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Marta Minujín’s The Parthenon of Books: A Living Elevation of Social and Cultural Relations

Date:
Jan 1 1983

A collective endeavor of Greek antiquity — no less than eighty different artists worked on the frieze alone — the Parthenon was built between 447 BC and 438 BC under the orders of Pericles, following a democratic debate, and overseen…

Repellent Fence: Art, Activism, and the U.S.-Mexico Border

Practitioner:
Postcommodity

Date:
Jan 1 1983

The Repellent Fence is a social collaborative project among individuals, communities, institutional organizations, publics, and sovereigns that culminate with the establishment of a large-scale temporary monument located near Douglas, Arizona and Agua Prieta, Sonora. This 2 mile long ephemeral land-art…

Shielding Justice: Cannupa Hanska Luger’s Artistic Activism and Beyond

Practitioner:
Cannupa Hanska Luger

Date:
Jan 1 1983

This protest installation was first used in 2016 at Standing Rock when the community banded together to protect the Missouri River from a Dakota Access Pipeline. The mirror shields can protect against non-lethal deterrents like rubber bullets that may be…

Beirut Graffiti Artist Uses His Murals to Unite A Fragmented City

Practitioner:
Yazan Halwani

Date:
Jan 1 1983

Yazan Halwani is a young Beiruti artist who paints murals of revered Lebanese and Arab figures on prominent walls in a bid to help overcome sectarianism in this fragmented city. “What I try to do,” he explains down a fuzzy…

Raise Your Umbrellas: How Denise Ho went from Cantopop queen to pro-democracy activist

Practitioner:
Denise Ho

Date:
Jan 1 1983

In Hong Kong in 2014 the song Raise Your Umbrella by Denise Ho and Anthong Wong became an anthem for the pro-democracy movement known as the Umbrella Revolution. The song was written after police fired tear gas into the crowds…

Four Dead in Ohio

Practitioner:
Neil Young, Students at Kent State University

Date:
Jan 1 1983

“Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming. Four Dead in Ohio.” Inspired by the events that unfolded on the campus of Kent State University on May 4, 1970, the folk-rock group…

Echoes of Defiance: Xiao Lu and the Impact of ‘Dialogue’ on Art and Society

Practitioner:
Xiao Lu

Date:
Jan 1 1983

Xiao Lu was one of the most influential women in contemporary Chinese art, better known for provoking performance art works and sharp social commentaries. Her works address sensitive social and cultural issues that counter mainstream attitudes and values. In 1989,…

China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible manner

Practitioner:
Xinhua Net

Date:
Jan 1 1983

Photo taken on Oct. 15, 2020 shows a “comfort women” statue in Berlin, capital of Germany. The statue was built to commemorate the more than 200,000 girls and women from 14 countries and regions, so-called “comfort women,” who were sexually…

Subway Therapy

Practitioner:
Matthew Chavez

Date:
Jan 1 1983

Matthew “Levee” Chavez sits at a table in New York City’s Union Square, sporting a thrift store suit and tie, holding a sign that reads “Subway Therapy.” This act of social practice, which started as an invitation for conversation, went…

Un-Daily Bread

Practitioner:
Gregg Segal

Date:
Jan 1 1983

In response to an earlier project called “Daily Bread, Gregg Segal collaborated with the United Nations Refugee Agency to bring awareness to the crisis of refugees fleeing Venezuela through his project “Un-Daily Bread.” “We chose to look not only at…