Projects tagged
Activates (people)
Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchOlafur Eliasson , the Danish-Icelandic artist. Some of his exceptional artworks focus on climate and environmental changes. In 2003, he installed The Weather Project , which remains one of Tate Modern’s popular installations. He is also known for his freestanding…
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Your body is a battleground
Read more: Your body is a battlegroundUntitled (Your Body is a Battleground) is an iconic 1989 silkscreen portrait made by artist, feminist and activist Barbara Kruger . Though the poster was meant for the pro-choice march on April 9th, 1989, in DC, the portrait is now…
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Equity and Access: Art & Protest in Spain
Read more: Equity and Access: Art & Protest in SpainSpanish street artist El Rey de la Ruina uses murals and installations to critique inequality and government policies. His works, especially during the pandemic, voiced concerns over healthcare, housing, and public resources in Madrid’s urban spaces. The nature of these…
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Andrea Bowers: Art for Social Justice
Read more: Andrea Bowers: Art for Social Justice“Artist Andrea Bowers creates powerful works addressing immigration, gender violence, and environmental justice. Her large-scale drawing ‘No Olvidado’ memorializes migrants who died crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, calling attention to the human cost of border policies.” Bowers artworks and site specific…
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt— NAMES Project
Read more: The AIDS Memorial Quilt— NAMES ProjectThe AIDS pandemic began in the early 1980s and brought with it a surge of emotions from the public: they were afraid, angry, fearful and defiant. The arrival of AIDS also brought with it a condemnation of the LGBT community.…
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Art of the Umbrella Movement
Read more: Art of the Umbrella MovementArt of the Umbrella movement refers to artistic works created as part of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong which demanded democracy in the election of the territory’s top leader. Most of the physical works of art are located within…
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Turning a New Page: Ukrainians in Moldova Celebrate Culture, Create Community
Read more: Turning a New Page: Ukrainians in Moldova Celebrate Culture, Create CommunityRepublic of Moldova – “Before the war, Eva was a happy, carefree little girl, a first-grader full of joy who loved going to school, practicing taekwondo and drawing,” Olga recalls. Determined for her six-year-old daughter to have a joyful, stable…
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Art as therapy: Swiss doctors prescribe museum visits
Read more: Art as therapy: Swiss doctors prescribe museum visitsSwiss doctors are expanding the range of prescriptions for patients with mental health conditions and chronic illnesses to include strolls in public gardens, art galleries and museums. The city of Neuchatel, in western Switzerland, launched the pilot project with doctors…
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Zero Waste Day Shines a light on fashion and textiles
Read more: Zero Waste Day Shines a light on fashion and textilesHundreds of thousands of people worldwide marked the International Day of Zero Waste, which spotlighted solutions to the mounting environmental and social problems caused by the fashion and textile sector. More than 240 events were held across the globe, from…
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スーパー☆ラット (Super Rats)
Read more: スーパー☆ラット (Super Rats)Chim↑Pom, a Tokyo-based art collective, garnered significant attention with their provocative project “Super Rat,” which debuted in 2011. This work involved capturing urban rats from Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, taxidermying them, and transforming them into real-life representations of Pikachu, the…
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Tracking Transience
Read more: Tracking TransienceAn erroneous tip called into law enforcement authorities in 2002 subjected Hasan Elahi to an intensive investigation by the FBI and after undergoing months of interrogations, he was finally cleared of suspicions. After this harrowing experience, Elahi conceived “Tracking Transience”…
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Sex Worker’s Opera
Read more: Sex Worker’s OperaThe Sex Workers’ Opera is a multidisciplinary show featuring stories of sex workers from 17 countries and produced since 2013. It is written and performed by sex workers and their friends. Siobhan Knox and Alex Etchart (from Experimental Experience Theater),…