Projects tagged
Race & Ethnicity
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Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975
Read more: Adrian Piper, Mythic Being, 1973 – 1975Adrian Piper disguised her identity, changing her race, sex, and social class in order to experiment in public situations and gauge people’s reactions. She investigated how outwardly visible identity markers (like skin color) impacted others’ perceptions of her character. By…
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Howardena Pindell; “Rope/Fire/Water”
Read more: Howardena Pindell; “Rope/Fire/Water”Howardena Pindell presented her solo exhibition, “Rope/Fire/Water”, her first video in 25 years and a project utilized by the artist since the 1970s that The Shed commissioned and displayed in late 2020 and into early 2021. “Rope/Fire/Water” mines the history…
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With the Help of Social Media, the Asian Ballet Community Is Speaking Out Against Anti-Asian Violence
Read more: With the Help of Social Media, the Asian Ballet Community Is Speaking Out Against Anti-Asian Violence“Amid a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes around the world, Singapore-based dancewear company Cloud & Victory posted a video on March 18 calling for a stop to the hate against the Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. It features prominent…
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Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in Seville
Read more: Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in SevilleHorror stories about treacherous boat journeys from Africa to the Mediterranean far too often make headline news. The men, women and children fleeing their homes to start a new life in Europe become faceless numbers in the media, and are…
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Hedonistic pictures of Barcelona’s queer underworld
Read more: Hedonistic pictures of Barcelona’s queer underworldTopless queer men light spliffs on the beach. A trans man injects testosterone on the toilet. Drag queens nonchalantly scroll through their phones and smoke. These are just some of the images that make up the new book from Leo…
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Blixel: (Re)stock Image Collection
Read more: Blixel: (Re)stock Image CollectionThe purpose of this project was the permeate stock images with more depictions of Black people. Stock images are usually easily found and utilized, showcasing people doing everyday activities or scenes. To boost representation of Black people in this particular…
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Song 33
Read more: Song 33After J.Cole posted a song that implies that Noname can get her message across to a wider audience if she changes her tone, she releases another song in response. However, instead of explicitly responding to his critique, she uses the…
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3/Fifths’ Supremacyland
Read more: 3/Fifths’ Supremacyland”Four theatrical spaces and the full inventory of of 3LD Art & Technology Center were enlisted in the transformation of the space into SupremacyLand, a dystopian theme park where white supremacy and racist carnage was raised and twisted into totally…
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They’re Going To Kill Me
Read more: They’re Going To Kill MeThe Black, Dallas-based artist Jammie Holmes put George Floyd’s final words in a place where everyone could see them: the sky. Five days after Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, May 30th, Holmes’s piece took…
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City Forest Mural
Read more: City Forest MuralThe sneaker brand Converse has commissioned an indigenous artist in Australia to create a gigantic mural with a surprising twist. The Melbourne mural plays homage to indigenous urban identity and was painted with a special type of pollution-absorbing paint that…