Projects tagged
Strengthens (community)
Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
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French Feminist Collective Bearded Stand-ins
Read more: French Feminist Collective Bearded Stand-insFounded in 2008, the French Feminist Collective, La Barbe, targets inequities of female representation in media and cultural/governmental institutions. La Barbe, meaning “beard” in French, is also an old colloquial expression for “enough is enough!”. Known as barbues, the female…
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No Shopping, Just Stop It!
Read more: No Shopping, Just Stop It!Internet spreads word as networks shun adverts for Buy Nothing Day Duncan Campbell in Los Angeles The Guardian, Friday 24 November 2000 Today is America’s Buy Nothing Day. An event that was started to poke pointed fun at consumerism is…
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botanoadopt
Read more: botanoadoptbotanoadopt – a Projekt by 431art.org Botanoadopt is a project at the interface of corporate citizenship, science and Art, which shift perspectives by new and humorous contexts. Botanoadopt is a participatory project, which provides the adoption of plants and give…
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The Laundromat Project
Read more: The Laundromat ProjectWASH CLOTHES :: MAKE ART :: BUILD COMMUNITY The Laundromat Project brings engaging, community-responsive art and artists into local coinops across Greater New York City. By helping turn imaginations into creative fuel, we empower communities of color living on modest…
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NYPD Drones
Read more: NYPD DronesOn Sunday, September 16th at around 1am, a white van—labelled with “Van Wagner’s” blue logo and topped by a yellow strobe light—circled through permanently lit Times Square. Inside the vehicle, the driver and passenger, both dressed as construction workers, were…
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Stumble Stones
Read more: Stumble StonesThe late, late snow has finally disappeared from Berlin’s streets. Visible once again, here and there, are the “stumble stones” –Stolpersteine in German – with their brief, tragic messages. Many Berlin tourists will enjoy the night life. They may also…
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Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History
Read more: Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and HistoryWhen the last detention facility in Guantanamo Bay was officially decommissioned in 2010, an international team of artists, curators and architects began planning and designing a museum that would take the place of the detention facility – a little less…
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Flip the Debt Clock
Read more: Flip the Debt ClockOn Monday, a grassroots, anti–corporate tax-dodging coalition called Flip the Debt crashed a “Fix the Debt” party at St. Anselm’s College in New Hampshire hosted by Honeywell CEO David Cote to tell the gathered deficit hawk disciples that paying their…
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Teilchenbeschleuniger
Read more: Teilchenbeschleuniger“Teilchenbeschleuniger” ist ein investigatives Kunstprojekt des Künstlerduos 431art, welches Atomenergie kritisch reflektiert. Der “Teilchenbeschleuniger” verteilt Teilchen namens “Jülicher Törtchen”, “Brokdorfer Mürbchen” oder “Muffins Fukushima” an die Bevölkerung. Eine Petition an die Bundesregierung und ein Mailing an die Kanzlerin sowie die…
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Lebanese art rockers creating the soundtrack to the Arab Spring
Read more: Lebanese art rockers creating the soundtrack to the Arab SpringBeirut, Lebanon (CNN) — They’ve been described as the voice of their generation — though not one that everyone is comfortable hearing. Mashrou’ Leila, whose name translates as “The Night Project,” is a controversial alternative rock band from Lebanon, whose…
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Suffrage Parade
Read more: Suffrage ParadeOn March 3, 1913, President-elect Woodrow Wilson arrived at Union Station in Washington, DC. It was the day before his inauguration, but the teeming mobs that typically appeared to greet a new president were nowhere to be found. Instead, the…
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eL Seed in the Battle Against Censorship in Tunisia
Read more: eL Seed in the Battle Against Censorship in TunisiaLast week, Tunisia’s tallest minaret went under the brush of the country’s hottest muralist. On the Jara Mosque in his hometown of Gabes, 31-year-old eL Seed painted a verse from the Quran preaching tolerance, a message meant for Salafist Islamists…