Projects tagged
Labor
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Ivanka Vacuuming
Read more: Ivanka VacuumingFrom Public Delivery: “The art piece, which was showcased at the Flashpoint Gallery in Washington D.C. from February 1 to 17, 2019, allowed visitors to interact with it. The audience had a pile of crumbs placed right in front of…
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Tatlin’s Whisper #6
Read more: Tatlin’s Whisper #6This is the sixth piece of the series Tatlin’s Whisper which examines the relationship between apathy and anaesthetization of the images in the mass media. This series intends to activate images, well-known because of having been repeatedly seen in the…
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Inside Out Project
Read more: Inside Out ProjectAfter winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement…
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Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia?
Read more: Cao Fei’s Whose Utopia?Whose Utopia? is a color film which is 19 minutes 58 seconds long. It was originally commissioned by the Siemens Arts Program back in 2005. The projector-style video is based on the work and social lives of assembly line workers…
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Rat Row
Read more: Rat RowA fat cat, a pig wearing a top hat and five rats. All seven inflatables faced the 34th Street entrance of the Empire State Building last Thursday, two weeks into a protest by members of Laborers Local 79 who rallied,…
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Design For Freedom Summit Shares Strategies For Removing Modern-Day Slavery From Building And Construction Supply Chain
Read more: Design For Freedom Summit Shares Strategies For Removing Modern-Day Slavery From Building And Construction Supply ChainShackles. Cotton. The Big House. Americans tend to think of slavery in terms of chattel slavery. Plantation Slavery. Slavery where human beings are bought, sold, and owned. The kind outlawed in the United States by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.…
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Horrible bosses: masked activists publicly shame businesses in Bologna
Read more: Horrible bosses: masked activists publicly shame businesses in BolognaOn a warm summer afternoon in the Italian city of Bologna, a group of around 15 young people march through the crowded city centre to a high-end pastry shop in Strada Maggiore. Once there, they don white plastic masks, and…
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An Italian farming community gathers for the funeral of traditional agriculture.
Read more: An Italian farming community gathers for the funeral of traditional agriculture.Omelia Contadina was born out of the concern of JR and director Alice Rohrwacher for the difficulties encountered by many small farmers and inhabitants of the Alfina plateau, in Italy. Alice Rohrwacher explains the origins of the project: “Last autumn,…
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The Hong Kong Artist Who Got Fired From McDonald’s
Read more: The Hong Kong Artist Who Got Fired From McDonald’sOn a recent eight-hour shift at a McDonald’s in Hong Kong, Luke Ching, 52, wiped tables, cleared trays of half-eaten fries, emptied cups of soda and milk tea and lugged bulging trash bags to the dumpster. For him, the main…
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Sunflower Seeds by Ai Weiwei
Read more: Sunflower Seeds by Ai WeiweiAi Weiwei’s installation Sunflower Seeds is a profound commentary on both historical and contemporary issues through the medium of art. First exhibited at Tate Modern in London from October 12, 2010, to May 2, 2011, the work features an astonishing…