Projects tagged
Politics & Government
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Mom Pinup Calendar
Read more: Mom Pinup CalendarSpanish Moms Raise School Funds With Pinup Calendar January 26, 2013 Copyright ©2013 NPR. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Europe’s economic problems have forced a lot of people to think creatively about money. The hardship is especially acute in Spain. Some municipalities…
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UndocuNation gathers artists at International House
Read more: UndocuNation gathers artists at International HouseUndocuNation, a performance and visual art conglomeration, took place this past Friday at International House. The Center for Race and Gender at Berkeley, CultureStr/ke, and the Theater and Dance Performance Studies department here at UC Berkeley helped put on the…
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Real Democracy Australia – Viral Participatory Poster Project.
Read more: Real Democracy Australia – Viral Participatory Poster Project.Do we need to crowdsource a new Australian Constitution? Does anything matter more than the environment? Should Australia become a republic with an Australian head of state? Should whistleblowers be protected? Is representative democracy antiquated? Controversial artist Carl Scrase is…
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FUBAR for Valentine’s Day
Read more: FUBAR for Valentine’s DayThis past Valentine’s Day the Fresh Juice Party pulled another “art prank;” this time sending chocolate shaped as dead American soldiers and sent them to U.S. government officials, especially to the previous Bush administration. This prank while very effective in…
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“Hail to the Thief” : political art or creative activism?
Read more: “Hail to the Thief” : political art or creative activism?Established Cape Town based artist Brett Murray returns to Goodman Gallery Johannesburg with Hail to the Thief II. This body of satirical work continues his acerbic attacks on abuses of power, corruption and political dumbness seen in his 2010 Cape…
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Pray The Devil Back to Hell
Read more: Pray The Devil Back to HellPray the Devil Back to Hell is the extraordinary story of a small band of Liberian women who came together in the midst of a bloody civil war, took on the violent warlords and corrupt Charles Taylor regime, and won…
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Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friends
Read more: Meet Red Army Statue: Superman and hero friendsThis article was published on the guardian website: -Russia not amused at Red Army statue re-invented as Superman and friends- Clenched teeth in Moscow over 1950s war memorial in Sofia given makeover by spray-painting street artist By Tom Parfitt in…
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Articulo 6 (Action 5)
Read more: Articulo 6 (Action 5)MFA Fashion Parsons graduate and fashion designer Lucia Cuba, for her senior collection, created a fashion collection inspired by the victims and used to raise awareness of forced sterilization in Peru. Framed as “actions,” each collection presentation showcased before a…
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Web sites go dark in SOPA protest against plans to ban online piracy
Read more: Web sites go dark in SOPA protest against plans to ban online piracyBy Hayley Tsukayama, Published: January 18, 2012 Web users woke up this morning to find that, as promised, several prominent Web sites had gone dark or put up messages asking visitors to contact their members of Congress to vote against…
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Work of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in Princeton
Read more: Work of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in PrincetonWork of Chinese Artist and Activist Ai Weiwei in Princeton Posted on January 24, 2013 By Susan Wallner State of the Arts Ai Weiwei “No Evil.” Photographs of Ai Weiwei by Sharron Lovell, 2009 “Your own acts tell the world…