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Tinder Hack – Bros Swiping Bros

Practitioner:
Anonymous

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Man is a thirsty beast, and nowhere is that thirst more acutely exemplified than on Tinder, the matchmaking app that lets users swipe right in their quest to find love, lust, bots, or viral marketers. Now a California-based programmer has…

Traveling While Black

Practitioner:
Felix & Paul Studios

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The theatre has luxurious red velvet upholstered seats, grand ceilings and gilded trimmings. The rows of chairs stretch back into the ostensible blackness, with light beaming from the projector room. Ahead, archival footage of stylish black travelers pack the screen…

Free William Banks/Jail Saga

Practitioner:
William Banks

Date:
Apr 1 2003

William Banks is a comedian and artist who, prior to his viral prison saga in 2025, was best known for a community that he led called Call World, which he describes on the website as “a planet in an alternate…

Women of Allah

Practitioner:
Shrine Neshat

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Shirin Neshat’s Women of Allah is a photographic series exploring the complex identities of Muslim women in post-revolutionary Iran. Combining black-and-white portraits, Persian calligraphy, and symbolic elements such as guns and veils, Neshat interrogates themes of martyrdom, violence, femininity, and…

Becoming an Image

Practitioner:
Cassils

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Cassils’ Becoming an Image confronts issues of queer and trans visibility, bodily violence, and the politics of witnessing. The performance uses a powerful blend of media—including live action in darkness, flash photography, clay sculpture, and sound—to explore how trauma and…

Crack is Wack

Practitioner:
Keith Haring

Date:
Apr 1 2003

Without having been commissioned—or even given legal permission at all—Haring set out to create Crack Is Wack on the wall of an abandoned handball court in a park at 2nd Avenue and East 128th Street on June 27, 1986. Upon…

Tatlin’s Whisper #6

Practitioner:
Tania Bruguera

Date:
Apr 1 2003

This is the sixth piece of the series Tatlin’s Whisper which examines the relationship between apathy and anaesthetization of the images in the mass media. This series intends to activate images, well-known because of having been repeatedly seen in the…

Inside Out Project

Practitioner:
JR

Date:
Apr 1 2003

After winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement…

The Most Shocking Image I Can Remember Is Seeing Myself in the Mirror

Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei

Date:
Apr 1 2003

It can be important to reflect on the artistic recounts of activists experiences under state imprisonment. In a revealing interview with Artspace, Chinese artist and dissident Ai Weiwei reflects on his 81-day secret detention in 2011 and the psychological strategies…

the Fundred Project

Practitioner:
Mel Chin

Date:
Apr 1 2003

The Fundred Dollar Bill Project, initiated by artist Mel Chin, is a collaborative art project aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing action against the environmental and health threat of lead contamination. It encourages individuals to create their own unique interpretations…

Black Dandyism, the 2025 Met Gala’s Theme, Has Its Roots in 18th-Century Painting

Practitioner:
The Costume Institute

Date:
Apr 1 2003

A young Black boy, wearing deep red livery with gold trimming, a gold earring, and red-and-white turban secured with a jeweled brooch, stares out at the viewer. Standing before a ship at sea, he hands a letter, addressed to “Monsieur…

New Orleans students showcase their creativity with iPad and Mac

Practitioner:
Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (EMCM)

Date:
Apr 1 2003

On a drizzly, overcast afternoon, all is quiet at the intersection of Bartholomew and Prieur streets in New Orleans’ historic Ninth Ward. The quiet neighborhood around the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music (EMCM) feel worlds away from the historic French…