Projects tagged
Civil Liberties
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White Paper Revolution in Nanjing University of Communication
Read more: White Paper Revolution in Nanjing University of CommunicationDirect Cause: The event that on November 24, several people died in a fire in a residential building in Urumqi, Xinjiang province, due to delayed disaster relief due to the COVID-19 lockdown policy in China, and the indifference of the…
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Performance Art “Not to Leave the Cage Unless You Have to” in Beijing Film Academy
Read more: Performance Art “Not to Leave the Cage Unless You Have to” in Beijing Film AcademyDirect Cause: Students’ freedom to enter and leave the campus has been restricted for two weeks, but the university has not even issued an official document, only a verbal rule of “not leaving the campus unless necessary.” Objective: To protest…
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untitled subway graffiti
Read more: untitled subway graffitialternating yellow and white chalk on black blank subway advertisement spaces. “NO ONE VOTED FOR ELON” “RISE AND RESIST” “RESISTANCE IS CONTAGIOUS” “WHO WILL SAVE US? WE WILL SAVE US” found on the uptown C train platform at 50th street…
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Social change through music
Read more: Social change through musicEl Sistema, also known as The National System of Youth and Children’s Orchestra and Choir, was established in Venezuela in 1975 by José Antonio Abreu, a Venezuelan educator, musician and activist. The music education program operates within the voluntary sector…
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This Taiwanese Calligrapher Brings a Message of Freedom to the Met
Read more: This Taiwanese Calligrapher Brings a Message of Freedom to the MetThe boulders hiding in the alcove of Tong Yang-Tze’s apartment testify to this Taiwanese calligrapher’s daunting perfectionism. They are paper — remnants of discarded artworks, crumpled together like used tissues and soaked into inky wads of pulp. Hundreds of old…
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untitled (tattoo, 2025)
Read more: untitled (tattoo, 2025)tattoo on someone’s thigh which reads “FEAR IS THE MOST ELEGANT WEAPON. YOUR HANDS ARE NEVER MESSY. THREATENING HARM IS CRUEL. WORK INSTEAD ON MINDS AND BELIEFS. PLAY INSECURITIES LIKE A PIANO. BE CREATIVE IN APPROACH. FORCE ANXIETY TO EXCRUCIATING…
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Nadya Tolokonnikova – Pussy Riot: Punk’s Not Dead
Read more: Nadya Tolokonnikova – Pussy Riot: Punk’s Not DeadNadya Tolokonnikova is a Siberian artist and a creator of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot. Tolokonnikova’s political actions and wide-ranging performance interventions have established her as a leading voice in the fight against authoritarian power. During her residency,…
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When an orchestra director negotiated his cachet in trees
Read more: When an orchestra director negotiated his cachet in treesClaudio Abbado was an Italian orchestra director (1933 – 2014) who served as chief director at La Scala Theater in Milan from 1968 – 1985. After 18 years of absence, in 2009, he was invited to conduct a concert there.…
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Bondage in Shanghai
Read more: Bondage in ShanghaiThis is a photographic work of Shanghai during the period of the city’s lockdown, in which the artist uses rope as a medium to explore the themes of government coercion and individual survival. In the image, the artist ties a…
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Odes to Putin were Russian translations of Nazi verse
Read more: Odes to Putin were Russian translations of Nazi versePranksters reveal odes to Putin were Russian translations of Nazi verse Patriotic poems published under invented name of Gennady Rakitin were embraced as examples of ‘Z poetry’ The patriotic poetry of Gennady Rakitin has won him quite a following in…