Projects tagged
Shifts (culture)
Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.
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The Guerrilla Girls attack gender and class bias at Art Basel Hong Kong
Read more: The Guerrilla Girls attack gender and class bias at Art Basel Hong KongFor more than 30 years, the Guerrilla Girls have travelled the world exposing sexism and inequality in the art industry, and this week they proved Hong Kong was no exception. Three members of the anonymous feminist collective—calling themselves Frida Kahlo,…
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De-Cruit
Read more: De-CruitThe failure of the United States to adequately meet the mental health needs of its military veterans has been identified as a national crisis. When men and women enlist in the military they have a Recruiter. The Recruiter helps with…
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Bikini-clad Peta ‘bunny’ braves minus 10 degrees cold to protest fur trade in South Korea
Read more: Bikini-clad Peta ‘bunny’ braves minus 10 degrees cold to protest fur trade in South KoreaAn animal rights activist sporting only a white bikini, bunny ears and tail has been spotted protesting against fur in Pyeongchang, South Korea, which is hosting the Winter Olympics 2018. Ashley Fruno discussed the People for the Ethical Treatment of…
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A Piece of Red Cloth – Rock n’ Roll Performed in 1989
Read more: A Piece of Red Cloth – Rock n’ Roll Performed in 1989“I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989, 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth (一块红布), a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes.…
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“Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture commissioned by MAKE ART/STOP AIDS
Read more: “Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture commissioned by MAKE ART/STOP AIDS“Medicine Man,” a mobile sculpture that MAKE ART/STOP AIDS commissioned from San Francisco-based artists Daniel Goldstein and John Kapellas. The piece is constructed of pill bottles that Goldstein and Kapellas, and their partners, saved up from treatment regimens dating as…
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Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage market
Read more: Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage marketA photography project on China’s marriage market has recently reignited the debate about marriage in China, and the phenomenon of women deemed too old to marry, or “leftover women” in the country. In a series of photographs called “The Happiness…
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LOGIC’S ‘1-800-273-8255’ OFFERS AN HONEST TAKE ON SUICIDE & AMERICAN YOUTH
Read more: LOGIC’S ‘1-800-273-8255’ OFFERS AN HONEST TAKE ON SUICIDE & AMERICAN YOUTHLogic, a rapper known to incorporate meaningful messages with his music, recently released his newest track, “1-800-273-8255.” Covering topics of depression and suicide, the song and its subsequent music video uses the phone number of a national suicide hotline as…
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East Side Gallery
Read more: East Side GallerySince the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, the cement segments that remain have stood as something more symbolic than just a wall. With installations in every continent, except for Antarctica, the East Side Gallery is the…
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Die-In at Chicago City Hall for #NoCopAcademy
Read more: Die-In at Chicago City Hall for #NoCopAcademyA group of Chicago youth staged a “die-in’ at City Hall to demand that the city defund police and fund marginalized communities instead. The youth, all members of #NoCopAcademy, also announced that the organization is suing Mayor Rahm Emanuel for…
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Don’t Cover Up, Set Up – Chinese Women Against Domestic Violence
Read more: Don’t Cover Up, Set Up – Chinese Women Against Domestic ViolenceThe video DON’T COVER UP, STEP UP is a public service announcement raising the issue of gender-based violence. In the video, a vlogger teaches her fans how to cover up bruises with makeup after she has been beaten by her…
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Sister Activism: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Read more: Sister Activism: The Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceIf you’ve been to a Bay Area protest or community event, you’ve probably seen — or even met those nuns in whiteface — The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Devoted to human rights globally and locally, AIDS education, and respect for…
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Pop Art Politics
Read more: Pop Art PoliticsIt’s this symbolism and the characters that repeatedly appear in Haring’s work that provide the backbone of an exhibition opening March 16, 2018 at the Albertina Museum in Vienna. On view through June 24, 2018, “Keith Haring. The Alphabet,” comprises…