Projects tagged
Revolution
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Music’s influential role on Egypt’s presidential campaign
Read more: Music’s influential role on Egypt’s presidential campaignWhen the revolution began in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, music played a big role in galvanizing young people and giving them a voice. So it’s not surprising that music continues to play an important role in Egyptian politics as the presidential…
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Protests and Posters in Kafranbel, Syria
Read more: Protests and Posters in Kafranbel, SyriaA town in northwestern Syria has become the creative center of the revolt against President Bashar al-Assad. Since the beginning of the uprising, the residents of Kafr Anbel have drawn signs that skewer the Assad regime and express outrage that…
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post (r)evolutionary exercises
Read more: post (r)evolutionary exercisesThe post (r)evolutionary exercises are the outcome of a meeting/friendship/project that started in summer 2010, when we took part in “Goings on” seminar in Beirut, Lebanon. In this seminar, curated by Cecilia Andersson, Scandinavian and Middle east art groups were…
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Occupy Love
Read more: Occupy LoveJoin acclaimed director Velcrow Ripper (Scared Sacred, Fierce Light) on a journey deep inside the revolution of the heart that is erupting around the planet, as he asks the question, “How could the crisis we are facing become a love…
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Lebanese art rockers creating the soundtrack to the Arab Spring
Read more: Lebanese art rockers creating the soundtrack to the Arab SpringBeirut, Lebanon (CNN) — They’ve been described as the voice of their generation — though not one that everyone is comfortable hearing. Mashrou’ Leila, whose name translates as “The Night Project,” is a controversial alternative rock band from Lebanon, whose…
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Tunisians dance in defiance
Read more: Tunisians dance in defianceThe flashmob ‘’I will dance despite everything’’ was organized in Tunis’s old medina on December 2012 by “Art Solution”, a Tunisian group aiming to promote street art as a form of resistance. “The association is conceived of as a response…
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Art and the Arab Awakening
Read more: Art and the Arab AwakeningArt and the Arab Awakening By Nama Khalil, August 2, 2012 Revolutionary street art in Tunisia. In the days following Mohamed Bouazizi’s self-immolation in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, burned and battered cars piled up inside state-owned lots throughout…
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Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street art
Read more: Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street artBy Maha ElNabawi It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to storm the gates of Parliament on 19 February 1951. After several hours of unrelenting protest, Shafiq was…
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The Rap That Sparked a Revolution
Read more: The Rap That Sparked a RevolutionAs the world watches Cairo burn, I can’t help but think that the flames of protest engulfing Egypt were sparked by Mohamed Bouazizi, the Tunisian street vendor who set himself on fire on December 17 after police confiscated his vegetable…
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Drawing with gunpowder ink: Interview with Carlos Latuff
Read more: Drawing with gunpowder ink: Interview with Carlos LatuffIn the context of the PhD research “Consciousness-raising: Activism in Digital Art” (by Ana Barata, Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da UNL, Lisbon, Portugal) Carlos Latuff was interviewed concerning his political graphical work that focuses on present conflicts and…