Projects tagged
Health
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Bike Church
Read more: Bike ChurchWatch Gabriel Frilando (aka CheatDeathNYC) cycle through the streets of New York City in this short film of remembrance made by NYC based, Argentinian born, director/ cinematographer Nicolás de Miranda. Speaking about this personal project Nicolás says: “On June 18th…
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The 1975, Greta Thunberg’s Call to Action
Read more: The 1975, Greta Thunberg’s Call to ActionClimate activist Greta Thunberg has teamed up with UK band The 1975 to record a song in she calls for mass civil disobedience to force action on greenhouse gas emissions. In the track, titled “The 1975,” Thunberg recites an essay…
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Tyre Nichols Murder Draws Social Justice Activists to Irvington Rally
Read more: Tyre Nichols Murder Draws Social Justice Activists to Irvington RallySome 70 or 80 local activists, politicians and other concerned citizens gathered outside Irvington Village Hall Sunday evening, two days after the release of gut-wrenching video of the murder of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of policemen in Memphis.…
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Silence = Death
Read more: Silence = DeathThis is a prime example of the marriage of art and activism. The Silence = Death poster is simple but extremely powerful representation of the obstacles the AIDS movement was facing (suppression of gay people + their problems, lack of…
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Gucci model stages mental health protest at Milan fashion week
Read more: Gucci model stages mental health protest at Milan fashion weekIf fashion is a reflection of the times it is little wonder that the current round of shows have often felt discombobulating. Gucci’s show on Sunday night was particularly surreal, opening with a series of models being propelled along a…
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The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994
Read more: The Fight Against AIDS, La Radical Gai in 1994This act of art and activism displayed in the photograph was created in 1994 by the group La Radical Gai at the height of the HIV and AIDS epidemic that decimated many communities in Madrid. The first case of AIDS…
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China’s Creative Acts of Protest: Memes, Puns and Blank Sheets of Paper
Read more: China’s Creative Acts of Protest: Memes, Puns and Blank Sheets of PaperIn Shanghai, a vigil grew into a street protest where many held blank sheets of white paper in a symbol of tacit defiance. In Beijing, students at Tsinghua University raised signs showing a math equation devised by the Russian physicist…
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Violence Against Women Art Map
Read more: Violence Against Women Art MapThe Violence Against Women (VAW) Art Map was conceptualized in the fall of 2018, in the wake of the #MeToo movement by Dr. Lauren Stetz, as part of her doctoral research in Art Education with a minor in Women’s, Gender,…
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‘Memorial’
Read more: ‘Memorial’Cheril Linett is a female artist from Chile, with a background in performance art and stage performance, who primarily focuses her artwork on feminist issues in Chile, especially ones involving violence, murder, hate crime and different kinds of oppression and…
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‘Memorial’
Read more: ‘Memorial’Cheril Linett is a female artist from Chile, with a background in performance art and stage performance, who primarily focuses her artwork on feminist issues in Chile, especially ones involving violence, murder, hate crime and different kinds of oppression and…