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“Dying to Survive”: A Movie on Generic Drugs

Practitioner:
Director Muye Wen (文牧野）, Yong Lu (陆勇)

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The screen portrayal of a cancer sufferer whose illegal import of foreign medicines into China spurred national policy changes has become a box-office smash as audiences flock to a rare Chinese film on a hot-button issue. Dying To Survive is…

This Photograph Put a Face on the Epidemic of Domestic Violence

Practitioner:
Donna Ferrato

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Photographer Donna Ferrato helped bring awareness to the epidemic of domestic violence in the United States through her raw and often graphic portraits of survivors of violence. But she fell into the work by accident after witnessing domestic violence firsthand.…

I’ve Got Nothing To Say

Practitioner:
Anonymous Girl in China

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Feb 23 2024, on the streets in Henan, China, a girl holds a big sign with the black text “I’ve got nothing to say” on a white background, walking around in city center and malls. She live-streamed her walk and…

How Song Dong’s “Waste Not” Elicited Much Sympathy

Practitioner:
Song Dong, Zhao Xiangyuan(Song Dong’s mother)

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Song Dong’s Waste Not consisted of a single installation comprising over 10,000 commonplace, domestic items of daily life that had been used and amassed by the artist’s mother (Zhao Xiangyuan) over fifty years. The shabby and sometimes thread bare items…

‘My Life Is Not Your Porn’: Women Lead Historic Spy Cams Protest in South Korea

Practitioner:
Thousands of Korean Women

Date:
Apr 1 2003

n Saturday, thousands of women in red, black, and white gathered together in Seoul for what many consider the largest women-led protest ever in South Korean history. Shielding their faces with masks to protect themselves from harassment or online trolling,…

Undersea Art Gallery That Ensnares Illegal Trawlers

Practitioner:
Paolo Fanciulli

Date:
Apr 1 2003

IT’S 7 AM, and a thin layer of mist still hovers over the harbor in Talamone as fisherman Paolo Fanciulli stretches out his nets. Pulling them out of a plastic tub, he examines them section by section, setting the ripped…

Moving Chains

Practitioner:
Charles Gaines

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Moving Chains is a monumental 110-foot long kinetic sculpture that evokes the hull of a ship, built from steel and Sapele, a tree native to West Africa commonly referred to as African Mahogany. Inside of the sculpture, nine chains run…

Drawing the line: meet the Romanian artist-activist tackling world crises one cartoon at a time

Practitioner:
Dan Perjovschi

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Dan Perjovschi is one of Romania’s foremost artistic voices. Although known as a talented multi-disciplinary artist in his home country, particularly for his early performance work, he is most widely known internationally for his massive drawing installations. Executed directly onto…

“Trading With The Enemy”: Duke Riley’s Pigeon Cuban Cigar Smugglers

Practitioner:
Duke Riley

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The smuggling of illicit cargo and people has played a significant role in shaping the culture as well as the economy of the southernmost american city of Key West since its foundation in 1821. Previous to the embargo, a myriad…

On Abortion

Practitioner:
Laia Abril

Date:
Apr 1 2003

On Abortion documents and conceptualises the dangers and damages caused by women’s lack of legal, safe and free access to abortion Under “natural” circumstances, the average woman would fall pregnant about 15 times in her life, resulting in ten births.…

The Mending Project

Practitioner:
Beili Liu

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Imagine walking into a silent room where a woman is mending. Now imagine that she’s sitting underneath 1,500 pairs of sharp Chinese scissors that are suspended from the ceiling, precariously pointed downwards. This was the idea behind The Mending Project…

STICK IT TO ‘EM!

Practitioner:
@stickerit2em

Date:
Apr 1 2003

#stickit2em is an all-inclusive, anti-capitalist, & pro-planet justice movement, using the clever medium of stickers! “America is segregated and so is pollution. Race and class still matter and map closely with pollution, unequal protection, and vulnerability. Today, zip code is…