Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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Capitol Lawn Covered in 7,000 Pairs of Shoes
Read more: Capitol Lawn Covered in 7,000 Pairs of ShoesProtesters left 7,000 pairs of shoes in front of the Capitol building Tuesday to symbolize the number of children killed by gun violence in the United States since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in December 2012. From 8:30 am…
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Avy Search and Rescue Drone
Read more: Avy Search and Rescue DroneA rescue drone for refugees in danger whilst traveling across the Mediterranean Sea. Last year alone, 3,500 refugees perished attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The Avy Search and Rescue Drone is specifically designed to help refugee boats. The drone…
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Threads of Resistance
Read more: Threads of ResistanceA juried exhibition of fiber art created by the Artist Circle Alliance to protest the Trump administration’s actions and policies. This is a traveling exhibition to 13 venues across the U.S. All work in the exhibition, as well as the…
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How ‘Animal Farm’ Gave Hope to Stalin’s Refugees
Read more: How ‘Animal Farm’ Gave Hope to Stalin’s RefugeesReading the introduction to Animal Farm by Christopher Hitchens a few years ago, I was stunned to learn that George Orwell, then a struggling writer in London, worked by letter with a group of refugees to publish the novel in…
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“STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” Oscars 2018
Read more: “STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” Oscars 2018The American rapper’s performance of ‘Stand Up for Something’ with singer Andra Day has gone down as one of the highlights of this year’s Academy Awards. Common used his Oscars performance to condemn Donald Trump’s “hate” and the National Rifle…
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3 Billboards Outside Grenfell, London
Read more: 3 Billboards Outside Grenfell, LondonActivism imitated art when Justice 4 Grenfell protesters drove three provocative signs through the streets of London. In a clever nod to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the Oscar-nominated film directed by Martin McDonagh, the billboards were bright red, with…
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The Protest Banner Lending Library
Read more: The Protest Banner Lending LibraryThe Protest Banner Lending Library is a space for people to gain skills to learn to make their own banners, a communal sewing space where we support each other’s voices, and a place where people can check out handmade banners…
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Shoddy, a disability arts exhibition
Read more: Shoddy, a disability arts exhibitionA disability / textile arts project, challenging assumptions about disabled artists & highlighting shoddy treatment of disabled people by current government: https://shoddyexhibition.wordpress.com/ Shoddy is the name for new cloth created from woollen waste and recycled fabric. This original meaning is…
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Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in Syria
Read more: Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in SyriaOne of the most significant aspects of the wave of protests and uprisings that began in Syria in 2011 was the use of the cell phone camera as a tool of documentation, political activism, and creative expression. With professional journalists…
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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast
Read more: Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcastIn 2008, an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China, claiming the lives of more than 69,000 people. Following accusations from parents that substandard construction caused the collapse of schools across in the region, the artist Ai Weiwei set upon a…