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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Performance Art “Not to Leave the Cage Unless You Have to” in Beijing Film Academy
Read more: Performance Art “Not to Leave the Cage Unless You Have to” in Beijing Film AcademyDirect Cause: Students’ freedom to enter and leave the campus has been restricted for two weeks, but the university has not even issued an official document, only a verbal rule of “not leaving the campus unless necessary.” Objective: To protest…
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Poetry to challenge GBV from an intersectional lens – the Sari Red
Read more: Poetry to challenge GBV from an intersectional lens – the Sari RedSari Red (1988), by Pratibha Parmar, is a visual poem. Made in memory of Kalbinder Kaur Hayre, a young Indian woman killed in 1985 in a racist attack in England, Sari Red eloquently examines the effect of the ever-present threat…
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Tortuguita Billboard
Read more: Tortuguita BillboardMAJOR NYC BILLBOARD TAKEN OVER IN HONOR OF TORTUGUITA, PART OF COORDINATED DAY OF RESISTANCE 1/18/2025 “This weekend, thousands of people across the world organized events and took collective action in honor of Manuel “Tortuguita” Terán who was murdered by…
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Multibasket – No One Wins
Read more: Multibasket – No One WinsOn the small island of Teshima in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, Multibasket – No One Wins invites visitors to reconsider competition, collaboration, and the intersection of art and play. Created by conceptual artists Jasmina Llobet & Luis Pons for the…
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Painting homes to strengthen a community
Read more: Painting homes to strengthen a communityNestled on the banks of Lake Atitlán in Guatemala, Santa Catarina Palopó is a small town brimming with vibrant colors and stunning natural views. Despite its natural beauty and cultural heritage, the community struggled with economic development and poverty for…
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Myanmar’s Artists Captured the Spirit of the Resistance. Now They’re Continuing the Fight from Abroad
Read more: Myanmar’s Artists Captured the Spirit of the Resistance. Now They’re Continuing the Fight from AbroadChuu Wai Nyein felt an overwhelming sense of guilt when she first arrived in Paris from Myanmar at the end of April. “I was pushed to leave the country, but it was not how I wanted to leave,” says the…
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Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé’s Act of Reclamation
Read more: Cowboy Carter – Beyoncé’s Act of ReclamationCan’t say she didn’t warn us: As per her Instagram message last week, Cowboy Carter, the Act II sequel to 2022’s Renaissance, is a Beyoncé album, not a country album. “Texas Hold ’Em,” the advance single that last month made…
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Water Life
Read more: Water Life“Most people can’t imagine a futurist Africa,” says Ethiopian photographer Aïda Muluneh. She challenges this in her project, Water Life, exploring real-world issues with an otherworldly twist. Muluneh went to Dallol, Afar, Ethiopia, an extreme landscape where it is dry…
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untitled subway graffiti
Read more: untitled subway graffitialternating yellow and white chalk on black blank subway advertisement spaces. “NO ONE VOTED FOR ELON” “RISE AND RESIST” “RESISTANCE IS CONTAGIOUS” “WHO WILL SAVE US? WE WILL SAVE US” found on the uptown C train platform at 50th street…
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Shining a spotlight on domestic violence – the Women’s House (Sunglasses) project
Read more: Shining a spotlight on domestic violence – the Women’s House (Sunglasses) projectCroatian artist Sanja Iveković started Women’s House (Sunglasses) in 1998 in collaboration with a women’s shelter in Zagreb and later with women’s shelters elsewhere in Europe and Asia. Iveković organised workshops with women in these shelters to produce plaster casts…
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Sweden to tighten gun control laws after deadly shooting
Read more: Sweden to tighten gun control laws after deadly shootingThe government will introduce more rigorous vetting procedures for firearms licences and restrict access to semi-automatic weapons. Sweden plans to toughen controls on gun ownership after its deadliest mass shooting in at least a century. A gunman with legitimate licences…
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Social change through music
Read more: Social change through musicEl Sistema, also known as The National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestra and Choir, was established in Venezuela in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu, a Venezuelan educator, musician and activist. The music education program operates within the voluntary sector…