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Soviet Disco

Date:
Jan 1 1977

The origin of the Soviet disco tradition, one that lasts to this day in the DJ-laden nightlife of Moscow and St. Petersburg, lay in the Stalinist era. Western culture – modernism, cubism, rock and roll, all that good stuff –…

Pop-Up Studio: Kids’ Campaign to Correct History

Practitioner:
Sam Durant and Elisa Harkins

Date:
Jan 1 1977

Join other families in reimagining sports team mascots and logos that misrepresent Native American communities. Design a campaign for alternative names with the help of artists Sam Durant and Elisa Harkins, taking inspiration from the exhibition Jimmie Durham: At the…

The Guerrilla Girls attack gender and class bias at Art Basel Hong Kong

Practitioner:
Guerrilla Girls

Date:
Jan 1 1977

For more than 30 years, the Guerrilla Girls have travelled the world exposing sexism and inequality in the art industry, and this week they proved Hong Kong was no exception. Three members of the anonymous feminist collective—calling themselves Frida Kahlo,…

East Side Gallery

Practitioner:
Graffiti artists

Date:
Jan 1 1977

Since the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9th, 1989, the cement segments that remain have stood as something more symbolic than just a wall. With installations in every continent, except for Antarctica, the East Side Gallery is the…

ASCO Collective

Practitioner:
ASCO Collective

Date:
Jan 1 1977

Beginning in the early 1970s, the Los Angeles-based multi-media arts collective Asco (from the Spanish word for nausea) created performances, street theater and conceptual art that satirized the emerging styles of Chicano art and pushed the boundaries of what it…

Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest

Practitioner:
Barnard

Date:
Jan 1 1977

“The Feminist Zine Fest showcases the work of artists and zine makers of all genders who identify on the feminist spectrum, and whose politics are reflected in their work. For the second consecutive year, Barnard proudly hosts the zine fest,…

Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTI

Practitioner:
Iranti

Date:
Jan 1 1977

ONGOING ORGANIZATION: CALLED: Iranti [pronounced írantì] is the Yoruba word for ‘memory’. Largely found in South West Nigeria and parts of Benin Republic, the Yoruba people consider memory a prized form of intelligence which determines how often one remembers what…

The Sacred Art of Ori

Practitioner:
Laolu Senbanjo

Date:
Jan 1 1977

The story of an artist. Laolu Senbanjo grew up surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, an ethnic group from the southwest of Nigeria, but he never imagined how it would influence the artist he is today. After…

Keith Haring’s AIDS Activism

Practitioner:
Keith Haring

Date:
Jan 1 1977

Keith Haring was an American artist and activist in 1980s New York, whose artwork raised awareness on social issues at the time. One the main awareness campaigns Haring participated on was AIDS awareness and activism. As an openly gay man…

A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender

Practitioner:
Lee Mokobe

Date:
Jan 1 1977

“I was the mystery of an anatomy, a question asked but not answered,” says poet Lee Mokobe, a TED Fellow, in this gripping and poetic exploration of identity and transition. It’s a thoughtful reflection on bodies, and the meanings poured…