Projects tagged
Environment
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That Time Art and Activism Met in Antarctica
Read more: That Time Art and Activism Met in AntarcticaWith a grand total of 0 permanent residents and an average winter temperature of –56.2°F, Antarctica is a bit more than your average “no man’s land.” This didn’t deter artist duo Lucy + Jorge Orta, however, who took an expedition…
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Fanged Wilds and Women
Read more: Fanged Wilds and WomengrrrRoar! Ecology is sexier when you focus on women and fanged beasts. Fashions in leopard print help us make that connection globally and online. Polluters at least pause at the reminder that nature isn’t dead yet and in fact stirs…
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Brandalism
Read more: BrandalismBrandalism, an organization out of the UK that aims to reclaim public spaces from advertisers, used Black Friday to protest “partner” brands to the COP21 Climate Conference. Anonymous artists contributed subvertisements that criticized these brand for their hypocrisy in saying…
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put yourself in their shoes
Read more: put yourself in their shoesThousands of empty shoes replace marchers at cancelled climate protest in Paris After French authorities cancelled two climate protests in the wake of the Paris attacks, thousands of would-be marchers kept empty shoes in their place. The moving installation coincides…
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FTSE – A British Anti-Capitalist Rapper
Read more: FTSE – A British Anti-Capitalist Rapper“FTSE” is Birmingham-born producer and rapper Sam Manville. As an anti-captialist, he though it would be funny to take the name of the British stock market index (Financial Times and Stock Exchange), but he also jokes the acronym stands for…
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World Without Oil
Read more: World Without OilWorld Without Oil (WWO) is an alternate reality game (ARG) created to call attention to, spark dialogue about, plan for and engineer solutions to a possible near-future global oil shortage, post peak oil. It was the creation of San Jose…
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The Colors Mountain
Read more: The Colors MountainThe Colors Mountain is a collective intervention project that uses a virtual space dedicated to the observation and investigation of alleged ecological crimes , with the goal of using the concept of “reasonable doubt”, not only for possible court acquittal…
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“Save the Bees” Street Art
Read more: “Save the Bees” Street ArtColony collapse disorder is a colossal issue – and artist Louis Masai wants you take notice. His street art project “Save the Bees” aims to catch your attention by covering the walls of London with bees. Bees are extremely important…
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Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed Landscape
Read more: Washed Up: Transforming a Trashed LandscapeSian Ka’an is an extraordinary UNESCO tropical nature reserve along Mexico’s Carribean coastline, but the currents that pass by this area bring garbage from all over the world to the shores of this paradise. Alejandro Duran, an artist working in…
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Garbage Collectors
Read more: Garbage CollectorsAfrika ARTS Kollective is a group of artists that decided to face Uganda’s demographic growth and the garbage problem of the capital, Kamala, with art. 30,000 tons of residues come out of this monthly and the Administration is being working…