Projects tagged
Activates (people)
Energizes and organizes people into action. Can include emotion work
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Menstruation Terrorism
Read more: Menstruation TerrorismMenstruation Terrorism is the act of frightening folks with the visibility of menstruation. STAKES: This action matters because menstruation taboo exists simply so that our periods are undetectable. Systems such as educational institutions, work spaces/culture and sports/play have been designed…
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the fearless funny feminist taking on a white male art world
Read more: the fearless funny feminist taking on a white male art worldSay hello to ArtActivistBarbie (AAB), whose modus operandi is small signs, big questions and a fabulous wardrobe. With her inviting call to arms, “Refuse to be the muse!” this fierce new incarnation of Barbie is helping to challenge art galleries…
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This artist takes the spirit of protest from the streets to the gallery
Read more: This artist takes the spirit of protest from the streets to the gallery“Brazilian artist Mundano is used to spending his time on the road and in the streets, making art as an act of protest. Known for leaving his colorful works of graffiti on walls around the world, Mundano is especially dedicated…
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Pandora’s Project
Read more: Pandora’s ProjectIt was October 31st, 2012, when a new artist appeared on social media. In a series of video clips, she proposed with a soft and slow speech that Peru hide its poverty. Her project consisted of installing vinyl pieces to…
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Malcolm X Street
Read more: Malcolm X StreetAt a time when the city of Portland was considering stripping Martin Luther King Jr.’s name off a local street, a covert organization calling itself Group X changed the name of another downtown street to Malcolm X Street in a…
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#Protect Girls Project — Anti-surrogacy Stickers
Read more: #Protect Girls Project — Anti-surrogacy StickersMany girls in China may have seen the advertisements of egg donation as a surrogate, in hospitals, schools, public toilets, shared bikes, ATMs…… They are everywhere and the number of this kind of advertisements is large. Though there are lots…
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Covert Gay Representation in Video Games
Read more: Covert Gay Representation in Video GamesUpon the release of the 1996 Maxis Inc. computer game SimCopter, the company discovered programmer Jacques Servin had secretly added scantily clad male CPUs to appear in the game and make out with the player character. The company fired him…
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This Subway Is Too Small
Read more: This Subway Is Too SmallIn 2017, the political party Ahora Buenos Aires (Now Buenos Aires) was running in the legislative election for the first time. It is not easy being a small left-wing party in the City of Buenos Aires, therefore imagination is an…
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ISIS-chan : Anime nerds’ efforts to influence online search results for ISIS-related messages
Read more: ISIS-chan : Anime nerds’ efforts to influence online search results for ISIS-related messagesHer name is ISIS-chan. And she’s how nerds around the world are trying to silence violent ISIS terrorist propaganda. It starts with the vibrant worldwide community that loves Japanese anime. Some of them have created a cute animated character as…
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Dude Protests with a Sign
Read more: Dude Protests with a SignFrom an article in BoredPanda: “If you’ve ever felt like your voice and opinion doesn’t matter in the vast world, then Seth is here to prove you wrong. This New Yorker runs the ‘Dude With Sign’ Instagram account where he…
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Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOP
Read more: Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOPThe internet has reshaped the ways we learn and communicate. Information becomes heuristic, concomitantly – knowledge becomes protean. If you dedicate enough time to any particular platform, you are likely to acquire a community with congenial individuals. Social media’s proliferation…
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As Far As My Fingertips Take Me
Read more: As Far As My Fingertips Take MePeter Marks Review from the Washington Post: “As Far as My Fingertips Take Me,” a performance piece about the ordeal of seeking refuge by Tania El Khoury that’s being presented for the next 2½ weeks in the lobby of Woolly…