Projects tagged
Strengthens (community)
Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
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The Artists Representing Puerto Rico After Hurricane Maria
Read more: The Artists Representing Puerto Rico After Hurricane MariaSix months before Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc in the Caribbean, a group of Puerto Rican artists were invited to participate in a residency program in Miami by local art organizations. The artists were offered abandoned storefronts-turned-studios at a historic downtown…
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Sarah Sophie Flicker: Why the Arts Are Essential to a Strong Resistance Movement
Read more: Sarah Sophie Flicker: Why the Arts Are Essential to a Strong Resistance MovementSarah Sophie Flicker, one of the many organizers of the women’s march speaks about the importance of Arts and Resistance —— [excerpt] Nina Simone once said, “An artist’s duty is to reflect the times.” Long before I considered myself a…
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Healing Torture Through Art
Read more: Healing Torture Through ArtNajah al-Bukai cannot forget. As an accomplished artist in Syria before the war, Mr. Bukai had long thought his photographic memory was his greatest asset, allowing him to recreate scenes on his sketch pads and canvases days, months and even…
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Artist Using Cameras inside Her Vagina to Explore Female Gaze and Body
Read more: Artist Using Cameras inside Her Vagina to Explore Female Gaze and BodyAs the female gaze comes to the fore, artists are beginning to examine and explore the possibilities of what exists, what it is to be a woman looking at the world outside of her self. For American artist Dani Lessnau,…
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Visible Trans
Read more: Visible TransA set of interactive experiences at the Sziget festival in Budapest, aimed at social change to improve every day life of trans and gender-nonconforming persons. External sources: https://transvanilla.hu/ https://www.youtube.com/user/transvanilla
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A Day in the Life of An Escort
Read more: A Day in the Life of An EscortA photo project/online feed to increase visibility of sex workers and increase the sex workers’ sense of community of voice, in response to a spate of violence against the community in Ireland. The project led to a piece in The…
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Sex Worker Stories
Read more: Sex Worker StoriesA series of creative workshops for sex workers, including a 7-day workshop modeled on the C4AA Art Action Academy. The workshops enabled sex workers to tell their own stories, and shift the narratives and stigma around sex work, and videos…
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TRANSummer Camp and the Ethical Clinic for Gender and Sex Characteristics
Read more: TRANSummer Camp and the Ethical Clinic for Gender and Sex CharacteristicsThe TRANSummer Camp on the Croatian coast inspired members of the Croation trans community to become creative activists, and led to a public media campaign, video series and event advertising the “opening” of a (fake) clinic for trans health. The…
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In NYC, Activism Begins With Lessons In Theater
Read more: In NYC, Activism Begins With Lessons In TheaterNote before the post: This article is great in highlighting a specific case of creative activism in the streets of New York City, but also gives some contextual background to how this project manifested. On a sidewalk in the Village…
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Transparency on R&D Costs
Read more: Transparency on R&D CostsA set of strategies to highlight the high cost of medicine and lack of transparency in the pharmaceutical industry including a funny and disturbing satirical website, video, and press conference to promote their fake organization, the Association of Honest Pharmaceutical…
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No Borders in the NHS
Read more: No Borders in the NHSA creative action against the introduction of mandatory immigration checks and upfront charging in the UK’s National Health Service, including a systematic social media campaign under the hashtag #PatientsNotPassports. The action helped create new chapters of Docs Not Cops in…
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Politaoke
Read more: Politaoke“Politaoke is non-partisan political karaoke project in which participants can respeak real contemporary political speeches from local, national and international politicians. Now you too can deliver the great rhetoric filled speeches of today’s most important politicians in this audience participation…