Projects tagged
Strengthens (community)
Strengthens, builds and celebrates community through ritual and/or symbol.
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[EXPOSED] INTERACTIVE PHOTO EXHIBITION
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Read more: [EXPOSED] INTERACTIVE PHOTO EXHIBITIONThe interactive photo exhibition is part of a creative activism project held in Ghana and Serbia to highlight the corruption around data and privacy. Identified in both Serbia and Ghana are the underlying themes of government corruption with the use…
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Birds Aren’t Real
Read more: Birds Aren’t RealIn Pittsburgh, Memphis and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring, “Birds Aren’t Real.” On Instagram and TikTok, Birds Aren’t Real accounts have racked up hundreds of thousands of followers, and YouTube videos about it have gone viral. Last…
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NIU requirement of insurance on-campus
Read more: NIU requirement of insurance on-campusFor a class project at Northern Illinois University, we were tasked with performing an act of artistic activism on campus. We choose to raise awareness about the student health insurance policy. The policy at NIU states that if you do…
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San Fermin and the Fight for Bulls
Read more: San Fermin and the Fight for BullsIn 2019 before the annual San Fermin festival 54 protesters from around the world representing AnimaNaturalis and PETA held a demonstration against the cruel sport of bullfighting. The celebration of culture and religion subsequent to the murder and torture of…
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Lesbianas Se Difunden and the Feminist Movement in Spain: Taking Back Ownership of the Female Body
Read more: Lesbianas Se Difunden and the Feminist Movement in Spain: Taking Back Ownership of the Female BodyFrom 1993 to 1998, Spanish activist group Lesbianas Se Difunden (LSD) produced and published a collection of texts and visuals called Non-Grata (Snyder 10), using erotic images of the female body and sexual relationships to capture their audiences’ attention. Within…
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Fur in Madrid: Controversy and Critique
Read more: Fur in Madrid: Controversy and CritiqueDuring a cold January morning in 2020, Animanaturalis, a nonprofit group focused on ending the suffering of animals across Spain and Latin America gathered to protest the use, production, and sale of fur in Spain. In a blog post on…
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Fur in Madrid: Controversy and Critique
Read more: Fur in Madrid: Controversy and CritiqueDuring a cold January morning in 2020, Animanaturalis, a nonprofit group focused on ending the suffering of animals across Spain and Latin America gathered to protest the use, production, and sale of fur in Spain. In a blog post on…
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FEMEN’s Fight for Feminism in Spain
Read more: FEMEN’s Fight for Feminism in SpainFEMEN is an organization that is revolutionizing the feminist movement. Founded in Ukraine in 2008 and adopted in Spain in 2013, FEMEN protests gender-based issues such as inequalities, violence, patriarchy, etc. Since its creation, it has spread to several other…
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A Vote for the Future
Read more: A Vote for the FutureThe 15M movement in Spain grew out of a desire for liberation and greater access to social and political rights for marginalized groups. At its core the activists of 15M were visionaries and used voting for a utopian society as…
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How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M Protests
Read more: How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M ProtestsJust over a decade ago on May 15, 2011, a wave of social outrage began as the Spanish people collectively decided that they had had enough of the corruption, cuts, and inequalities affecting their country. 15-M was a movement that…
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La Radical Gai & Lesbianas Sin Duda: Spreading Awareness to the AIDS Epidemic in Spain
Read more: La Radical Gai & Lesbianas Sin Duda: Spreading Awareness to the AIDS Epidemic in SpainOn December 1, 1994 also known as World AIDS day, participating members from LSD (Lesbianas Sin Duda), La Radical Gai, and other allies sought out to protest against the push back of rejection that many of them were receiving from…
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Border Crossings
Read more: Border Crossingsorder Crossers comprise a series of lightweight robotic sculptures that poetically explore the notion of borders and boundary conditions. The inflatable sculptures rise up to several stories high and extend across a given threshold. Their choreographed performance, originating on both…