Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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Ai Weiwei poses as drowned Syrian infant refugee in ‘haunting’ photo
Read more: Ai Weiwei poses as drowned Syrian infant refugee in ‘haunting’ photoChinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the image of drowned infant Alan Kurdi that in 2015 became the defining symbol of the plight of Syria’s refugees. For the recreation, Ai lay on a pebbled beach on the Greek…
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Spec Ops: The Line
Read more: Spec Ops: The LineOften in military style video games we kill without much regard for the enemy. They are faceless or stereotypical, the Nazi or evil Cold War–era Russian. They are enemies that were fought on the battlefields of great wars, or they…
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Above and Beyond Memorial
Read more: Above and Beyond Memorial“The massive “Above and Beyond Memorial” will be installed at the National Veterans Art Museum, The Harold Washington Library, and go on display starting Feb. 20, culminating a painstaking search to find a suitable — although temporary — home for…
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Estados de excepción
Read more: Estados de excepciónEstados de excepción (States of Exception) is series of participatory cultural interventions created for women to freely and joyfully exercise our rights in public and secure environments, currently being produced in Mexico and abroad. Conceived in response to the growing…
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Toyi-Toyi
Read more: Toyi-ToyiToyi-toyi is a Southern African dance originally from Zimbabwe by Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) forces that has long been used in political protests in South Africa. Toyi-toyi could begin as the stomping of feet and spontaneous chanting during protests…
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Brandalism
Read more: BrandalismBrandalism, an organization out of the UK that aims to reclaim public spaces from advertisers, used Black Friday to protest “partner” brands to the COP21 Climate Conference. Anonymous artists contributed subvertisements that criticized these brand for their hypocrisy in saying…
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Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
Read more: Capitalism Works For Me! True/FalseA 20ft by 9ft scoreboard that reads “Capitalism Works For Me!” and allows visitors to vote on whether Capitalism works in their lives by pressing a button for True or False. “Capitalism is discussed every day using euphemisms like ‘jobs,’…
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The Democracy Machine
Read more: The Democracy MachineThe Democracy Machine! is a performative sculpture that gives participants the opportunity to experience the thrill of democracy in action, in a competitive game that challenges people to work together toward understanding a better society. Using the spectacle and play…
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The Police are Present
Read more: The Police are PresentIf you happened to be walking in the neighborhood of Madrid’s Congress of Deputies this month, you might have noticed a strange sight. Flanking the Marqués de Casa Riera stood 30 neatly parked cars equipped with flashing police lights. But…
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Wallyball
Read more: WallyballThe frontier between the United States and Mexico is the busiest land border in the world. It is also among one of the world’s most heavily regulated and policed border zones—the arid climate of which is responsible for many migrant…