Projects tagged
Strengthens (community)
Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
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New Beijing, New Marriage: A Milestone Film in China’s LGBTQ Movement
Read more: New Beijing, New Marriage: A Milestone Film in China’s LGBTQ MovementNew Beijing, New Marriage is a documentary shot by Fan Popo, a Chinese gay rights activist in 2009. The film recorded that a gay couple and a lesbian couple, who were volunteers instead of real homosexual couples, were having their…
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Hijabizing Dolce & Gabbana
Read more: Hijabizing Dolce & GabbanaPrincess Hijab is an anonymous female street artist working primarily in Paris, France. Her art centres on veiling the main characters of subway advertisements using black paint. Few facts are known about Princess Hijab. “Guerrilla art is innocent and criminal,…
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Prague’s Lennon Wall
Read more: Prague’s Lennon WallPrague’s Lennon Wall is a tourist attraction to some, and a participatory street art haven for others. Directly opposite of the French embassy, the wall has been filled with evolving art and graffiti since the 80s. The wall received its…
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The Illuminator Project
Read more: The Illuminator ProjectTypical mediums of street art include spray paint, stickers and stencils. But mobilized digital media projection has become the latest tool in some activist’s artilleries. Vanguards of this innovative technique include members of The Illuminator project. Created in March 2012,…
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Bill Cosby… Just Admit It
Read more: Bill Cosby… Just Admit ItActor and comedian Bill Cosby is a household name to the American public. But in the last year alone, Cosby’s name has been tarnished by decades of hidden scandal. Allegations against Cosby as a sexual predator have recently gained new…
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Orquesta Solfónica de Madrid
Read more: Orquesta Solfónica de MadridOrquesta Solfónica de Madrid The Orquesta Solfónica de Madrid (Solphonic Orchestra of Madrid) is a self-organized orchestra that was formed in the context of the social movement 15M and that has gained popularity for playing classical music in demonstrations and…
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fake tax case
Read more: fake tax caseIn June 2011, the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau demanded a total of over 12 million yuan (US$1.85 million) from Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd in unpaid taxes and fines, and accorded three days to appeal the demand in writing. According…
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Nana Van
Read more: Nana VanThe Nanny Van is a public art initiative run by REV- and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. This project aims at shorting distances, gaps and obstacles between domestic workers and the proper information of their rights. Therefore, Nanny Van is…
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Abused Goddesses
Read more: Abused GoddessesThe bruised and beaten faces of these beautiful Hindu goddesses have an important point to make — that despite the reverence for women that is a part of Hinduism, India’s most populous religion, the country has become extremely unsafe for…
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“I’m Here: A Chilean initiative that makes visible street dogs
Read more: “I’m Here: A Chilean initiative that makes visible street dogsThis is one of the noblest urban interventions I’ve seen lately. Two girls who go to a subway station in Santiago, Chile with lots of colorful balloons with helium. In the balloons write messages like “touch me”, “hold me”, “adopt…
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Acting Lessons
Read more: Acting LessonsThe New Life Foundation is a Colombian organization located in Bogota, whose aim consists of offering vulnerable women alternatives to quit prostitution and rehabilitate from its surrounding dangers (crime, drug addiction, AIDS, etc.) One of its remarkable projects was based…
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Suffragettes Dress as Famous Women in History
Read more: Suffragettes Dress as Famous Women in HistoryOn June 17, 1911, a week before the coronation of King George V, women from diverse backgrounds united in costume and with installations over a shared political view – that of rallying the right for women to vote. Known as…