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La Radical Gai & Lesbianas Sin Duda: Spreading Awareness to the AIDS Epidemic in Spain

Practitioner:
La Radical Gai & Lesbiana Sin Duda

Date:
Dec 1 1994

On December 1, 1994 also known as World AIDS day, participating members from LSD (Lesbianas Sin Duda), La Radical Gai, and other allies sought out to protest against the push back of rejection that many of them were receiving from…

Seniors Don Johnnies to Expose Medicare Coverage Issue

Practitioner:
Massachusetts Senior Action Council

Date:
Dec 1 1994

Senior activists clad in hospital gowns crowded the State House steps Monday and parted their johnnies to expose false rubber buttocks — in the hopes of drawing attention to a “gap” in health care assistance for low-income seniors. The Massachusetts…

Kinshasa Costumes

Practitioner:
Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle

Date:
Dec 1 1994

The collective Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle, a group of Kinshasa street performers turn their bodies into living sculptures, and use them to political ends. Among the artists is Jared, who regularly takes to the streets dressed as Robot…

Untitled

Practitioner:
Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Date:
Dec 1 1994

In May 1992, a series of 24 billboards displaying an identical image began appearing throughout New York City. They featured a giant close-up black-and-white photograph, without text, of a rumpled bed, pillows still indented from the heads that had rested…

Free the vaccine for COVID-19

Practitioner:
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and the Center for Artistic Activism

Date:
Dec 1 1994

Free the Vaccine for COVID-19 is a campaign aimed at securing everyone access to Covid-19 vaccine. The campaign’s goal is to ensure the vaccine is freely accessible to everyone in the world. Its primary targets include: 1) university faculty who…

Power to the Patient

Practitioner:
Shepard Fairey and some winners of Academy Award

Date:
Dec 1 1994

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Activist and Academy-Award winning actress Susan Sarandon and Grammy, Emmy, and Tony Award-winning and Academy-Award nominated actress Cynthia Erivo starred in a new public service announcement (PSA) during the Oscars titled “Power to the Patients” which focuses on…

Welcome World Sleep Day: Performance art calls for “Put down the phone and sleep at ease”

Practitioner:
Chongqing Fuling wine town square

Date:
Dec 1 1994

March 20, World Sleep Day is approaching, Chongqing Fuling wine town square placed 2 transparent sleep house, staff in the form of performance art to call on people to “put down the phone, sleep at ease”. It is reported that…

Women Series: IUD 2014

Date:
Dec 1 1994

According to the World Health Organization, China is home to two-thirds of the world’s women who wear IUD devices. This is a form of contraception that was developed after World War II, and in essence, comes from discrimination against women.…

A Monologue Film for BPD – “I Am Borderline: Self-Regulation Project”

Practitioner:
Betsy Usher

Date:
Dec 1 1994

This beautiful short film present a monologue of person living with BPD, leading the audience to experience and explore their inner voice. BPD is a serious and prevalent (1 in 15 person) mental illness. However, of the major mental illnesses,…

A Fire in My Belly (A work in progress)

Practitioner:
David Wojnarowicz

Date:
Dec 1 1994

“Owning a vehicle, you could drive by and with the pressure of your foot on the accelerator and with your eyes on the road you could pass it quickly … The images of poverty would lift and float and recede…