Likes Me, May 1974
Read more: Joseph Beuys, Coyote: I like America and America Likes Me, May 1974It was 1974 when Beuys arrived in New York City, ready to tackle a whole new challenge and create what was to become one of the most famous works of art of the time. Upon arrival, his assistants wrapped him…
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Yoko Ono, Cut Piece, 1964
Read more: Yoko Ono, Cut Piece, 1964In Cut Piece—one of Yoko Ono’s early performance works—the artist sat alone on a stage, dressed in her best suit, with a pair of scissors in front of her. The audience had been instructed that they could take turns approaching…
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Tiffany Sia: Slippery When Wet – Artists Space
Read more: Tiffany Sia: Slippery When Wet – Artists SpaceSlippery When Wet proposes a wet ontology of Hong Kong—a city in ongoing transfiguration shifting into an uncanny vision of itself. Hong Kong secretes, leaving a trail of ink, tears, humidity, logistic flows, and leaks. The works herein usurp these…
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Russian ballerina dances on frozen waters to save Batareinaya Bay
Read more: Russian ballerina dances on frozen waters to save Batareinaya Bay“A Russian ballerina from the renowned Mariinsky Theatre performed on the frozen waters of the Gulf of Finland in protest against a construction project that is likely to threaten the area’s natural habitat. Dancer Ilmira Bagautdinova traded some of the…
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Brief History of US Interventions in Latin America Since 1946
Read more: Brief History of US Interventions in Latin America Since 1946Brief History is part of a series produced by Carlos Motta between 2005 and 2009 that presents two chronologies of events in Latin America: one of U.S. interventions in the region since 1946, and one of the area’s leftist guerrilla…
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THEY Still want to kill us: Film of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to Air at Arts Center
Read more: THEY Still want to kill us: Film of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to Air at Arts CenterJoining art institutes nationally, a film on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will premiere at the UMass Amherst Arts Center. This is especially important given its will be the 100th anniversary of the tragic event of when “Black Wall Street”…
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APEX: Ed Bereal
Read more: APEX: Ed BerealLegendary activist and artist Ed Bereal will be able to have his work displayed again in the newly reopened Portland Art Museum. He is a complex figure, gaining fame in LA in the 1960s for his abstract works and radical…
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Transforming Mental Health and Feminism through Art
Read more: Transforming Mental Health and Feminism through ArtShe seeks to utilize her feminist art to spread awareness on mental health issues. Sravy is a nomad in her own right, and throughout her experiences in Asia she has noticed that there are stimas surrounding women’s autonomy and how…
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Viral Trans Uplifting Art & Apparel
Read more: Viral Trans Uplifting Art & ApparelBy going viral for the fashionable and aesthetically appeasing art for Trans lives, she has developed a new way to advocate for this cause while simultaneously growing her business. By starting by documenting their journey to living their most authentic…
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art in odd places festival NORMAL
Read more: art in odd places festival NORMALImmersing in the art is what they are known for. As they slowly reopen, so is their annual public art and performance festival. Their mission statement says:“AiOP reminds us that public spaces function as the epicenter for diverse social interactions…
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Watch Your Artists Grow
Read more: Watch Your Artists GrowFor the past 20 years, Great Bend school district art teachers have been letting their students collaborate on an art project at the Barton County Historical Society Museum. This year, they will ground their efforts in working together to make…
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Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975
Read more: Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975Adrian Piper disguised her identity, changing her race, sex, and social class in order to experiment in public situations and gauge people’s reactions. She investigated how outwardly visible identity markers (like skin color) impacted others’ perceptions of her character. By…