Projects tagged
Shifts (culture)
Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.
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Creative Sustainable Development Methods in Curitiba, Brazil
Read more: Creative Sustainable Development Methods in Curitiba, BrazilIn the 1970s, Jaime Lerner, the former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, transformed six blocks of the main downtown shopping street into a pedestrian zone in 1972, despite fierce objections from the merchants. He quickly accomplished this change in just three…
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The History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest Song
Read more: The History of Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright” as a Protest SongYou could hear their chants from the White House. On June 6, hundreds of activists and protesters gathered on Black Lives Matter Plaza, a two-block section on 16th Street in Washington D.C. that was renamed amid BLM protests. The large…
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“I Still Believe in Our City” Asian Americans Standing Out for Themselves
Read more: “I Still Believe in Our City” Asian Americans Standing Out for ThemselvesAsian Americans standing up for themselves, the Black Lives Matter movement, and their home: New York City In 2020, as COVID-19 flared through New York City and NYC hospitals saw a spike of nearly 200,000 patients, Asian and Pacific Islanders…
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Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian Exhibit
Read more: Trayvon Martin’s Flight Suit Will Be Displayed At This New Smithsonian ExhibitA new exhibition titled “Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures” will debut at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to examine Afrofuturist expression and culture as it relates to music, activism, art, and more. “From the…
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L.A. artist commemorates Monterey Park victims with portraits: ‘Remember them as they were’
Read more: L.A. artist commemorates Monterey Park victims with portraits: ‘Remember them as they were’When Jonathan D. Chang visits the 626, he often wears a black hoodie emblazoned with a colorful print of Guangong on the back. A military general from the Three Kingdoms era turned Taoist guardian deity, Guangong, or Guan Yu, is…
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The Paradox of the Tyre Nichols Video
Read more: The Paradox of the Tyre Nichols VideoTYRE NICHOLS WAS a photographer with an eye for the natural world. He was especially drawn to landscape portraiture, its calm and innocence. It is said that Nichols liked to crane his lens skyward, capturing what sunlight he could before…
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United States of Attica
Read more: United States of AtticaIn September 1971, after years of mistreatment and months of simmering tensions, more than 1,200 of the 2,200 inmates at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York took control of the prison in protest of its substandard conditions and…
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Wired in Disability Arts
Read more: Wired in Disability ArtsSerene colors and technical set pieces create a surreal ambience as performers delicately hover into the black void above the stage. These performers belong to Kinetic Light, an “internationally-recognized disability arts ensemble”. In 2022, the ensemble performed Wired, a “potent…
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I Matter Utah
Read more: I Matter UtahRealizing the lack of a safe community within the Northern Utah Area, Sammy, a highschooler from NUAMES in Davis County, started his project “I Matter” with a series of interviews in which he found this sentiment echoed. That’s why Sammy…
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Theas Bryllup
Read more: Theas BryllupThe story behind Thea, the 12-year-old child bride from Norway By Andrew Russell – Global News WATCH ABOVE: Hear the whole story of Thea, a 12-year-old child bride from Norway. Her name is Thea. She is a 12-year-old girl living…
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Trans Murder Monitoring
Read more: Trans Murder MonitoringAs part of an international workshop (10-11 October 2015) with the Center for Artistic Activism, 17 trans activists and artists from 13 European countries developed a creative campaign to mark some of the spaces in Berlin which have symbolic significance…
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Protests continue against Netanyahu’s government legal reform plans in Israel
Read more: Protests continue against Netanyahu’s government legal reform plans in IsraelTEL AVIV Thousands of people took to the streets in Israeli cities Saturday for a fifth straight week to protest the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning proposed judicial reforms. Demonstrators from non-governmental organizations, lawyers, and technology sectors staged…