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Living Pain Art

Date:
Jul 23 2012

Often referred to as a ‘living pain’ artist, Petr Pavlensky chooses performance art that often takes form of extreme acts as his political language. Some of his stunts involve sewing his mouth shut in political protest against the incarceration of…

‘Triple Talaq’ Abolition Is Only The Start Of A Larger Campaign For Gender Justice In India

Practitioner:
Afreen Rehman, Atiya Sabri and Ishrat Jahan, Gulshan Parveen, other Muslin women, Shayara Bano

Date:
Jul 23 2012

The egregious practice that some Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three times, has finally been declared unconstitutional and illegal by the Indian Supreme Court. The country’s…

A Period Coloring Book Now Exists And It’s Bloody Delightful

Practitioner:
Andrea Yip

Date:
Jul 23 2012

A new coloring book is making menstruation easier to talk about, one sex-positive illustration at a time. Created by Toronto-native Andrea Yip, the Period Coloring Book is a sex-positive coloring book that aims to normalize menstruation. Yip, a public health…

Zanele Muholi: ‘I’m a visual activist’

Practitioner:
Zanele Muholi

Date:
Jul 23 2012

I am a visual activist. Most of what I have done over the years focuses on black LGBTQIA+ and gender-non-conforming individuals from South Africa and other neighbouring countries. It’s about making sure we exist in the visual archive. I call…

Artists mark Trump’s inauguration anniversary with day of protest art

Practitioner:
a volunteer-run arts organization spearheaded by artist Laurie Anderson and producers Tanya Selvaratnam and Laura Michalchyshyn, The Federation

Date:
Jul 23 2012

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump’s inauguration. It also marks the one-year anniversary of the Women’s March his election inspired, the largest single-day protest in the nation’s history. To memorialize the occasion, artists across the country are…

Reclaiming the Domestic

Practitioner:
Mary Sibande

Date:
Jul 23 2012

The work of South African artist Mary Sibande tells the tale of her alter-ego Sophie, a domestic worker who finds refuge in dreams where she emancipates herself from the ghoulish realism of an ordinary existence, cleaning other people’s homes. Exploring…

Gay Rights Activists in Beijing Protest for Their Russian Comrades

Practitioner:
a small group of gay rights activists

Date:
Jul 23 2012

A small group of gay rights activists gathered outside the Russian Embassy in Beijing on Valentine’s Day to protest Russia’s antigay laws. Behind a rainbow banner that read “To Russia with Love,” a dozen activists cheered as three couples puckered…

New Erotica For Feminists

Practitioner:
BROOKE PRESTON, CAITLIN KUNKEL, CARRIE WITTMER AND FIONA TAYLOR

Date:
Jul 23 2012

I get catcalled on the street by a construction worker. He says that he can see I’m smart because I have enormous books. He tells me he’s reading the latest Zadie Smith novel. I invite him to join my book…

All Eyes on ‘Sparrow’: Documenting the Dangers of Activism in China

Practitioner:
Nanfu Wang/ Haiyan Ye

Date:
Jul 23 2012

Nanfu Wang feels safe in New York. Surveillance, that essential preoccupation of the documentarian in America, is a chokehold from which she has been temporarily released. From her Brooklyn apartment, the Chinese filmmaker prepares for the release of her debut…

Rise, Resist & Unite…V-Day & The Vagina Monolouges

Practitioner:
V-Day Sedona/ Organizations Across the Globe

Date:
Jul 23 2012

Back after a five year hiatus, V-Day Sedona joins with hundreds of other productions across the globe in celebrating V-Day’s 20th anniversary with an act of artistic activism. For its 20th anniversary, V-Day is calling on activists around the world…