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FIRST proposed U.S. Anti-Slavery Monument
Read more: FIRST proposed U.S. Anti-Slavery Monument#NYTIMES Why are there no U.S. anti-slavery monuments? http://antislaverymonument.org project is an answer. Standing 60 feet tall, corten steel of two hollow chain links the upper one broken. External sources: http://antislaverymonument.org
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This area will be photographed
Read more: This area will be photographed“This area will be photographed” is a public performance of implied photographic consent, inspired by Google’s street view and satellite surveillance. Posted signs and handbills alerted the public present in Union Square, New York, NY that a photograph would be…
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Ghosts of Union Square – The Contested City
Read more: Ghosts of Union Square – The Contested City“This project took aim at a public relations campaign produced by The Union Square Partnership, a local Business Improvement District (BID) attempting to privatize the north end of NYC’s Union Square park and install a high-end celebrity chef restaurant. They…
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Dare to Connect
Read more: Dare to ConnectWe were aiming to raise awareness and empathy around the theme of loneliness and disconnection, by engaging with passers by on a personal level and helping them to think about what they could do to make others feel less disconnected.…
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The Crossings
Read more: The CrossingsUsing Performance Art to Alert Drivers to Look Out for Pedestrians A series of three street performances taking place this Thursday and Friday carries a simple message – remember to see and stop for pedestrians. UWM Professor Anne Basting has…
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BlindWiki
Read more: BlindWikiUnveiling the Unseen BlindWiki is a location-based audio network where citizens who are blind or partially sighted use smartphones to share their findings by posting sound recordings. The platform does not just contain information about difficulties and barriers but is…
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¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York exhibition
Read more: ¡Presente! The Young Lords in New York exhibitionSpread over three institutions — the Bronx Museum of the Arts; El Museo del Barrio in East Harlem; and Loisaida Inc., a cultural center in the East Village — this show departs from straight political history by presenting the Young…
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Faced with Brooklyn Museum Inaction, Protesters Target Two Exhibitions
Read more: Faced with Brooklyn Museum Inaction, Protesters Target Two ExhibitionsClose to 100 artists and activists staged a protest at the Brooklyn Museum yesterday afternoon in response to displacement — both in Brooklyn and Palestine. Organized by the Decolonial Cultural Front and Movement to Protect the People, the catalysts for…
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Activists and Residents Light Up Bushwick with Anti-Gentrification Signs
Read more: Activists and Residents Light Up Bushwick with Anti-Gentrification SignsSince Christmas Eve, some lights along the streets and in the houses of Bushwick have spelled out a number of messages quite different from the festive wishes one usually finds during the holiday season. “GENTRIFICATION IS THE NEW COLONIALISM,” “NOT…
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La Casa Negra
Read more: La Casa NegraLa Casa Negra is a moving artist squat that occupies houses destined for demolition as temporary venues for site specific performance art in Barranco (Lima, Peru). Artists use all of the available rooms (kitchen, bathrooms, stairs, backyard) to enact a…