Projects tagged
Multi-issue
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They Shoot Horses
Read more: They Shoot HorsesText taken from website: Phil Collins’s work often originates in areas of conflict, shifting the focus away from sensationalist news coverage to reveal unexpected aspects of life in contested territories – from Belfast to Belgrade to Baghdad and Bogotá. they…
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OWS Subway Storytelling
Read more: OWS Subway StorytellingIn the Fall of 2011, after the Occupy Movement was in full swing, and meetings, actions and info sharing had expanded beyond Zuccotti Park, meaningful messaging and outreach tactics were were activated on a near daily basis. Subway Storytelling had…
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Los Intocables
Read more: Los IntocablesA CUBAN artist’s controversial photographs of children being hung from crosses has landed him in hot water. Erik Ravelo took a series of photos of children hung like Jesus from a cross, but in the place of the cross were…
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cheLA
Read more: cheLAMost cheLA activities are organized around a series of workshops, which may act in combination, are designed as areas of aesthetic, technological and theoretical concentration, and structured to promote their development. Its core activities are research and experimentation residences. As…
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The Future Republic of Macedonia of the Former Republic of Macedonia
Read more: The Future Republic of Macedonia of the Former Republic of MacedoniaThe Future Republic of Macedonia of the Former Republic of Macedonia Devised, constructed and carried out all within 24 hours, the Future Republic of Macedonia of the Former Republic of Macedonia opened its borders for 2 hours on Saturday 22nd…
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THE BAREFOOT ARTIST
Read more: THE BAREFOOT ARTISTBorn in China in 1941, artist Lily Yeh experienced first-hand the ravages of that country’s civil war when her family became refugees, fleeing to Taiwan as the communists took over. That personal story and the story of Yeh’s global art…
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DIWO (DO-It-With-Others)
Read more: DIWO (DO-It-With-Others)DIWO (Do It With Others) is a distributed campaign for emancipatory, networked art practices instigated by arts and activist network Furtherfield in 2006. The term DIWO – Do It With Others was first defined in 2006 on Rosalind – Upstart…
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Artistic Activism at the NYC iSchool
Read more: Artistic Activism at the NYC iSchoolStudents at the NYC iSchool, a high school in Manhattan, worked for 9 weeks to create works of activist art with art teacher Gretel Smith. We were lucky enough to have Stephen Duncomb and Steve Lambert from the Center for…
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Comics: A Graphic Record of the Here and Now
Read more: Comics: A Graphic Record of the Here and NowCreative Time, a public art fund, invited artists to make online comics that addressed contemporary issues. Every month for two years a new artist presented their comic strip online. At the end, there were a total of 24 comic works…
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Silent River Film Festival
Read more: Silent River Film FestivalCinema is a popular medium for people to escape the real world. It provides comedy, drama, and endless entertainment. But Kalpna Singh-Chitnis saw an even greater potential for film. She believed that this art form could be utilized as a…