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La Fiera en Sevilla
Read more: La Fiera en SevillaDuring the economic crisis of 2008, bankers in Spain took advantage of the economically disadvantaged, and the artwork La Fiera en Sevilla, or the Wild Animal in Sevilla in English, brings attention to this money-centric act from the bankers. La…
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Ghana Thinktank. Developing the first world.
Read more: Ghana Thinktank. Developing the first world.Ghana ThinkTank is an international collective that “develops the first world” by flipping traditional power dynamics, asking the “third world” to intervene into the lives of the people living in the so-called “developed” world. We collect problems from communities throughout…
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‘Memorial’
Read more: ‘Memorial’Cheril Linett is a female artist from Chile, with a background in performance art and stage performance, who primarily focuses her artwork on feminist issues in Chile, especially ones involving violence, murder, hate crime and different kinds of oppression and…
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‘Memorial’
Read more: ‘Memorial’Cheril Linett is a female artist from Chile, with a background in performance art and stage performance, who primarily focuses her artwork on feminist issues in Chile, especially ones involving violence, murder, hate crime and different kinds of oppression and…
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A Vote for the Future
Read more: A Vote for the FutureThe 15M movement in Spain grew out of a desire for liberation and greater access to social and political rights for marginalized groups. At its core the activists of 15M were visionaries and used voting for a utopian society as…
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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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La Radical Gai & Lesbianas Sin Duda: Spreading Awareness to the AIDS Epidemic in Spain
Read more: La Radical Gai & Lesbianas Sin Duda: Spreading Awareness to the AIDS Epidemic in SpainOn December 1, 1994 also known as World AIDS day, participating members from LSD (Lesbianas Sin Duda), La Radical Gai, and other allies sought out to protest against the push back of rejection that many of them were receiving from…
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Kinshasa Costumes
Read more: Kinshasa CostumesThe collective Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle, a group of Kinshasa street performers turn their bodies into living sculptures, and use them to political ends. Among the artists is Jared, who regularly takes to the streets dressed as Robot…
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Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless People
Read more: Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless PeopleMembers of three organizations – Artists Building Communities, Essential Food and Medicine, and Living Earth Structures – have built a kitchen, clinic, free store, stage, toilet, oven, and shower with and for a homeless community near Wood Street in West…
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Global Jars of Joy
Read more: Global Jars of JoyOur project aims to show people that joy can be an act of resistance and resilience in the face of global justice issues when harnessed in the right way. The sharing of joy can also act as a connector in…