Projects tagged
Environment
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Extravaganja
Read more: ExtravaganjaRooted in decades of grassroots organizing, the cannabis reform activism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is one of the longest-running student-led efforts for marijuana legalization in the United States. Led by the Cannabis Education Coalition (CEC), founded in 1991,…
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Courthouse Protest
Read more: Courthouse Protesthe tundra of northern Norway is a long way from the Venice Biennale. Indeed, it is a long way from anywhere, at least viewed through western eyes. To reach the gentle herd of reindeer who are now feeding under the…
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Björk to Launch Environmental Sound Installation at Paris’ Pompidou Centre
Read more: Björk to Launch Environmental Sound Installation at Paris’ Pompidou CentreBjörk and the French artist Aleph have collaborated on an immersive, AI sound piece that recreates extinct animal calls, set to run at the Pompidou Centre, in Paris, from November 20 until December 9. It will play as visitors travel…
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Climate Protesters Target NYC’s Iconic “Charging Bull” in Earth Day Protest
Read more: Climate Protesters Target NYC’s Iconic “Charging Bull” in Earth Day ProtestClimate activists took to the iconic “Charging Bull” sculpture in Manhattan’s Financial District on Earth Day today, April 22, to call out Wall Street’s “bullshit” in the face of a worsening environmental crisis — quite literally, by installing a display…
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‘forward-thinking’ art installation about climate change
Read more: ‘forward-thinking’ art installation about climate changeRice University’s O’Connor Building for Engineering and Science now houses an immersive public art installation titled “Climate Parliament,” a thought-provoking work by Mexican-Canadian artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer. Commissioned by Rice’s Moody Center for the Arts for the Rice Public Art collection,…
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The Rhode Island-based artist creates sculptures from trash that look like wildlife from one perspective — but reveal themselves as much more when you take a closer look.
Read more: The Rhode Island-based artist creates sculptures from trash that look like wildlife from one perspective — but reveal themselves as much more when you take a closer look.“Works in Progress” highlights artists across a range of disciplines whose work deals with ecological themes. Considering the particular role that artists play in the climate movement, this column shares their voices and provides a glimpse behind the curtain into…
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Climate Name Change
Read more: Climate Name ChangeTo bring attention to the widespread apathy toward climate change, nonprofit group 350action and agency Barton F. Graf 9000 got a little personal. Tapping into the meteorological legacy of naming hurricanes after people–thereby marring the good names of unsuspecting Sandys,…
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Support
Read more: SupportFrom Public Delivery: “He calls his work Support, which involves two giant hands rising from a canal to support the building that houses Ca’ Sagredo Hotel. The idea is to depict that the sculpture is helping Venice. It also symbolizes…
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchFrom Public Delivery: For Ice Watch (2014), he extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters of Greenland and in 2018 strategically placed them in front of Tate Modern in London . The ice was left here to melt.…
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Inside Out Project
Read more: Inside Out ProjectAfter winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement…