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Fall in Love With Nature

Date:
Apr 28 2018

We set up a gazebo and table in a public park. The gazebo had two notice boards in the shape of trees where reflections were encouraged. We had a sign with the name of the action “Fall in Love With…

In her Shoes

Practitioner:
Creativity and Change – Reproductive Rights Group

Date:
Apr 28 2018

‘In Her Shoes’ was a street exhibition of stories from women and men affected by the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution. These stories were selected from the ‘In Her Shoes’ project Facebook page. We hung copies of the stories…

Land O Rape Culture Stickers Replace Land O Lakes Butter Packaging

Practitioner:
Recycled Propaganda

Date:
Apr 28 2018

Stickers imitating the Land O Lakes Butter packaging are being placed in grocery stores over the original packaging. The packaging has been altered to say “Land O Rape – Culture” by street artist Recycled Propaganda. External sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/BeyQ2Xzn9zY/?taken-by=recycledpropaganda http://recycledpropaganda.com/ https://recycledpropaganda.com/product/land-o-rape-sticker/

The Indigenous Wisdom Center on Pine Ridge

Practitioner:
The Oglala Lakota Cultural and Economic Revitalization Initiative

Date:
Apr 28 2018

Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is home to the Oglala Lakota, designated as part of the Great Sioux Reservation. This land and its people have endured many tragedies at the hands of the United States government. Over 500 treaties negotiated in…

A Legal Guide Helps Artists Make and Protect Protest Art

Practitioner:
Harvard University’s Cyberlaw Clinic and metaLAB

Date:
Apr 28 2018

Harvard University’s Cyberlaw Clinic and metaLAB have created a free guide for making protest art while navigating intellectual property law. “Because political art speaks directly to issues that people care deeply about (in that instance, having an African-American First Family),…

A Haunting Artistic Tribute to Garment Workers Killed in Bangladesh and the US

Practitioner:
Artist Rachel Breen, Poet Alison Morse

Date:
Apr 28 2018

NORTHFIELD, Minn. — Exactly 1,281 white garments hang from the ceiling of the Perlman Teaching Museum’s Braucher Gallery. The collared shirts, knit sweaters, tights, and other items of clothing glow with an eerie luminosity. The 1,281 garments represent the number…

[Human Compliance Experiment] ‘The Push’: Netflix Special That Tests Human Compliance Is a Life-or-Death ‘Nathan for You’

Practitioner:
Derren Brown

Date:
Apr 28 2018

https://www.netflix.com/title/80220000 http://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/the-push-netflix-review-ending-derren-b… Article from IndieWire by Steve Greene The hour-long experiment from magician and UK TV mainstay Derren Brown asks a dangerous question with an unexpected twist. [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the Netflix special “Derren Brown: The…

Former Dazed editor Rod Stanley launched ‘Good Trouble’: an online zine celebrating the culture of resistance

Practitioner:
Good Trouble, Rod Stanley

Date:
Apr 28 2018

If, like me, you spent the days after Trump’s election in a depressed stupor wondering what – if anything – would change, look no further than Good Trouble. Set up by former Dazed editor Rod Stanley, it’s a new collective…

Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest

Practitioner:
Barnard

Date:
Apr 28 2018

“The Feminist Zine Fest showcases the work of artists and zine makers of all genders who identify on the feminist spectrum, and whose politics are reflected in their work. For the second consecutive year, Barnard proudly hosts the zine fest,…

Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTI

Practitioner:
Iranti

Date:
Apr 28 2018

ONGOING ORGANIZATION: CALLED: Iranti [pronounced írantì] is the Yoruba word for ‘memory’. Largely found in South West Nigeria and parts of Benin Republic, the Yoruba people consider memory a prized form of intelligence which determines how often one remembers what…