Projects tagged
Race & Ethnicity
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Visual Sovereignty: Unpacking Nicholas Galanin’s ‘Never Forget’ Installation
Read more: Visual Sovereignty: Unpacking Nicholas Galanin’s ‘Never Forget’ InstallationFor Nicholas Galanin, a Tlingit and Unangax̂ artist and musician, memory and land are inevitably entwined. The 45-foot letters of Never Forget reference the Hollywood sign, which initially spelled out HOLLYWOODLAND and was erected to promote a whites-only development. Its…
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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Snake
Read more: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little SnakeNatalie Ball’s work challenges dominant stories of Native American identities, taking to task the historical and visual legacies that misrepresent what it means to be “Indian.” She dives deeply into Indigenous histories and forms of knowledge, the use of language,…
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China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible manner
Read more: China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible mannerPhoto 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…
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The MoonGirls
Read more: The MoonGirlsDrama Queens Ghana’s “MoonGirls” is an Afrofuturistic graphic novel series. Through an Afrofuturistic lens, “MoonGirls follows the adventures of 4 African “supersheroes” with varying superpowers to save the world from a diverse range of forces; from patriarchy, rape culture to…
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Brick X Brick
Read more: Brick X BrickBrick x Brick is a public art performance that builds human “walls” against misogyny. It is organized by the Public Displays of Affection, a collective of artists, designers, educators and organizers that engages in nonviolent direct art action. During the…
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Act ii: COWBOY CARTER
Read more: Act ii: COWBOY CARTERFollowing her sensational first ablum dedicated to the Black queer community via house and dance music, act i: RENAISSANCE, Beyonce released act ii: COWBOY CARTER in late March . The album is speculated to have come from her 2017/2018 performance…
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Activist Art on Fingertips
Read more: Activist Art on FingertipsThis has been a racially-charged year. How one challenges the status quo is an individual choice and many opt for artistic expression. Artistic expression can personified most visually on the body and while black pride tees are big, nail art…
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NYU Activist Group on the Streets
Read more: NYU Activist Group on the StreetsOn a sidewalk in the Village in downtown Manhattan, an African-American woman leans on her elbows and knees, wearing only black underpants. Scrawled in black marker all over her body are the words “Ain’t I a Woman?” Across the street,…
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5 Broken Camera
Read more: 5 Broken CameraIn 2005, Emad Burnat got a video camera to record the birth of his son. That same year, Israel’s security barrier went right through his village of Bil’in in the West Bank. The fence cut off some fields and olive…
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Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda
Read more: Hannah Gadsby’s Gender AgendaFollowing the backlash of Netflix’s support of Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” comedy special, which featured racist transphobic “jokes”, Hannah Gadsby took a deal with Netflix to create a comedy special featuring genderqueer comics. The show, titled ‘Gender Agenda’, was tapped…