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the bike infrastructure agenda exposed
Read more: the bike infrastructure agenda exposedIt has been a long and exhausting battle for the bike activists in Puebla one of the cities in Mexico. Collectives and activist groups have long pushed for including bike infrastructure around the city, in a horizontal, democratic way. They…
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People of Japan is a snapshot of daily life across Tokyo, Kyoto and Osaka
Read more: People of Japan is a snapshot of daily life across Tokyo, Kyoto and OsakaFor his latest project, Mark Manzi found himself outside of his comfort zone. For the Amsterdam-based photographer and designer, People of Japan was an attempt to break from his photography-first portfolio. “In the past, my work was very image-focused, whereas…
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Billionaire-Espionage Art Project
Read more: Billionaire-Espionage Art ProjectThe Hungarian artist, undercover as an oligarch, infiltrated Manhattan’s ultra-luxury high-rises with her fake husband, Zoltan, for a book of intentionally unartful photos. Four years ago, during a three-month artist’s residency in Brooklyn, Andi Schmied, a photographer from Budapest, visited…
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“The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”
Read more: “The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”On January 12, 2016, Shanghai’s temperature dropped to its lowest of the year. A little girl was seen selling matches in the cold wind on Bund street. The little girl, wearing a classic dress, wrapped in an ocher-red scarf and…
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The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of China
Read more: The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of ChinaIn the south-western city of Chengdu, by all accounts a city on the edge coping with heavy pollution but also with authorities scrambling to put a lid on simmering discontent. That night police detained a number of artists who managed…
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Pandora’s Project
Read more: Pandora’s ProjectIt was October 31st, 2012, when a new artist appeared on social media. In a series of video clips, she proposed with a soft and slow speech that Peru hide its poverty. Her project consisted of installing vinyl pieces to…
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The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace
Read more: The Utopia of 20 Minutes EmbraceOn the afternoon of September 11th, nearly a hundred people hugged each other to feel the beauty of the hug on the Paris Square in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the leadership of the Chinese artist Gao…
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CorrupTour
Read more: CorrupTourA converted school bus with the sawed-off top is taking Mexico City visitors on the “Corruptour”, a visit to the country’s seedy underbelly of murderous misdeeds and multibillion-dollar graft by public officials. Stops include a scandal-plagued subway line that cost…
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My World Is In Your Blindspot
Read more: My World Is In Your BlindspotThis is a series of paintings reflecting the struggle and sacrifices made by the Tibetan people for independence. The author is Tenzing Rigdol, who is a Tibetan and influenced a lot by the Dalai Lama and traditional Tibetan culture. The…
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These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a Movement
Read more: These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a MovementWhen Bay Area activists Moms 4 Housing began their campaign, they were fighting gentrification and institutional poverty. Now, as California’s housing crisis compounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, their work has taken on new significance. In Oakland, the Bay Area’s deep-rooted…