Does nothing (at all) – Actipedia | A Wiki for Creative Activism

#LaLigaArcoIris: Rainbow Shoelaces Against Homophobia

Practitioner:
Federación de Lesbianas, Gais, Transexuales y Bisexuales (FELGTB)

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Spanish soccer has witnessed and engaged in a variety of conversations in the last few years: Racism, politics, xenophobia, territorial issues, corruption, inmigration. However, there is an issue that remains untouched, and this issue is homophobia. Soccer is still a…

Dystopian Noah’s ark reflects China’s environmental woes

Practitioner:
Cai Guo-Qiang

Date:
Apr 1 2003

A dilapidated wooden fishing boat laden down with animals who are just skin and bone, a sort of dystopian Noah’s ark trying to escape the end of the earth and an empty city devoid of human life that has been…

All The Time. Every Day.

Practitioner:
Fusion

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Last September, Fusion commissioned artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, 29, to travel to Mexico City and create an installation of her highly-acclaimed art project protesting street harassment, “Stop Telling Women to Smile.” Fazlalizadeh’s visit to Mexico was her first to the country;…

Africa’s Political Cartoons

Practitioner:
Africacartoons.com

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Tejumola Olaniyan founded Africacartoons.com, the first continent-wide digital encyclopaedia of political cartoons by African artists. The primary motivation for starting Africa Cartoons was to stimulate more scholarly interest in African cartoons. The secondary motivation was to entertain enthusiasts of cartoons…

When I Walk

Practitioner:
Jason DaSilva

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In 2006, 25-year-old Jason DaSilva was on vacation at the beach with family when, suddenly, he fell down. He couldn’t get back up. His legs had stopped working; his disease could no longer be ignored. Just a few months earlier…

Bogota smiles: canned Sardines

Practitioner:
Daniel Sanchez

Date:
Apr 1 2003

A Colombian college student created this idea to improve Bogotas citizens experience when using the public transportation. According to one scientific study, the worst problem Bogota citizens had to deal within the public space was public transportation; this problem represented…

Al Kufiyyeh 3arabeyyeh (The Kufiyeh is Arab)

Practitioner:
Shadia Mansour

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Mansour began rapping in 2003 and has gained recognition in the Middle East, Europe and the United States for her own songs and collaborations with other artists. She performs wearing a traditional Palestinian thawb and has said that she considers…

Pink Chaddi Campaign

Practitioner:
and Forward Women, Consortium of Pub-going, Loose

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In late January 2009, a group of 40 members of right-wing Hindu group Sri Ram Sena attacked women and men in a pub in the Indian city of Mangalore. They were upset with the women for engaging in behavior they…

Most Likely Safe

Practitioner:
Food and Water Watch, Yes Lab

Date:
Apr 1 2003

In April, 2011, Food and Water Watch partnered with Yes Lab to raise questions regarding drinking water around New York City. Yes Lab, an organization that collaborates with activist groups, aims to create successful media-related creative actions that help raise…

Projeto Prancha Ecologica: surfboards made with plastic bottles

Practitioner:
Projeto Prancha Ecológica

Date:
Apr 1 2003

All those who practice surfing know firsthand the serious problem our beaches face: pollution. While some only complain, others do something about it. Two Brazilian surfers decided they could help raise public awareness of the need to protect nature of…

“Las sinsombrero”: Bare heads against the tyranny of being respectable.

Practitioner:
Las sinsombrero

Date:
Apr 1 2003

“Las sinsombrero” (“without hat”) were a group of spanish women formed by the artists Maruja Mallo, Margarita Manso, Concha Méndez and the socialist activist Margarita Nelken. During the 20s they were part of Madrid’s artistic and intellectual scene, and they…

I Have Never Eaten These Tiny Grapes by Zuoxiao Zuzhou: ‘China’s Leonard Cohen’ Calls Out Political Corruption

Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei, Zuxiao Zuzhou

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Zuoxiao Zuzhou is a Chinese singer whose accented, croaky voice is hardly ever in tune. But for his fans he’s the voice of a generation — one of the very few voices who dare to speak out. After a collaboration,…