Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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“Un violador en tu camino” (“A rapist in your way”)
Read more: “Un violador en tu camino” (“A rapist in your way”)Last month, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, dozens of women gathered outside the supreme court building in Santiago, Chile—a country now beset by popular uprisings against inequality—for a feminist flash mob. Organized by a…
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The Declaration of Sentiments from the First Women’s Rights Convention
Read more: The Declaration of Sentiments from the First Women’s Rights ConventionThe Declaration of Sentiments, also known as the Declaration of Rights and Sentiments, is a document signed in 1848 at the first women’s rights convention to be organized by women. Held in Seneca Falls, New York, the convention is now…
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Penis seats for men
Read more: Penis seats for menIn a conceptually odd but undeniably memorable PSA campaign, the Mexico City Metro has installed a “penis seat” in one of its subway cars, featuring a molded likeness of a man’s torso and penis, to get male riders thinking about…
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COUNTERSPACE
Read more: COUNTERSPACECounterspace is an independent curatorial platform functioning as the first decolonial thinktank mapping cultural activism worldwide. It shapes collectively decolonial toolkits with common tools and resources, and a global directory browsable by continent, praxis, and social construct, as a Beuys-inspired…
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The Peoples Bank of Govanhill
Read more: The Peoples Bank of GovanhillThe People’s Bank of Govanhill uses social and activist art practices to involve people in re-imagining the local economy, looking at how we can put feminist economics into practice in the local community. The project was intiated by artist Ailie…
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The Aphrodite Project
Read more: The Aphrodite ProjectIn the past, prostitution was intrinsically tied to religion ritual and public policy, and it wasn’t considered a taboo. Taking up from the idea of ancient sandals worn by prostitutes, the artist has created platform shoes that specifically focused on…
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The Milk Truck
Read more: The Milk TruckThe Milk Truck is a combination of guerrilla theatre, activism and slapstick humour. When a woman finds herself in a situation where she is discouraged, harassed, or unwelcome to breastfeed her baby in public, she contacts The Milk Truck. The…
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Organization Fighting Against Street Harassment Through Sidewalk Chalk
Read more: Organization Fighting Against Street Harassment Through Sidewalk ChalkCatcalls of NYC is an organization that uses Instagram and everyday intervention as a platform of raising awareness about street sexual harassment. The group receives direct messages from people who have been catcalled on the street. The group goes to…
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Polylogues
Read more: PolyloguesJournalist and playwright Xandra Clark began creating Polylogues, a one woman show exploring non-monogamy, in 2017. The show is created from interviews Clark conducts around the world with people of different ages, genders, and races about their relationship with non-monogamy…
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Denial of Family Values, Gay and Anti-gay Propaganda in Russia
Read more: Denial of Family Values, Gay and Anti-gay Propaganda in Russia“Denial of Family Values, Gay and Anti-gay Propaganda in Russia” 105 NY-110, Melville, NY 11747 June 3, 11 am – June 28, 7 pm Monday – Friday, 11 am – 7 pm, free admission Artist talk – June 28, 2…