Projects tagged
Advertising & Consumerism
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Adidas by Stella McCartney’s SS21 collection calls on us to protect our oceans
Read more: Adidas by Stella McCartney’s SS21 collection calls on us to protect our oceansWhen we think about the protectors of our oceans, our mind is instantly drawn to the image of the lifeguard. Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff in bright red swimsuits, their enviable bodies on show, as they run along the coastline.…
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Blixel: (Re)stock Image Collection
Read more: Blixel: (Re)stock Image CollectionThe purpose of this project was the permeate stock images with more depictions of Black people. Stock images are usually easily found and utilized, showcasing people doing everyday activities or scenes. To boost representation of Black people in this particular…
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Calling Big Brands of Soda
Read more: Calling Big Brands of Soda“This is the video that Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé don’t want you to see. The big brands want you to believe they are taking steps to reduce single-use plastic BUT they are actually working hand in hand with the fossil…
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“Graffittied Graffiti”
Read more: “Graffittied Graffiti”At a gallery within a shopping complex in the South Korean capital, a couple saw paint cans and brushes at their reach and use next to what was actually a finished portrait worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Thinking the…
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Big Tech CEOs Become 7ft Capitol Rioters
Read more: Big Tech CEOs Become 7ft Capitol RiotersAs tech leaders faced tough questions from Congress, SumOfUs, an 18 million member advocacy organization, was right outside with a larger-than-life installation of the January 6th Capitol riot that shows the role Big Tech played in sparking the insurrection. The…
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Virtual Museum Law Conference on the Pandemic Effects
Read more: Virtual Museum Law Conference on the Pandemic Effects“Work-from-home lawyers and museum staff convened by webinar on 11 and 12 March, for an annual conference on Legal Issues in Museum Administration, hosted by the non-profit American Law Institute with the support of the Smithsonian Institution. This year’s focus…
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This artist takes the spirit of protest from the streets to the gallery
Read more: This artist takes the spirit of protest from the streets to the gallery“Brazilian artist Mundano is used to spending his time on the road and in the streets, making art as an act of protest. Known for leaving his colorful works of graffiti on walls around the world, Mundano is especially dedicated…
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#Protect Girls Project — Anti-surrogacy Stickers
Read more: #Protect Girls Project — Anti-surrogacy StickersMany girls in China may have seen the advertisements of egg donation as a surrogate, in hospitals, schools, public toilets, shared bikes, ATMs…… They are everywhere and the number of this kind of advertisements is large. Though there are lots…
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Dude Protests with a Sign
Read more: Dude Protests with a SignFrom an article in BoredPanda: “If you’ve ever felt like your voice and opinion doesn’t matter in the vast world, then Seth is here to prove you wrong. This New Yorker runs the ‘Dude With Sign’ Instagram account where he…
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When Luxury Stores Decorate Their Riot Barricades With Protest Art
Read more: When Luxury Stores Decorate Their Riot Barricades With Protest ArtThree months ago, when New York government officials ordered nonessential businesses closed to slow the spread of coronavirus, high-end retailers sheathed their stores in plywood barriers, as though readying for civil unrest. Did Louis Vuitton and Coach anticipate this human…