Projects tagged
Media
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Dismaland
Read more: Dismaland“He describes it as a “family theme park unsuitable for small children” – and with the Grim Reaper whooping it up on the dodgems and Cinderella horribly mangled in a pumpkin carriage crash, it is easy to see why. Banksy’s…
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The Role of Graphic Novels in Social Activism
Read more: The Role of Graphic Novels in Social ActivismBy Jessie Blaeser Graphic novels occupy a strange space. They exist somewhere in between the literary world and a childlike obsession with images, as they provide an illustration of the action right on the page so that the mind is…
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How to Colour Reality!
Read more: How to Colour Reality!In the era of New Media, we share media content with a single click. We co-create the reality of our world, often without thinking how this reality is “real.” Nevertheless, what if this reality is sometimes somewhat coloured? Students of…
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10 Rappers Turned Social Activists-Vince Staples
Read more: 10 Rappers Turned Social Activists-Vince StaplesVince Staples mentioned Long Beach’s Ramona Park approximately 80 times on his debut album Summertime ’06 and even allotted the park two of its own tracks: “Ramona Park Legend Pt. 1” and “Ramona Park Legend Pt. 2.” “The sun come…
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A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas
Read more: A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas“A Night of Philosophy and Ideas is a thinker’s lollapalooza. The free, 12-hour weekend lyceum at the Brooklyn Public Library includes spirited debate, live music, theater, performance art pieces, and film screenings. At any given hour, five or six different…
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Lament of the Images
Read more: Lament of the ImagesYou enter a narrow corridor where backlit Plexiglas panels offer three compelling narratives about whiteness and blindness: Nelson Mandela’s imprisonment and hard labor in Robben Island’s limestone quarry under a blinding sun; Bill Gates’ purchase of the Bettmann and United…
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Dare to Connect
Read more: Dare to ConnectWe were aiming to raise awareness and empathy around the theme of loneliness and disconnection, by engaging with passers by on a personal level and helping them to think about what they could do to make others feel less disconnected.…
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Every Month: One Week. One Film. One Global Audience.
Read more: Every Month: One Week. One Film. One Global Audience.For the past five years, we’ve screened SIMA juried films in communities and classrooms across six continents and witnessed an increasing demand to use the inspirational force of documentary filmmaking to build a global digital community around today’s most pressing…
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Mandala and Cross / blackness, refugees and economic gamble
Read more: Mandala and Cross / blackness, refugees and economic gambleArtist Zoran Naskovski continued his project “Mandala and Cross / farewell to arms” with analysis of media representations of social processes in 2015, that resulted with a new installation: “Mandala and Cross / blackness, refugees and economic gamble”. The research…
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Sad Girl Theory
Read more: Sad Girl TheoryDuring a moment when the facade of social media seems to be cracking, it’s easy to look to Instagram stars and wonder what’s real and what’s fake. Last month, Essena O’Neill, the Australian teenager who racked up more than half…