Projects tagged
Health
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‘On The Borderline’ – An Exhibition of Artwork created by individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)
Read more: ‘On The Borderline’ – An Exhibition of Artwork created by individuals with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD)An Exhibition by talented Artists, giving an insight into their experience of life with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Many people find BPD difficult to understand. This exhibition endeavours to being to change this by creatively sharing firsthand experiences of the…
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Alzheimer’s Disease Fonts
Read more: Alzheimer’s Disease FontsOn Sept 21, 2017, the professional committee of dementia and related diseases of China geriatric health association, together with many caring enterprises, jointly launched a public welfare activity entitled “no longer forget”, hoping to call on the public to pay…
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呼吸之痛 The Pain of Breath
Read more: 呼吸之痛 The Pain of BreathPneumoconiosis has become the most serious occupational disease in China, and the vast majority of sufferers, nearly 6 million, are migrant workers. Because of the long-term inhalation of dust caused by pulmonary fibrosis, they usually breathing if not oxygen machine…
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For the People Artists Collective: Virtual Quilt Project
Read more: For the People Artists Collective: Virtual Quilt ProjectDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, two Chicago-based organizations, For the People Artists Collective and Chicago Community Bond Fund, worked together to create Decarcerate Now, a virtual quilt honoring individuals who died of COVID-19 while in the custody of the Cook County…
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Kissing Doesn’t Kill and other projects
Read more: Kissing Doesn’t Kill and other projectsGran Fury was an AIDS activist artist collective from New York City consisting of 11 members, all artists – but action, not art, was the aim of the collective. Gran Fury member Loring McAlpin described the collective’s mass-market ambition to…
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“What were you wearing?” Survivor Art Installation
Read more: “What were you wearing?” Survivor Art InstallationIt is an art installation that tells the story of 18 victims of sexual assault and what were they wearing at that time. “What were you wearing?” It’s an accusatory and suggestive question that people often ask victims of sexual…
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Waffles + Mochi
Read more: Waffles + Mochi“Michelle Obama’s mission of encouraging kids to eat healthier is getting a global spin — and a few puppet allies. The former first lady is launching a kids’ cooking show on Netflix as part of the production deal between Netflix…
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“The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”
Read more: “The Little Match Girl” in Shanghai -“One Box of Matches to Warm a Child”On January 12, 2016, Shanghai’s temperature dropped to its lowest of the year. A little girl was seen selling matches in the cold wind on Bund street. The little girl, wearing a classic dress, wrapped in an ocher-red scarf and…
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The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of China
Read more: The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of ChinaIn the south-western city of Chengdu, by all accounts a city on the edge coping with heavy pollution but also with authorities scrambling to put a lid on simmering discontent. That night police detained a number of artists who managed…
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Carlos Slim Laugh Machine
Read more: Carlos Slim Laugh MachineInspired by the Laughing Farmers of Karnataka, protesters in New York make Carlos Slim’s visit to New York uncomfortable while he appears on a “Live From NYPL” program. This excellent video summarizes the action. As Salon wrote: An event at…