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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Seaspiracy
Read more: Seaspiracy“Passionate about ocean life, a filmmaker sets out to document the harm that humans do to marine species – and uncovers alarming global corruption.” External sources: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14152756/
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“Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic”
Read more: “Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic”“Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic” features six dances written inside a prison, a 35-minute dance film, and 11 artists (seven choreographic interpreters and four formerly incarcerated narrators) conversing on dancing in carceral spaces. Choreographer and educator, Suchi…
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Iva Hladis: Origins Extinct
Read more: Iva Hladis: Origins ExtinctIva Hladis was born in Czechoslovakia in 1965. In 2005 her attention turned to the issue of global warming and world destruction with a new series of artworks titled “Origins Extinct”; assemblages of used computer chipboards, real botanicals, bugs, Czech…
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Suite Venitienne
Read more: Suite VenitienneSophie Calle’s works discuss the issue of “privacy”, the composition of an individual’s identity at the social level, and the relationship between “private” and “public/group/society”, including personal information, personal records, public surveillance, and other topics. An obvious feature of her…
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The Root-Systemic Racism
Read more: The Root-Systemic Racism“When it comes to the effects of the virus on black lives, the roots run deep. ⠀⠀ This is one of the hardest illustrations I’ve ever done. Not because of the tree – but because of the overwhelming nature of…
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“Graffittied Graffiti”
Read more: “Graffittied Graffiti”At a gallery within a shopping complex in the South Korean capital, a couple saw paint cans and brushes at their reach and use next to what was actually a finished portrait worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thinking the…
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Oriental Grocery
Read more: Oriental GroceryStephanie H. Shih is a Brooklyn-based ceramist who explores Asian American identity through clay interpretations of grocery items. The ceramicist has created life-size painted clay Sriracha bottles, Pocky cartons, soy sauce gallons, and instant ramen as part of a series…
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HERE I AM festival.
Read more: HERE I AM festival.Four prominent Australian artists – Aretha Brown, Claire Martin, Kaff-eine and Jane Gillings – will gather in Canberra this Sunday, to discuss their art, activism and ideas, marking the closing weekend of Kambri’s HERE I AM festival. The Art Activism…
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Designers launch ‘Bolsocaro’ campaign to criticize price increase in Brazil
Read more: Designers launch ‘Bolsocaro’ campaign to criticize price increase in BrazilFrom a distance they look like supermarket promotion ads, but up close, the text says the reverse: it details the skyrocketing food prices. This is the proposal of the action “Bolsocaro”, which spread posters (those known as lambe-lambes) by walls…
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A Monologue Film for BPD – “I Am Borderline: Self-Regulation Project”
Read more: A Monologue Film for BPD – “I Am Borderline: Self-Regulation Project”This beautiful short film present a monologue of person living with BPD, leading the audience to experience and explore their inner voice. BPD is a serious and prevalent (1 in 15 person) mental illness. However, of the major mental illnesses,…
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A Fire in My Belly (A work in progress)
Read more: A Fire in My Belly (A work in progress)“Owning a vehicle, you could drive by and with the pressure of your foot on the accelerator and with your eyes on the road you could pass it quickly … The images of poverty would lift and float and recede…
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“Excellences and Perfections”
Read more: “Excellences and Perfections”A young and beautiful girl posted a piece of paper selfie every day on Instagram, the most popular social network at the moment. In just over 4 months, with 184 selfies, her fans quickly rose to 90,000. In the photo,…