Projects tagged
Housing & Land
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How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M Protests
Read more: How Détournement Was Used as a Weapon in 15-M ProtestsJust over a decade ago on May 15, 2011, a wave of social outrage began as the Spanish people collectively decided that they had had enough of the corruption, cuts, and inequalities affecting their country. 15-M was a movement that…
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Kinshasa Costumes
Read more: Kinshasa CostumesThe 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…
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Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless People
Read more: Cob Houses, Kitchens, Showers for Homeless PeopleMembers of three organizations – Artists Building Communities, Essential Food and Medicine, and Living Earth Structures – have built a kitchen, clinic, free store, stage, toilet, oven, and shower with and for a homeless community near Wood Street in West…
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Tiny Homes for Toronto’s Homeless
Read more: Tiny Homes for Toronto’s HomelessOn his way to work on a construction site, Khaleel Seivwright surveyed the growing number of tents lining an intercity highway and in parks with increasing discomfort. How would these people survive Toronto’s damp, frigid winters, let alone the coronavirus,…
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Remember La Tierra
Read more: Remember La TierraIn a collaboration with fellow artist @vyalone on Instagram, Lucinda Hinojos or La Morena as the artist is known recently completed this mural in Phoenix which showcases the Native American culture of the people indigenous to the area. La Morena…
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Pandora’s Project
Read more: Pandora’s ProjectIt was October 31st, 2012, when a new artist appeared on social media. In a series of video clips, she proposed with a soft and slow speech that Peru hide its poverty. Her project consisted of installing vinyl pieces to…
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These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a Movement
Read more: These Moms Fought for a Home—And Started a MovementWhen Bay Area activists Moms 4 Housing began their campaign, they were fighting gentrification and institutional poverty. Now, as California’s housing crisis compounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, their work has taken on new significance. In Oakland, the Bay Area’s deep-rooted…
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Nats Never Die/The Zombies are Coming!
Read more: Nats Never Die/The Zombies are Coming!The Yes Men join Reclaim the City in their fight against unjust housing policy. On September 30, 2019, a horde of zombies attended a “#natsneverdie rally” at the Cape Town Civic Centre in order to celebrate Mayor Dan Plato and…
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Xiuhtezcatl
Read more: XiuhtezcatlThe new wave of hip-hop has arisen a woke generation. From it, Xiuhtezcatl — seventeen-year-old Indigenous rapper and activist — has emerged, stirring the comatose with his music. From performing at the Standing Rock encampment with Immortal Technique and Nahko…
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Occupy Our Homes Forecloses on Wells Fargo
Read more: Occupy Our Homes Forecloses on Wells FargoOn the eve of Wells Fargo’s annual shareholders meeting in San Antonio, TX on Tuesday, home defenders, students, community groups, and activists in ten cities took peaceful action against the bank. Petitions signed by thousands of people were delivered to…