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Burkaphilia
Read more: BurkaphiliaWhen Behnaz Babazadeh was young, her family moved from Afghanistan to the US. She loved almost everything about her new home — especially America’s amazing selection of candy — but she also loved wearing her familiar pink-flowered headscarf, which she’d…
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That Time Art and Activism Met in Antarctica
Read more: That Time Art and Activism Met in AntarcticaWith a grand total of 0 permanent residents and an average winter temperature of –56.2°F, Antarctica is a bit more than your average “no man’s land.” This didn’t deter artist duo Lucy + Jorge Orta, however, who took an expedition…
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No Soy Tu Chiste. I Am Not A Joke.
Read more: No Soy Tu Chiste. I Am Not A Joke.Daniel Arzola, a digital artist and activist originally from Maracay, Venezuela, began his series, ‘No Soy Tu Chiste’ (‘I Am Not A Joke’) in 2013 intent on combating the stereotypes and cruelty so often facing LGBT identifiers; youth in particular.…
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Above and Beyond Memorial
Read more: Above and Beyond Memorial“The massive “Above and Beyond Memorial” will be installed at the National Veterans Art Museum, The Harold Washington Library, and go on display starting Feb. 20, culminating a painstaking search to find a suitable — although temporary — home for…
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Estados de excepción
Read more: Estados de excepciónEstados de excepción (States of Exception) is series of participatory cultural interventions created for women to freely and joyfully exercise our rights in public and secure environments, currently being produced in Mexico and abroad. Conceived in response to the growing…
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I Have a Right Too…
Read more: I Have a Right Too…CAM brings contemporary art and ideas directly to Saint Louis Public High School and Middle School students through its ArtReach program. Tailored to meet the needs of individual schools and teachers, ArtReach is designed to raise awareness of contemporary issues…
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You Don’t Need Stuff To Love Yourself!
Read more: You Don’t Need Stuff To Love Yourself!New York performance artist Matthew Silver is at it again. In his most recent stunt he reminded people that self love can’t be achieved through commodities. Chanting “You don’t need stuff to love yourself” in his underwear at Columbus Circle…
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Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the Streets
Read more: Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the StreetsWhat is looping? Somewhere in between art, activism, and wackiness is this liberating experience. Matthew Silver and Fritz Donnelley, two New York City based performance artists got lonely acting silly in their underwear in public. Knowing that there were enough…
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The Democracy Machine
Read more: The Democracy MachineThe Democracy Machine! is a performative sculpture that gives participants the opportunity to experience the thrill of democracy in action, in a competitive game that challenges people to work together toward understanding a better society. Using the spectacle and play…
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Wallyball
Read more: WallyballThe frontier between the United States and Mexico is the busiest land border in the world. It is also among one of the world’s most heavily regulated and policed border zones—the arid climate of which is responsible for many migrant…