Projects tagged
Community
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Bishan Project: Utopia in a Chinese Village
Read more: Bishan Project: Utopia in a Chinese Village“There are many problems in rural areas. For example, agriculture is declining, no one is farming, traditional things are falling apart, farmers are brainwashed by the idea of urbanization, and they don’t like their hometown. They all want to move…
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Red Envelope Movement in London
Read more: Red Envelope Movement in LondonWorld Microphone (世界麦克风) is an organization created by students (most of them are Chinese) located in London. The organization has an account in RED, which is a popular social media in China. It often holds interviews and movements on the…
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Papel Machete Fights for Liberation
Read more: Papel Machete Fights for LiberationThe work of a radical theater and puppetry collective, known as Papel Machete, produces and performs throughout Puerto Rico and the United States. Papel Machete was established on May 1, 2006 during protests responding to the government shutdown and political…
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Donate an hour
Read more: Donate an hourPrison inmates in Mexico have suffered from coronavirus infections at a higher rate than the country as a whole, and pandemic lockdowns have reduced their already limited contact with the outside world. But one group of women inmates at a…
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“The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”
Read more: “The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”On January 12, 2016, Shanghai’s temperature dropped to its lowest of the year. A little girl was seen selling matches in the cold wind on Bund street. The little girl, wearing a classic dress, wrapped in an ocher-red scarf and…
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Menstruation Terrorism
Read more: Menstruation TerrorismMenstruation Terrorism is the act of frightening folks with the visibility of menstruation. STAKES: This action matters because menstruation taboo exists simply so that our periods are undetectable. Systems such as educational institutions, work spaces/culture and sports/play have been designed…
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Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOP
Read more: Performative Radicalism: the Kumbi PSYOPThe internet has reshaped the ways we learn and communicate. Information becomes heuristic, concomitantly – knowledge becomes protean. If you dedicate enough time to any particular platform, you are likely to acquire a community with congenial individuals. Social media’s proliferation…
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My World Is In Your Blindspot
Read more: My World Is In Your BlindspotThis is a series of paintings reflecting the struggle and sacrifices made by the Tibetan people for independence. The author is Tenzing Rigdol, who is a Tibetan and influenced a lot by the Dalai Lama and traditional Tibetan culture. The…
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Naming the Lost Memorials
Read more: Naming the Lost MemorialsIn May 2020, a team of artists, activists, folklorists, and people who lost loved ones to Covid-19 came together to make monthly memorial sites in New York City to remember victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. They continued installing memorials around…
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The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action
Read more: The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and ActionThe Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action (https://theamplificationproject.com) is a community-led participatory public digital archive to which any artist and activist can document, preserve and share their work inspired, influenced, or affected by forced migration.…