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The Story of “The President Sang Amazing Grace”
Read more: The Story of “The President Sang Amazing Grace”“The President Sang Amazing Grace” tells the story of the 2015 attack that claimed nine lives at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. It first appeared on Zoe’s 2017 album “Small Brown Birds” and was widely played on independent…
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Bed-Stuy Fish Pond
Read more: Bed-Stuy Fish PondThe Bed-Stuy Aquarium (also known as the Hancock Street Bed-Stuy Aquarium) is a makeshift goldfish pond located on a sidewalk in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. The pond, originally formed by a puddle from a leaky fire…
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Women of Allah
Read more: Women of AllahShirin Neshat’s Women of Allah is a photographic series exploring the complex identities of Muslim women in post-revolutionary Iran. Combining black-and-white portraits, Persian calligraphy, and symbolic elements such as guns and veils, Neshat interrogates themes of martyrdom, violence, femininity, and…
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Becoming an Image
Read more: Becoming an ImageCassils’ Becoming an Image confronts issues of queer and trans visibility, bodily violence, and the politics of witnessing. The performance uses a powerful blend of media—including live action in darkness, flash photography, clay sculpture, and sound—to explore how trauma and…
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Tatlin’s Whisper #6
Read more: Tatlin’s Whisper #6This is the sixth piece of the series Tatlin’s Whisper which examines the relationship between apathy and anaesthetization of the images in the mass media. This series intends to activate images, well-known because of having been repeatedly seen in the…
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Inside Out Project
Read more: Inside Out ProjectAfter winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement…
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the Fundred Project
Read more: the Fundred ProjectThe Fundred Dollar Bill Project, initiated by artist Mel Chin, is a collaborative art project aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing action against the environmental and health threat of lead contamination. It encourages individuals to create their own unique interpretations…
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Art of the Umbrella Movement
Read more: Art of the Umbrella MovementArt of the Umbrella movement refers to artistic works created as part of the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong which demanded democracy in the election of the territory’s top leader. Most of the physical works of art are located within…
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Turning a New Page: Ukrainians in Moldova Celebrate Culture, Create Community
Read more: Turning a New Page: Ukrainians in Moldova Celebrate Culture, Create CommunityRepublic of Moldova – “Before the war, Eva was a happy, carefree little girl, a first-grader full of joy who loved going to school, practicing taekwondo and drawing,” Olga recalls. Determined for her six-year-old daughter to have a joyful, stable…
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Wuming Art Collective
Read more: Wuming Art CollectiveThe Wuming Painting Collective, formed in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), was a clandestine group of artists who defied the authoritarian control over art and expression. In a time when all art was harnessed as propaganda to glorify the…