Projects tagged
Environment
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the Fundred Project
Read more: the Fundred ProjectThe Fundred Dollar Bill Project, initiated by artist Mel Chin, is a collaborative art project aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing action against the environmental and health threat of lead contamination. It encourages individuals to create their own unique interpretations…
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Conserving the Gola Rainforests: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for a peaceful future
Read more: Conserving the Gola Rainforests: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for a peaceful futureThe Gola Rainforest, straddling Sierra Leone and Liberia is a lush, green haven. Spanning about 700 square kilometers and stretches across both countries, the rainforest is home to diverse and globally threatened wildlife, including over 300 bird species and endangered…
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Ricardo Levins Morales – Art for Environmental Justice
Read more: Ricardo Levins Morales – Art for Environmental JusticeBased in Minnesota, Morales creates prints and posters that address environmental and social justice issues. His art is used in grassroots movements, combining vivid imagery with messages of resistance and hope. “This is explicitly political art,” said Becca Lo Presti,…
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Where the Tides Ebb and Flow
Read more: Where the Tides Ebb and FlowAs you walk through Paris and especially in the Montsouris Park, one cannot help but notice the blue busts that appear to be rising from under the surface of the water. This artwork is known as Where the Tides Ebb…
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchOlafur Eliasson , the Danish-Icelandic artist. Some of his exceptional artworks focus on climate and environmental changes. In 2003, he installed The Weather Project , which remains one of Tate Modern’s popular installations. He is also known for his freestanding…
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Zero Waste Day Shines a light on fashion and textiles
Read more: Zero Waste Day Shines a light on fashion and textilesHundreds of thousands of people worldwide marked the International Day of Zero Waste, which spotlighted solutions to the mounting environmental and social problems caused by the fashion and textile sector. More than 240 events were held across the globe, from…
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スーパー☆ラット (Super Rats)
Read more: スーパー☆ラット (Super Rats)Chim↑Pom, a Tokyo-based art collective, garnered significant attention with their provocative project “Super Rat,” which debuted in 2011. This work involved capturing urban rats from Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, taxidermying them, and transforming them into real-life representations of Pikachu, the…
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Be Clean!
Read more: Be Clean!On October 16, 1964, the artist collective Hi Red Center, clad in sanitation masks and white uniforms and wielding small brooms and toothbrushes, spent several hours meticulously cleaning the streets of the Tokyo district of Ginza, amid the hustle and…
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Transparency and translation of scientific data to mitigate climate change
Read more: Transparency and translation of scientific data to mitigate climate changeAmongst the European network of cultural institutions there has been widespread recognition that the climate crisis is a cultural crisis. In 2019 members of the European Theatre Forum convened and adopted the Dresden Convention, a revolutionary text that aimed to…
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchDanish-Icelandic artist Olafur Eliasson has extracted 30 blocks of glacial ice from the waters surrounding Greenland and placed them in public spaces across London, where they will be left to melt. Called Ice Watch, the temporary installation is meant to…