Projects tagged
Corporate Power
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Illuminating Rana Plaza: NYFW Protest and Projection
Read more: Illuminating Rana Plaza: NYFW Protest and ProjectionTo protest unethical labor practices in Bangladesh, specifically unsafe working conditions, 99 Pickets, The Illuminator, and Ismail Ferdous took action during New York Fashion Week. 99 Pickets members protested, drawing attention to the question, “How are my clothes really made?”…
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One People Flash Mob
Read more: One People Flash MobOn 19 November 2011 over 100 dancers converged at Occupy SF & Oakland to dance the world awake. Flashmob Produced & Directed by Magalie Bonneau-Marcil of DancingwithoutBorders.org, Video Directed & Edited by Ben Flanigan (BenFlanigan.com), Thanks to our team of…
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Walmart Worker Flash Mob
Read more: Walmart Worker Flash MobSeptember 5th, 2013, Raleigh, NC – As Walmart workers petition managers to reinstate employees who have been unfairly treated, a flash mob breaks out. SEE VIDEO. External sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuCNH7dqZxg&feature=youtu.be
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MicCheckWallSt Fourth of July Money Drop
Read more: MicCheckWallSt Fourth of July Money DropOn July 4, 2012, several members of MicCheckWallSt, a subsidiary group of Seattle’s larger Occupy Wall Street that formed in December, 2011, anonymously checked into a room at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Downtown Seattle. From the 20th floor they…
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APEC World Leaders Dinner Gets Occupied
Read more: APEC World Leaders Dinner Gets OccupiedA change in the programmed entertainment at last night’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala left a few world leaders slack-jawed, though most seemed not to notice that anything was amiss. During the gala dinner, renowned Hawaiian guitarist Makana, who performed…
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Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street Bull
Read more: Clowns Arrested in Near-Successful Attack on Wall Street BullThe incident began when two clowns, Hannah Morgan and Louis Jargow, scaled the steel barricades protecting the landmark. The clowns began spanking and climbing the beast, traditional ways of coaxing a bull into anger in preparation for a Castilian corrida,…
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“Superheros” Occupy the NYC Halloween Parade
Read more: “Superheros” Occupy the NYC Halloween ParadeNo matter how nuanced current superhero comics may be, to the general public they are still fairly simple. Superheroes are the good guys, supervillians are the bad guys, and it’s easy to see who is who. That’s why kids like…
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Read more:On a freezing Friday in January, Khmer-American artist Kat Eng sits in front of retail giant H&M’s Time Square store working on a manual sewing machine. For eight hours, Eng stitches together U.S. dollar bills while wearing a surgical mask…
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Security-1998 Hacked CANTV database
Read more: Security-1998 Hacked CANTV databaseIn 1998 Hacker-Poet-Artist Yucef Mehri breached the security of CANTV at the time the largest telecommunications company in Venezuela. He was able to access the personal data kept by the company which contained the names, addresses, phone numbers, working places,…
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“Food Fight of the Century”
Read more: “Food Fight of the Century”MonsterSanto extolls the virtues of GMO’s while his Money Head Clones offer the crowd free samples. President Bomblast entertains the crowd attempting to juggle Peace, Jobs, and Truth. A food fight breaks out. External sources: http://youtu.be/9NQu7Pt-yWM