Projects tagged
Does nothing (at all)
Doesn’t really have an impact, beyond possibly expressing the artist-activist’s dissatisfaction with the world.
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STITCHING TOGETHER: GARMENT WORKERS IN SOLIDARITY
Read more: STITCHING TOGETHER: GARMENT WORKERS IN SOLIDARITYOn April 24, 2013, more than 1,000 lives were taken in the Rana Plaza Collapse. While history remembers this tragic event as the deadliest garment factory accident, activist and photographer Taslima Akhter reveals a story of dreams crushed by structural…
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Waste Land Project
Read more: Waste Land ProjectThe project involved creating portraits of garbage pickers from the Jardim Gramacho landfill near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, using materials found in the landfill itself. Muniz worked with the garbage pickers to create the portraits, which were then photographed and…
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Inside Out Project
Read more: Inside Out ProjectAfter 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…
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Daughter
Read more: DaughterAudi of America is committed to supporting pay equality, inclusivity, and the growth and development of all employees. The company has publically pledged to support ongoing commitment to women’s pay equality in the workplace and to foster a work environment…
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Sleep Out
Read more: Sleep OutCovenant House has started a ‘Sleep Out’ movement that shines light on the youth homelessness crisis and raises funds for young people who seek shelter. “Covenant House empowers young people to overcome homelessness and trafficking by providing them with safe…
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52 School Buses to Ted Cruz’s Home – Carrying Items from School Shooting Victims
Read more: 52 School Buses to Ted Cruz’s Home – Carrying Items from School Shooting VictimsA mile-long convoy of empty school buses drove through Texas on Thursday, on a mission to get to Sen. Ted Cruz’s home. Each empty seat of this mobile art installation by Change The Ref founder Manuel Oliver represents over four…
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Wheatfield – A Confrontation
Read more: Wheatfield – A ConfrontationArchitectural Digest: Agnes Denes’s pioneering artwork, whether it’s her cerebral conceptual pieces mining her deep understanding of mathematics and philosophy, or her literally down-to-earth land art, has always had a prophetic quality. And her prescient 1982 Wheatfield – A Confrontation,…
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The Point is to Change It
Read more: The Point is to Change ItWhen President Trump announced the US departure from the Paris Climate Accord on 1 June 2017, his enjoyment at walking over the efforts of national delegations and hundreds of pressure groups across the world who fought for that deal was…
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Bicycles As a Vehicle For Protest in Guatemala
Read more: Bicycles As a Vehicle For Protest in GuatemalaNon-profit organizations and a multitude of Guatemalan girls protested together demanding justice and security from the government. Guatemala’s insecurity and cases of girls’ disappearances have increased over the years. The protest started outside the Government Ministery (Ministerio de Gobernación) early…
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A Story Like Mine
Read more: A Story Like MineHalsey Delivers Emotional Speech About Sexual Abuse, Rape at New York Women’s March: Here Is Her Full Poem Halsey penned a powerful, heart-wrenching poem about her own experiences with sexual assault and rape for the 2018 Women’s March in New…
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Watermelon Sunday – 100% Plant Based Cookout
Read more: Watermelon Sunday – 100% Plant Based CookoutStarting in 2019 out of the East Harlem neighborhood in New York, Watermelon has served as recurring series of cookout-themed events that are 100% vegan, while also centering BIPOC businesses. People from all over the city come to the reoccurring…
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Trust visions that don’t feature buckets of blood
Read more: Trust visions that don’t feature buckets of bloodIn the 1980s, Holzer and Lady Pink used New York as a backdrop for their artworks: Holzer wheatpasted posters and slogans on walls throughout Manhattan, and Lady Pink spray-painted graffiti on buildings and subway cars. The two also collaborated on…