Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in Britain
Read more: ‘0 to 1939 in 3 seconds’: Why Anti-Elon Musk Satire Is Flourishing in BritainThe mischievous posters began appearing all over London in the past two months. On the side of an East London bus stop, one of them shows Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, emerging from a Tesla’s roof with his hand…
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The AIDS Memorial Quilt
Read more: The AIDS Memorial QuiltCleve Jones’s powerful vision for memorializing those lost to AIDS was realized in October 1987 in Washington D.C. It showcased the artistic contributions of people who’d lost loved ones to the virus from a number of US metropolitan centers. The…
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Funk Lessons
Read more: Funk LessonsAdrian Piper’s “Funk Lessons” (1982-84) was a series of performances and collaborative events in which the artist taught white participants about black funk music, its culture, and its history, aiming to deconstruct stereotypical ideas about Black culture. Adrian Piper began…
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Design For Freedom Summit Shares Strategies For Removing Modern-Day Slavery From Building And Construction Supply Chain
Read more: Design For Freedom Summit Shares Strategies For Removing Modern-Day Slavery From Building And Construction Supply ChainShackles. Cotton. The Big House. Americans tend to think of slavery in terms of chattel slavery. Plantation Slavery. Slavery where human beings are bought, sold, and owned. The kind outlawed in the United States by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.…
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Horrible bosses: masked activists publicly shame businesses in Bologna
Read more: Horrible bosses: masked activists publicly shame businesses in BolognaOn a warm summer afternoon in the Italian city of Bologna, a group of around 15 young people march through the crowded city centre to a high-end pastry shop in Strada Maggiore. Once there, they don white plastic masks, and…
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Photographing the hidden – Violence Unseen
Read more: Photographing the hidden – Violence UnseenUK photographer Alicia Bruce collaborated with Zero Tolerance, a Scottish non-profit to end GBV, to produce a new version of the Violence Unseen campaign, launched for the first time in the 1990s and created by Franki Raffles. The new one…
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untitled (Long Live the Real King)
Read more: untitled (Long Live the Real King)An A.I. generated video of Donald Trump sucking Elon Musk’s toes was broadcast at the Department of Housing and Development headquarters in DC in February of 2025. As an actual art piece, we can debate if the video itself is…
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Venezuela’s Journalists Adopt AI Avatars to Avoid Censorship
Read more: Venezuela’s Journalists Adopt AI Avatars to Avoid Censorship“Hello,” says the news presenter, as she effortlessly switches from Spanish to English to give her audience a summary of the day’s biggest stories. With her clear intonation, smart appearance, and friendly-yet-serious expression, she seems the very image of a…
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Art and Restorative Justice: Transformative Healing Through Expression
Read more: Art and Restorative Justice: Transformative Healing Through ExpressionRooted in Native American and indigenous practices,[11] restorative justice is a set of principles and practices that aims to help communities heal from conflict and harm by developing a common understanding of the root causes and effects.[12] Restorative justice can…
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Sunflower Seeds by Ai Weiwei
Read more: Sunflower Seeds by Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei’s installation Sunflower Seeds is a profound commentary on both historical and contemporary issues through the medium of art. First exhibited at Tate Modern in London from October 12, 2010, to May 2, 2011, the work features an astonishing…