Projects tagged
Immigration
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Belgium Disappears
Read more: Belgium DisappearsFor a brief moment on Wednesday night it appeared that Belgium had disappeared. The main French language television station hoodwinked the country into thinking that it had split in two when it reported that Flanders had issued a unilateral declaration…
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Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs Container
Read more: Foreigners out! Schlingensiefs ContainerForeigners out! Schlingensiefs Container (Ausländer raus! Schlingensiefs Container), alternately named “Wien-Aktion”, “Please Love Austria—First European Coalition Week”, or “Foreigners Out—Artists against Human Rights”, is an art project and television show from 2000 that took place within the scope of the…
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Trampoline House
Read more: Trampoline HouseTrampoline House is a user-driven refugee justice community center located in the center of Copenhagen, where refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants can meet with Danish citizens and other residents of Denmark and share experiences, learn from one another, and work…
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Talking Hands
Read more: Talking HandsThe project responds to the urgency that many asylum seekers and refugees have as soon as they touch a new country’s soil: working and learning the language. The project, located in the former army barracks ‘Caserma Piave’ in Treviso, started…
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#NoKidsInCages Artists Install 20 Cages With Models of Children Inside Across NYC
Read more: #NoKidsInCages Artists Install 20 Cages With Models of Children Inside Across NYCThe ad agency Badger & Winters in collaboration with immigrant rights nonprofit organization Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) installed 20 cages with mannequins representing immigrant children inside across New York City. Each cage had a…
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Artist cages Boston’s “Make Way for Duckings” statue
Read more: Artist cages Boston’s “Make Way for Duckings” statueAlzayer put cages around Boston’s “Make Way for Ducklngs” statues, separating the baby duckling statues from the mother. The original statues were created in 1987 by Nancy Schon and the mallard family is based on the children’s book by Robert…
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Pink Seesaws Installed at Border Fence
Read more: Pink Seesaws Installed at Border FencePink seesaws were installed along the United States/Mexico border. The project, created by two professors sought to unite both sides of the fence by creating an activity that required a participant on either side. The seesaws were installed so there…
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See Saws installed on Border Wall
Read more: See Saws installed on Border Wall“ALBUQUERQUE — For a brief moment — just a half-hour over the weekend — a simple piece of playground equipment served as a bridge between the United States and Mexico.” “Actions that take place on one side have a direct…
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Female Immigrants and Related Artwork
Read more: Female Immigrants and Related ArtworkAs massacres, civil wars, and violence permeated communities, people have searched for asylum in other countries. Due to its location and relative safety, Spain has become a common destination for immigrants seeking a better life. Female immigrants in particular tend…
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Aeromexico campaign proposes “DNA Discounts”
Read more: Aeromexico campaign proposes “DNA Discounts”AeroMexico unveiled a program called “DNA Discounts,” which offers discounts on flights to Americans who can show by taking a test that they have Mexican DNA. The amount of the discount depends on the percentage of Mexican ancestry. For example,…