Projects tagged
Multi-issue
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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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United States v. One Book Named Ulysses
Read more: United States v. One Book Named UlyssesIn 1932, Bennett Cerf, cofounder of Random House Publishing, acquired the rights to publish James Joyce’s Ulysses in the United States, believing that the book would be as successful as it had been throughout Europe. But Cerf had a problem.…
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Gramsci Monument
Read more: Gramsci MonumentA Summer Place in the South Bronx Gramsci Monument Thomas Hirschhorn built this participatory sculpture dedicated to the Italian philosopher at the Forest Houses. By Ken Johnson July 25, 2013 On last Sunday’s lovely, warm afternoon I visited Thomas Hirschhorn’s…
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When We Fight We Win, A Book for Future Activists
Read more: When We Fight We Win, A Book for Future ActivistsGreg Jobin-Leeds, a long-time social activist, collaborated with AgitArte, a collective of artists and organizers, to capture the stories of today’s social movements and the activists behind their success with the release of When We Fight, We Win: Twenty-First-Century Social…
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Chanel Miller Exhibit
Read more: Chanel Miller ExhibitChanel Miller is a Palo Alto–born artist and writer. She first came into the public eye as “Emily Doe,” the victim of a 2015 Stanford University sexual assault whose impact statement presented in court went viral. Miller relinquished her anonymity…
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Tiny Pricks Project
Read more: Tiny Pricks ProjectTiny Pricks is a public art project created and curated by Diana Weymar. Contributors from around the world are stitching Donald Trump’s words into textiles, creating the material record of his presidency and of the movement against it. Tiny Pricks…
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Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in Seville
Read more: Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in SevilleHorror stories about treacherous boat journeys from Africa to the Mediterranean far too often make headline news. The men, women and children fleeing their homes to start a new life in Europe become faceless numbers in the media, and are…
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Hedonistic pictures of Barcelona’s queer underworld
Read more: Hedonistic pictures of Barcelona’s queer underworldTopless queer men light spliffs on the beach. A trans man injects testosterone on the toilet. Drag queens nonchalantly scroll through their phones and smoke. These are just some of the images that make up the new book from Leo…
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Blixel: (Re)stock Image Collection
Read more: Blixel: (Re)stock Image CollectionThe purpose of this project was the permeate stock images with more depictions of Black people. Stock images are usually easily found and utilized, showcasing people doing everyday activities or scenes. To boost representation of Black people in this particular…
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Song 33
Read more: Song 33After J.Cole posted a song that implies that Noname can get her message across to a wider audience if she changes her tone, she releases another song in response. However, instead of explicitly responding to his critique, she uses the…