Projects tagged
Arts & Culture
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Suite Venitienne
Read more: Suite VenitienneSophie Calle’s works discuss the issue of “privacy”, the composition of an individual’s identity at the social level, and the relationship between “private” and “public/group/society”, including personal information, personal records, public surveillance, and other topics. An obvious feature of her…
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The Root-Systemic Racism
Read more: The Root-Systemic Racism“When it comes to the effects of the virus on black lives, the roots run deep. ⠀⠀ This is one of the hardest illustrations I’ve ever done. Not because of the tree – but because of the overwhelming nature of…
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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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Santiago Sierra will soak British flag in blood of colonised peoples
Read more: Santiago Sierra will soak British flag in blood of colonised peoplesThe Spanish artist Santiago Sierra is planning to immerse a British flag in blood donated by indigenous peoples from countries colonised by the British Empire. The resulting artwork, titled Union Flag, is intended to be an “acknowledgement of the pain…
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Healing Verse Poetry Hotline
Read more: Healing Verse Poetry HotlinePhiladelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson launched the Healing Verse Philly Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line that offers callers a 90-second poem by a Philadelphia-connected poet. A new poem will be featured each Monday throughout 2021. In the…
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After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here
Read more: After a Military Coup, Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World—See Images Here“Myanmar has been engulfed in protest since February 1, when Burmese army general Min Aung Hlaing seized control of the government in a military coup, refusing to accept to the landslide election victory of the National League for Democracy and…
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Halima Aden: Milan fashion week’s star of the season
Read more: Halima Aden: Milan fashion week’s star of the seasonA woman dressed in western clothes and a hijab is a common sight across Europe’s capital cities – a fact now reflected on the catwalk at Milan fashion week. Halima Aden, a Somali-American model, is fast becoming fashion’s face of…
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Kozaburo contemplates Japan’s spiritual history for AW21
Read more: Kozaburo contemplates Japan’s spiritual history for AW21In the four years since launching his eponymous label, Kozaburo Akasaka has established himself as a leader of New York’s new guard of fashion designers. In 2017, just months after graduating from Parsons’ prestigious Fashion MFA programme, his tailored silhouettes…
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Gardens Speak
Read more: Gardens Speak“Gardens Speak is an interactive sound installation containing the oral histories of ten ordinary people who were buried in Syrian gardens. Each narrative has been carefully constructed with the friends and family members of the deceased to retell their stories…
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The Color of Reality
Read more: The Color of RealityTransfixed by racial, political, and socioeconomic tensions saturating the news, movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, enveloped by the art of Alexa Meade, switch off the TV and release their emotion into a stirring dance that is both a…