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UNLESS

Practitioner:
Stephanie Cardon and others

Date:
Sep 19 2018

UNLESS by Stephanie Cardon is a vibrant floor-to-ceiling installation that fills the main entryway of Boston’s landmark Prudential Center. Commissioned by Boston Properties and curated and produced by Now + There, UNLESS explores sustainability, climate justice, and how taking action…

Street Advertising Takeover – Artist turns billboards into democratic spaces

Practitioner:
Jordan Seiler

Date:
Sep 19 2018

“Two weekends ago, a loose network of these artists and activists, under the name Subvertisers International, launched their first global effort to reclaim our shared public environment from its monopolization by commercial media. The demand was not for better or…

Hypothetical Development Corporation

Practitioner:
and Rob Walker, Ellen Susan, G.K. Darby

Date:
Sep 19 2018

“As a public service, H.D.O. invents a hypothetical future for each selected structure. Unlike a traditional, reality-based developer, however, our organization is not bound by rules relating to commercial potential, practical materials, or physics. In our view, plausibility is a…

SWORN OATH

Practitioner:
Patrick Henderson

Date:
Sep 19 2018

Fuck. Damn. Shit. Ass. Everybody curses. Don’t say you don’t. Everyone does it when they’re mad, upset, happy, or excited. It’s human nature. Is it that the words are sinful? Offensive? Violent? Nobody really knows but we as a society…

“Amèrikan Takes Over the Fashion New World”

Practitioner:
Shanae Designs

Date:
Sep 19 2018

Originally written for the Onion, “Amèrikan Takes Over the Fashion New World,” is an article that speaks of a fictitious company that has broken through the clothing market. This company was created as a way to inform the consumer of…

Land O Rape Culture Stickers Replace Land O Lakes Butter Packaging

Practitioner:
Recycled Propaganda

Date:
Sep 19 2018

Stickers imitating the Land O Lakes Butter packaging are being placed in grocery stores over the original packaging. The packaging has been altered to say “Land O Rape – Culture” by street artist Recycled Propaganda. External sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeyQ2Xzn9zY/?taken-by=recycledpropaganda http://recycledpropaganda.com/ https://recycledpropaganda.com/product/land-o-rape-sticker/

Emoj:,conned

Practitioner:
Peter Sather

Date:
Sep 19 2018

About a year ago my girlfriend moved to Japan to teach English in Tokyo for two years. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a sob story.) Having spent the greater part of our relationship physically separated, thought it was a challenge we…

A Legal Guide Helps Artists Make and Protect Protest Art

Practitioner:
Harvard University’s Cyberlaw Clinic and metaLAB

Date:
Sep 19 2018

Harvard University’s Cyberlaw Clinic and metaLAB have created a free guide for making protest art while navigating intellectual property law. “Because political art speaks directly to issues that people care deeply about (in that instance, having an African-American First Family),…

A Haunting Artistic Tribute to Garment Workers Killed in Bangladesh and the US

Practitioner:
Artist Rachel Breen, Poet Alison Morse

Date:
Sep 19 2018

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Exactly 1,281 white garments hang from the ceiling of the Perlman Teaching Museum’s Braucher Gallery. The collared shirts, knit sweaters, tights, and other items of clothing glow with an eerie luminosity. The 1,281 garments represent the number…

[Human Compliance Experiment] ‘The Push’: Netflix Special That Tests Human Compliance Is a Life-or-Death ‘Nathan for You’

Practitioner:
Derren Brown

Date:
Sep 19 2018

https://www.netflix.com/title/80220000 http://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/the-push-netflix-review-ending-derren-b… Article from IndieWire by Steve Greene The hour-long experiment from magician and UK TV mainstay Derren Brown asks a dangerous question with an unexpected twist. [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the Netflix special “Derren Brown: The…