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CONVICTED KILLER WINS BEAUTY PAGEANT IN WOMEN’S PRISON

Practitioner:
The Instituto Penal Talavera

Date:
Apr 28 1991

In its thirteenth year, the annual Miss Talavera Bruce beauty pageant is held in unlikely surroundings: a women’s prison in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Instituto Penal Talavera is the only maximum-security women’s prison in the city with inmates serving…

Activist Artists Hack the New Museum’s Hans Haacke Survey in an Effort to Expose the Museum’s Hidden Capitalist Agenda

Practitioner:
Grayson Earle and M

Date:
Apr 28 1991

The long-awaited New Museum retrospective of conceptual art pioneer Hans Haacke fell victim to internet hackers over the weekend trying to make a political point. The intervention drastically skewed the results of an iPad-based artwork that was meant to record…

‘They Lied to us’: Mom says police deceived her to get her DNA and charge her son with murder

Practitioner:
Jon Schuppe

Date:
Apr 28 1991

VALDOSTA, Ga. — On an October morning in 2018, Eleanor Holmes and her husband left home to run an errand and found two men inside their front gate. They introduced themselves as detectives from Orlando, Florida, and said they needed…

LUSH Launches Massive Campaign to End Shark Slaughter on World Oceans Day

Practitioner:
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Vegan-friendly cosmetics brand LUSH is launching the “Shark Attack” campaign to save sharks from slaughter on World Oceans Day (June 8). Starting today, LUSH will re-launch its popular vegan Shark Fin Soap online (available in-store starting June 8) and donate…

Climate activists bring Trojan horse to British Museum in BP protest

Practitioner:
Climate Activists, Theatrical protest group: BP or not BP?

Date:
Apr 28 1991

Activists have taken a Trojan horse into the grounds of the British Museum to protest against its sponsorship deal with the oil corporation BP. Protesters dressed as ancient Greek warriors snuck their 13ft-tall wooden horse through a side gate at…

Mr Triton France Competition

Practitioner:
Alexandre, and other participants, Aurélien, Chris, Ingrid la Sirène, Kewin, Merman Ludo

Date:
Apr 28 1991

At the end of June of this year, as France sweated through record high temperatures, a group of men took a moment to escape the heatwave and compete in the inaugural Mr Triton France competition. Organised by Merman Ludo, the…

Protesters Block Access to Private Prison Company’s South Florida Headquarters

Practitioner:
Geo Group Protestors

Date:
Apr 28 1991

At least nine protesters were arrested during a protest Tuesday at Geo Group headquarters — a Florida-based private prison company that operates facilities nationwide. The Geo Group, which also runs adult detention centers for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, is…

Arcadia Earth

Practitioner:
Valentino Vettori

Date:
Apr 28 1991

At ‘Arcadia Earth,’ Dazzle Illuminates Danger Using augmented reality, virtual reality and installations of light and art, the creators of this pop-up exhibition hope to inspire action on climate change. By Laurel Graeber Oct. 23, 2019 The creators of “Arcadia…

What Are the Biggest Problems Women Face Today?

Practitioner:
Politico Magazine

Date:
Apr 28 1991

It’s been a historic year for women. There are more serving in Congress than ever before, and a record number are currently running for president in 2020. But even with these significant gains, women—both in the U.S. and around the…

The Privilege of Escape

Practitioner:
Creative Time, Risa Puno

Date:
Apr 28 1991

For an art project about the effects of white privilege and the disturbing ways in which its effects are built into our society, Risa Puno’s The Privilege of Escape is a surprisingly fun, even enjoyable experience. The first public artwork…

LGBT activists ask strangers for hugs in China protest at Weibo censorship

Practitioner:
Chinese LGBT activists

Date:
Apr 28 1991

A social experiment testing the public’s reaction to gay people in China has gone viral. The blindfolded activists stood in public wearing T-shirts that said “I’m gay would you hug me?” and video of the protest then spread rapidly on…

Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet

Practitioner:
Cool Globes

Date:
Apr 28 1991

A public art exhibition designed to raise awareness of solutions to climate change. Cool Globes grew out of a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative in 2005, and was incorporated as a non-profit organization in 2006. Since that time, Cool…