Projects tagged
Amplifies (issue or campaign)
Brings public and political attention to an issue or campaign. Can include prefigurative action, making the invisible visible.
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The Democracy Wall in Carroll Gardens
Read more: The Democracy Wall in Carroll GardensThe “Democracy Wall” in the Carroll Gardens section of Brooklyn, New York was established in 2009. This wall is a long-term, community art activist project that is part wall mural, part past information archive. The project features paintings, photographs, newspaper…
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Every Month: One Week. One Film. One Global Audience.
Read more: Every Month: One Week. One Film. One Global Audience.For the past five years, we’ve screened SIMA juried films in communities and classrooms across six continents and witnessed an increasing demand to use the inspirational force of documentary filmmaking to build a global digital community around today’s most pressing…
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Step Into My Shoes And Sit In My Seat
Read more: Step Into My Shoes And Sit In My SeatTopic: Displaced people Concept: Explore and communicate some of the issues around displacement in a global, European and Irish context. Date of action: 11th March 2.30 to 4.20 pm Place: Emmett Place, Cork City, Ireland We placed footsteps on the…
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MTA ‘See Something, Say Something’ Posters Get #Resist Makeover
Read more: MTA ‘See Something, Say Something’ Posters Get #Resist MakeoverIf you scanned the public service announcements in your subway car this morning—and happened to be adequately caffeinated—you might have noticed something slightly off. There’s Melissa C., of small-time “See Something, Say Something” fame, with her gold hoops and salmon-pink…
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I’m Every Woman
Read more: I’m Every WomanOur Action: We set up “I’m every Woman” as a 3D street installation. It took place on the Boardwalk, Cork City on the weekend of International Women’s week. Our aims were to promote gender-equality. As a group we identified women…
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Small things make a big difference
Read more: Small things make a big differenceStreet activity to encourage small actions to help the bees at a local level that can impact on a global scale. By engaging the public in badge making we aimed to connect the head, hands and heart. We did this…
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Bloody Bridal Gown Protest
Read more: Bloody Bridal Gown ProtestWomen took to the streets of Beirut wearing blood-stained wedding dresses with signs that said “A white dress does not cover up rape. Undress 522,” referring to the number of the penal article in question. The demonstration was an act…
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The Arte Útil Archive
Read more: The Arte Útil ArchiveThe Arte Útil archive presents a growing archive of over two hundred case studies that imagine, create and implement beneficial outcomes by producing tactics that change how we act in society. Whether through self-organised groups, individual initiatives or the rise…
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StopFake News
Read more: StopFake NewsTo Battle Fake News, Ukrainian Show Features Nothing but Lies KIEV, Ukraine — The studio lights dim, and the anchor taps a stack of papers on her desk and directs a steely gaze toward the television cameras. What appears to…
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Walden, A Game
Read more: Walden, A GameIt’s certainly a long way from Grand Theft Auto. Henry David Thoreau’s classic “Walden” is the inspiration for what Smithsonian Magazine is calling “the world’s most improbable video game”: Walden, a Game. Instead of offering the thrills of stealing, violence…
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Refuge
Read more: RefugeRefuge is a 5 year transdisciplinary project that brings together artists, community members and emergency services to investigate arts and culture’s role in developing preparedness and building community resilience for climate related disasters. Arts and culture’s contribution to the disaster…
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Wheel of Misfortune
Read more: Wheel of MisfortuneHong Kong’s Lunar New Year fairs draw thousands of visitors who stroll past stalls of potted narcissus, snack on fish balls and snap up the latest plush toys. In recent years, the largest of the fairs, at Victoria Park, has…