Projects tagged
Community
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Free Breakfast Program for Children
Read more: Free Breakfast Program for ChildrenThe Free Breakfast for School Children Program was initiated at St. Augustine’s Church in Oakland by the Black Panther Party. The Panthers would cook and serve food to the poor inner city youth of the area. External sources: http://radicalcollectivecare.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-blackpanthers-freebreakfas…
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Heidelberg Project
Read more: Heidelberg ProjectThe Heidelberg Project is an outdoor art project in Detroit, Michigan. It was created in 1986 by artist Tyree Guyton and his grandfather Sam Mackey (“Grandpa Sam”) as an outdoor art environment in the McDougall-Hunt neighborhood on the city’s east…
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In Brazzaville, Fashionistas Lift Spirits With Apparel And Activism
Read more: In Brazzaville, Fashionistas Lift Spirits With Apparel And ActivismWhen can fashion be considered an act of social activism — even subversion? The streets of Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo’s capital (Congo-Brazzaville), have seen plenty of violence and suffering over the years. But a group of local fashionistas known…
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TAXI
Read more: TAXITaxi is a car with a digital advertising sign attached to the roof. Linked to a global positioning system, the message changes relative to the car’s location, addressing specific neighbourhoods, addresses, and audiences. The technology can target an area as…
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The Inside Out Project
Read more: The Inside Out Project“I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we’ll turn the world…INSIDE OUT.” – JR, TED2011 “On March 2, 2011, at the TED Conference in Long Beach,…
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“The Neighbors” Exhibition at the New Museum
Read more: “The Neighbors” Exhibition at the New MuseumBeginning in February 2014, the New Museum will present the first US museum exhibition devoted to the work of Polish artist Paweł Althamer. The exhibition “The Neighbors” will include a new presentation of the artist’s work, Draftsmen’s Congress, originally presented…
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Graffiti on the West Bank Barrier
Read more: Graffiti on the West Bank BarrierIn June 2002, the Israeli Government decided to construct a physical barrier separating Israel and the West Bank. The declared purpose of this (as yet unfinished) 709 kilometers long barrier—which came to be known as Gader Ha’hafrada (The Separation Wall)—was…
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Little Sun
Read more: Little SunOlafur Eliasson’s latest project Little Sun was first debuted at the World Economic Forum on Africa in 2012. The global initiative is bringing tiny, sunburst shaped, plastic solar powered LED lights to the most marginalized regions of the world. Elliasson…
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The Spring 2014 Talks Series: Sam Durant
Read more: The Spring 2014 Talks Series: Sam DurantSam Durant is an LA based artist who engages in social, cultural and political issues through his interactive public sculptures. Durant is interested in investigating historical narratives and their contemporary communities. From 2005-2010 Durant was part of the collective Transforma…
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#ANOTHERLIGHTUP
Read more: #ANOTHERLIGHTUPIn Cape Town, South Africa the design firms Design Indaba Trust and Thinking have teamed up with artist Faith47 to help raise funds to bring more light to their urban city. Their goal is to raise funds to light up…