Politics & Government – Page 51 – Actipedia

Add Privacy for £35

Date:
May 23 2016

In the UK, the secretary of state Theresa May is attempting to pass a new investigatory draft bill that would essentially rid all British citizens of the right to privacy and security on the internet. Internet providers will be required…

Carnival

Practitioner:
Brazilian Culture

Date:
May 23 2016

“A week-long party characterizes Brazil’s Carnival, the Mardi Gras of the southern hemisphere. Celebrations and parades are held throughout the country, most notably in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian states of Bahia and Pernambuco. Carnival celebrations…

NYC Art Exhibit Responded to “2016 Presidential Election Charade”

Practitioner:
Whitebox Art Space

Date:
May 23 2016

#makeamericagreatagain is a group exhibition of diverse media that ran during February and coincided with the initial Democratic and Republican primaries. The exhibition’s title is culled verbatim from Donald Trump’s campaign slogan. Appropriation does not stop there, however, for #makeamericagreatagain…

Slammed in the Butt by My Hugo Award Nomination

Practitioner:
Chuck Tingle

Date:
May 23 2016

Chuck Tingle is the Internet’s most beloved author of bizarre niche erotica, perhaps best known for his masterwork Pounded in the Butt by My Own Butt. The Hugo Awards are a formerly prestigious sci-fi honor, hijacked in recent years by…

Musicians trade in boycotts for activism to fight North Carolina’s ‘bathroom bill’

Practitioner:
Animal Collective, Beyonce, Duran Duran, Mumford & Sons

Date:
May 23 2016

Animal Collective, Mumford and Sons and Duran Duran among performers who have turned concerts in state into fundraisers as part of NC Needs You movement Even as North Carolina’s governor, Pat McCrory, refused to comply with federal officials over his…

Ben & Jerry give political art contraption to AVAM

Practitioner:
Ben & Jerry

Date:
May 23 2016

Susan Speirs fed four dollars into the Amend-o-matic Stamp Mobile. After spiraling up the “Tower of Corrupted Power,” gliding past a clanging gong and sliding down hairpin turns on a roller coaster-style track to a final stamping station, the bills…

Bernie Sanders Gets His Own Video Game

Practitioner:
Act.TV, Illuminator, NYC Light Brigade

Date:
May 23 2016

Bernie Sanders supporters know how to bring the party! And they did it big time for the Democratic Debate in New York this week, with help from The Illuminator & the NYC Light Brigade. They installed an interactive video game…

Why Prince is a Powerful Example of Artistic Activism

Practitioner:
Prince

Date:
May 23 2016

From calling out poverty in his lyrics to his support of coding, the legendary artist pushed the world to care about more than music. With the sudden, tragic passing of Prince on Thursday, people are taking to social media to…

Activists and Residents Light Up Bushwick with Anti-Gentrification Signs

Practitioner:
NYC Light Brigade

Date:
May 23 2016

Since Christmas Eve, some lights along the streets and in the houses of Bushwick have spelled out a number of messages quite different from the festive wishes one usually finds during the holiday season. “GENTRIFICATION IS THE NEW COLONIALISM,” “NOT…

Colectivo Sublevarte Retrospective

Practitioner:
Colective Sublevarte

Date:
May 23 2016

Sublevarte, a Collective of Mexican artists, was born out of the ENAP (National School of Fine Arts) of UNAM (the National Autonomous University of Mexico), during the student strike of 1999-2000, the longest student strike in history. With more than…