Projects tagged
Shifts (culture)
Shifts the cultural landscape in order to imagine and enable change.
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36.5 / A DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE SEA: New York Estuary
Read more: 36.5 / A DURATIONAL PERFORMANCE WITH THE SEA: New York EstuaryA site-specific, community-engaged process: Sarah and NYC collaborators gathered at the water’s edge every month from September 2020 (when the work was initially scheduled to take place but was postponed due to the pandemic) until September 2022, to build Kin…
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The Walk With Amal, Little Amal
Read more: The Walk With Amal, Little AmalLittle Amal is the 12 foot puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee child at the heart of The Walk. Over the last year she has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees. Since July…
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Path to Peace
Read more: Path to PeaceAbout us “Path to Peace” – is a joint mosaic creation, by thousands of people, towards hope, love, and happiness among all people. The creation is placed upon the border wall that divides the Gaza Strip and Israel, adjacent to…
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Paint the Protest at Off Paradise
Read more: Paint the Protest at Off ParadiseWhat happens to explicitly political art when it’s placed inside of the White Cube? Paint the Protest, a group show curated by Nancy Spector at Off Paradise self-consciously poses this question, and further aims to reveal the place and purpose…
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Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its glory
Read more: Photographer Shoog McDaniel celebrates fatness in all its gloryThe Florida-based photographer and artist talks through their creative process, self-acceptance, and overcoming Instagram’s anti-nude algorithm 9October 2019 TextMarie Southard Ospina Shoog McDaniel’s photographs of fat, often queer, people are undoubtedly among the most striking pieces of art to be…
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Hundreds Gather at Utah Capitol in Protest of New Transgender Rights Related Bills
Read more: Hundreds Gather at Utah Capitol in Protest of New Transgender Rights Related BillsLawmakers in a Utah House committee soundly rejected a bill that would have penalized doctors for giving gender-affirming health care to minors, then moments later approved legislation that included similar restrictions on transgender health care — minus the punishment —…
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MSU community uses art to show solidarity with Iran protests
Read more: MSU community uses art to show solidarity with Iran protestsAmid ongoing protests and government repression in Iran, a group of artists at Michigan State University is raising awareness about the women fighting for their rights in the country. The group hosted a packed crowd one January evening for a…
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Rainbow Makeover: Swedish Response to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination.
Read more: Rainbow Makeover: Swedish Response to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ Discrimination.Swedish lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights advocates offered their colorful stance on Russia’s controversial anti-gay legislation over the weekend. As The Local is reporting, activists gave a pedestrian crossing outside of the Russian embassy in Stockholm a rainbow…
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1.5 °C is Dead! Climate Revolution Now!
Read more: 1.5 °C is Dead! Climate Revolution Now!A NASA scientist and three others were arrested in Los Angeles on Wednesday after chaining themselves to the doors of a Chase Bank office building. JPMorgan Chase & Co. has invested more money in fossil fuels than any other bank,…
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Urban Art Video Campaign Against Gun Violence Goes Viral
Read more: Urban Art Video Campaign Against Gun Violence Goes ViralA video campaign titled Sympathy Cards, initially released in 2018, is going viral again. The chilling video depicts, via hidden cameras, shoppers walking by or browsing the greeting cards section at a shop. Shocked, confused, some visibly upset, shoppers freeze…
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VIVIENNE WESTWOOD PUTS PROTEST BEFORE THE CLOTHES FOR SPRING 2016
Read more: VIVIENNE WESTWOOD PUTS PROTEST BEFORE THE CLOTHES FOR SPRING 2016While the designer may be more focused on bigger issues, her fashion business is churning on. Just nine days before Vivienne Westwood’s Red Label show, the designer made many British headlines for what may have been her most extreme protest…
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The Climate Fast
Read more: The Climate FastNew Delhi: With his ‘climate fast’ entering its fourth day at Khardungla pass (18,000 ft) at -40 °C, Sonam Wangchuk — the renowned engineer, educationist and reformer from Ladakh took to Twitter, urging the people of India to join him…