Projects tagged
Strengthens (community)
Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
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Standing Man – Duran Adam
Read more: Standing Man – Duran AdamOn June the 18th 2013 in Istanbul, Turkey suddenly a man appeared on Taksim Square, just standing there. After more than 2 weeks of peaceful protest against the ruling Prime Minister and his party AKP Taksim Square is still the…
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Weighed down by a cushion
Read more: Weighed down by a cushionA short documentary about Artist Stephen Sheehan’s performance called ‘Weighed down by a cushion’ performed at Liverpool One. The footage contains views from the public captured during the performance. External sources: https://youtu.be/oe32DMevzoE https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mersey-artist-stops-shoppers-…
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Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social change
Read more: Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social changeBy Dr. S. O’Sullivan and C. McCausland On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat on a public bus. Parks purposely broke the law. As a black woman living in Alabama, she was required…
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Global Earth Exchange
Read more: Global Earth ExchangeOn Saturday, June 22, a group of friends will meet at one of the more than 4,000 natural gas wells that have been drilled by hydrofracking in Pennsylvania. Instead of picket signs, however, they’ll be carrying a picnic basket. For…
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Basta Dobbs
Read more: Basta DobbsCNN calls itself “The Most Trusted Name in News,” but for years they provided a platform for Lou Dobbs to spread dangerous myths about immigrants and use dehumanizing and disrespectful language towards the Latino community. In 2009 Presente.org fought back,…
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Existe Amor em SP
Read more: Existe Amor em SPSão Paulo went through a process of privatization of the public spaces. The local government implemented several rules that beneficiated the real state speculation, the city is expensive, and it’s not for the poor. Besides that, in october the elections…
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JustSeeds Artists’ Cooperative
Read more: JustSeeds Artists’ CooperativeJustseeds Artists’ Cooperative is a decentralized network of 24 artists committed to making print and design work that reflects a radical social, environmental, and political stance. With members working from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Justseeds operates both as a…
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DODDOACID
Read more: DODDOACIDJenny Hozler has mined declassified U.S. government documents for the series Redaction Paintings meticulously silk-screened works that depict blacked-out handprints of American soldiers accused of committing crimes in Iraq. The idea for the Redaction Paintings came in 2004 when Wired…
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MTA Posters
Read more: MTA PostersCome across a poster like the two above on your commute recently? Laid out in classic MTA style, but adorned with Orwellian imagery and an appropriately ambiguous hashtag, they warn of two possible hazards to your health: an upcoming “airborne…
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New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / Blackmail
Read more: New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / BlackmailThe prints exhibited June 2013 at Firestorm in Asheville NC, will comprise two separate bodies of work; Chelsea Ragan’s combination screen print / woodblock print / painting / drawings graphically detail police shootings of young black males from across the…
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Bruce High Quality Foundation University
Read more: Bruce High Quality Foundation UniversityThe Bruce High Quality Foundation University (BHQFU) is an unaccredited, free collaborative school founded by the eponymous artist collective and presented by Creative Time. At BHQFU, “students are teachers are administrators are staff.” BHQFU responds to what the artists behind…
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Invocation of the Queer Spirits
Read more: Invocation of the Queer SpiritsFrom 2008 to 2010 Bronson and Hobbs performed Invocations of the Queer Spirits, bringing together small groups of men—in Banff, New Orleans, Winnipeg, Manhattan, and Fire Island—in a secret group ritual that was different every time and yet always the…