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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Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertips
Read more: Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertipsDigital art platform Kinfolk has launched its New York City-wide participatory exhibition Signature Series, the initiative’s largest public endeavour to date. The project places newly created augmented reality (AR) monuments by four New York artists—Pamela Council, Derrick Adams, Tourmaline and…
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“Anime Gaze”
Read more: “Anime Gaze”A unique piece captured significant attention at the Central Academy of Fine Arts undergraduate graduation exhibition in June. The work featured an “anime-style” girl’s skull linked to a human skeleton and internal organs, all encased within a thin film. As…
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Rare protests against China’s ‘zero covid’ policy erupt across country
Read more: Rare protests against China’s ‘zero covid’ policy erupt across countryProtests erupted in cities and on campuses across China this weekend as frustrated and outraged citizens took to the streets in a stunning wave of demonstrations against the government’s “zero covid” policy and the leaders enforcing it. Residents in Shanghai,…
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Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic Generator
Read more: Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic GeneratorCosmic Generator presents a network of characters working in nonsensical, and at times absurd, economies. Artist Mika Rottenberg uses footage from actual discount dollar stores in Calexico, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; and Yiwu, China to recreate the imaginary “life” of a…
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A Later Banned Set of Photos Sent Shockwaves Through Chinese Netizens
Read more: A Later Banned Set of Photos Sent Shockwaves Through Chinese NetizensA Chinese Independent Photographer, Xiyouxiu (Twitter ID@xiuxiukong) published a set of photos called “Father” on both Chinese social platforms like Weibo and Little Red Book, and international platforms like twitter. At the beginning of the story being told by the…
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Congo Man Sets Himself Ablaze for Peace
Read more: Congo Man Sets Himself Ablaze for PeaceA video that was first posted on X (formerly Twitter) on November 8, of a Congolese man setting himself on fire has gone viral. The gruesome clip has started a discussion on whether a genocide is occurring in the DRC…
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Irish Reactions to Palestine and Israel
Read more: Irish Reactions to Palestine and IsraelPalestinian and Israeli flags flutter in pro-Irish and pro-UK neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland, tapping into its own history of conflict and division that still affects everyday life despite a 1998 peace deal that largely ended violence. The growing number of…
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Mother Pigeon—Tina Piña Trachtenburg
Read more: Mother Pigeon—Tina Piña TrachtenburgTina Piña, better known as Mother Pigeon (@motherpigeonbrooklyn), is an artist and self-described “high priestess of the pigeon religion,” whose passion for New York City’s often-overlooked bird has helped her carve out a unique creative niche centered around pigeons—as well…
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Sirens of the Lambs
Read more: Sirens of the LambsSirens of the Lambs is created by the enigmatic street artist, Banksy. This piece was first spotted on the streets of New York City on October 10, 2013, it went viral on social media and people are posting and reposting…
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Montreal’s ‘casseroles’ cook up a storm over Quebec’s anti-protest law
Read more: Montreal’s ‘casseroles’ cook up a storm over Quebec’s anti-protest law“Every night, at 8pm, during 15 minutes, take a casserole or any object that makes some noise and bang it with all the wrath that Bill 78 inspires you!” Citizens in Quebec adopted ‘cacerolazo,’ a form of popular protest which…
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Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of Canada
Read more: Climate Protestor Smears Pink Paint on Tom Thomson Painting at National Gallery of CanadaA climate activist smeared pink paint on a Tom Thomson artwork at the National Gallery of Canada as part of activities this week drawing attention to demands for a national firefighting service. A video uploaded to Facebook by the group…
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Ge Yulu: Eye Contact
Read more: Ge Yulu: Eye ContactGe Yulu’s artistic practice playfully pulls at the strings of a social system that, although seemingly all-encompassing, is in fact a malleable structure consisting of individual human beings. For his 2016 project Eye Contact, Ge positioned himself in front of…