Projects tagged
Education
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When Verbal Abuse Becomes Real Weapon…
Read more: When Verbal Abuse Becomes Real Weapon…Institute of psychology in Shenyang, a major city of China, recently reveals 6 most frequently used utterances in verbal abuse of children among local parents: “Garbage”, “You know nothing but eating”, “Pig head”, “Shame on you”, “Why don’t you die”,…
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Play Safe
Read more: Play SafePlay Safe is a documentary film series created and directed by NYU alum Eddie Einbinder. The film, much of which now appears for free on YouTube, was originally released in 2013 after being filmed between 2011 and 2012. It debuted…
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The Art of Heroin Bags
Read more: The Art of Heroin BagsHeroin sold in the northeast, specifically in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey tends to come in little glassine baggies. The art comes from the individual and unique “stamp” on said baggie sold to a user. Used for branding purposes,…
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Cheering Girls into STEM
Read more: Cheering Girls into STEMDespite the pushes to motivate more young girls into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, women are still very underrepresented in almost every scientific field. Part of this motivation is because a lot of young girls would rather do…
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You’d Better Watch Your Step In Madrid
Read more: You’d Better Watch Your Step In MadridLuzinterruptus turns their art activism towards the overabundance of dog doo littering the city’s streets. The studio inflated 500 poop-scoopin’ plastic bags and placed a lightbulb inside each one. Installation lasted nine hours. External sources: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/madrids-dog-poop-problem-inspires-led-ar…
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#1000BlackGirlBooks
Read more: #1000BlackGirlBooksFrom Jezebel: Marley Dias is an 11-year-old New Jersey resident who’s rounding up children’s books that feature black female leads so that she and her peers have more fictional characters to look up to. The project, titled #1000BlackGirlBooks, started when…
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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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Art Show Captures the Wrenching Effects of Closing a School
Read more: Art Show Captures the Wrenching Effects of Closing a SchoolA school may be made of bricks and mortar, but when one closes, the loss can feel like a death in the family. So, when Philadelphia started to close 31 public schools three years ago, there was an outpouring of…
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The technopolitical struggle for free culture
Read more: The technopolitical struggle for free cultureThe Spanish 15M/Indignados movement represents a citizen break-up with the current political system while proposing an alternative one, changing the prevailing participation patterns while transforming the cultural, social and political structures in the country. Nobody expected the Spanish r-Evolution and…
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Freedom of Information
Read more: Freedom of InformationLocated within Boston’s historic (brick) core, and using the history of Boston as example, this kinetic, site-specific, public art installation is a humorous commentary on our use and trust of the internet for learning. The project makes tangible (physical), and…