Projects tagged
Sex & Gender
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Ukraine’s Femen: Topless protests ‘help feminist cause’
Read more: Ukraine’s Femen: Topless protests ‘help feminist cause’FEMEN is a feminist Ukrainian protest group based in Kiev, founded in 2008. The organisation became internationally known for organizing topless protests against sex tourists, religious institutions, international marriage agencies, sexism and other social, national and international topics.Some of the…
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Fully Automated Nikon (Object/Objection/Objectivity)
Read more: Fully Automated Nikon (Object/Objection/Objectivity)“I decided to shoot pictures of men who made comments to me on the street. I had always hated this invasion of my privacy and now I had the means of my revenge. As I walked along Houston Street with…
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Reversing the Lens: Sexual Harrassment Victim uses social media, leads to harasser’s arrest
Read more: Reversing the Lens: Sexual Harrassment Victim uses social media, leads to harasser’s arrestA young woman named Thao Nguyen was riding the R train in NYC when a man sitting across from began to masturbate. Nguyen snapped a picture of him, but the policewoman to whom she reported the incident had little interest…
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Women on Waves Creates Hoax Website under the Diesel brand to Stand for Worker’s Rights
Read more: Women on Waves Creates Hoax Website under the Diesel brand to Stand for Worker’s RightsA press release from the non-profit organization – Women on Waves – regarding the intention of the creation of the Diesel for Women hoax website, pointing out the mistreatment of women workers in the fashion industry. This blurb and included…
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Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for Protest
Read more: Pussy Riot Was Carefully Calibrated for ProtestDEPENDING on your taste, punk died in 1979, or maybe 1994, or whenever studded leather cuffs became a must-have mall-girl accessory. Now, suddenly, punk has been resurrected, stitched together anew in the form of the well-accessorized Russian women who call…
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INTERNATIONAL LINK BEETWEEN FEMALE VIDEO ARTISTS
Read more: INTERNATIONAL LINK BEETWEEN FEMALE VIDEO ARTISTSWHAT IS FEMLINK Who we are ? We are Independent visual artists. Since the creation of FemLInk in 2005, 145 artists from 62 countries have accepted to participate (the 4 continents are represented). http://www.femlink.org Why do we created FemLink ?…
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A Feminist Tea Party
Read more: A Feminist Tea PartyA Feminist Tea Party is an ongoing collaborative project by Caitlin Rueter and Suzanne Stroebe. Our project has evolved from its first incarnation as part of#class organized by Jen Dalton and William Powhida at Winkleman Galleryin New York, NY, where it lasted only an afternoon. Since then, we have…
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The Dinner Party
Read more: The Dinner PartyThe Dinner Party, an important icon of 1970s feminist art and a milestone in twentieth-century art, is presented as the centerpiece around which the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art is organized. The Dinner Party comprises a massive ceremonial banquet, arranged…
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SARS
Read more: SARSA video collaboration betweenHayley Silverman and Emily Shinada. Using clips from a Japanese pornography film, the video highlights fears of interpersonal connection and explores the objectification of women. It was on view at Alogon Gallery for theWomen Get Fucked exhibition. Watch it all the…
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40 Days for Life
Read more: 40 Days for LifeThere have now been ten coordinated 40 Days for Life campaigns since 2007, mobilizing people of faith and conscience in 440 cities across the United States and Canada, plus cities in Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Belize, Denmark, England, Georgia, Germany, Ireland,…