Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M Protests
Read more: How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M ProtestsJust over a decade ago on May 15, 2011, a wave of social outrage began as the Spanish people collectively decided that they had had enough of the corruption, cuts, and inequalities affecting their country. 15-M was a movement that…
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Tiffany Sia: Slippery When Wet – Artists Space
Read more: Tiffany Sia: Slippery When Wet – Artists SpaceSlippery When Wet proposes a wet ontology of Hong Kong—a city in ongoing transfiguration shifting into an uncanny vision of itself. Hong Kong secretes, leaving a trail of ink, tears, humidity, logistic flows, and leaks. The works herein usurp these…
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THEY Still want to kill us: Film of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to Air at Arts Center
Read more: THEY Still want to kill us: Film of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre to Air at Arts CenterJoining art institutes nationally, a film on the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre will premiere at the UMass Amherst Arts Center. This is especially important given its will be the 100th anniversary of the tragic event of when “Black Wall Street”…
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Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975
Read more: Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975Adrian Piper disguised her identity, changing her race, sex, and social class in order to experiment in public situations and gauge people’s reactions. She investigated how outwardly visible identity markers (like skin color) impacted others’ perceptions of her character. By…
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Movimento Vem Pra Rua (Come to the Streets)
Read more: Movimento Vem Pra Rua (Come to the Streets)Vem Pra Rua is a nonpartisan, democratic, and pluralist movement that emerged in response to society’s fight for a better Brazil. Brazilians of all regions, social classes, and ages began mobilizing at the end of 2014—building on the 2013 marches…
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TIME
Read more: TIME” Rich is a fighter. The entrepreneur, abolitionist and mother of six boys has spent the last two decades campaigning for the release of her husband, Rob G. Rich, who is serving a 60-year sentence for a robbery they both…
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The Courtroom Sketch
Read more: The Courtroom SketchCourtoom sketches were, for many cases, the only glimpses into high profile trails that captivated the nation. Now, over 200 of these sketches by artists will be in the Library of Congress, ranging from cases such as The Rodney King…
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Demonstrators hold “flower strikes” across the restive country
Read more: Demonstrators hold “flower strikes” across the restive countryOpponents of military rule in Myanmar have marched, observed “flower strikes” and sought alternative ways to communicate after most users were cut off from the internet, undaunted by the bloody suppression of protests during the past two months. The authorities,…
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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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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…