Projects tagged
Transportation
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Birthday Party For A Pothole
Read more: Birthday Party For A PotholeA group of young adults under the name of “Love Tijuana” (Amemos Tijuana) celebrated the one year “Birthday” of a pothole located at the Via Rapida (Tijuana’s Freeway) with balloons, banners, and even hats. The giant pothole that was covered…
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I-75 Project
Read more: I-75 ProjectFor the past few years, I’ve been creating what I call “art of social conscience:” tv spots, viral emails, paintings and posters, but none of it has engaged viewers as much as this series of “historical” markers, each one a…
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I HAVE A DREAM – Roman Subway Map
Read more: I HAVE A DREAM – Roman Subway MapTic Edizioni, Roman publishing house, has created “I Have a Dream”, a fake map of the Rome subway. In addition to the existing A and B lines, a dozen imaginary subway lines have been added: there are metro stops in…
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And Where Do I Drive?
Read more: And Where Do I Drive?Cyclist activists from the Koce, Return to the Street initiative set up sculptures symbolically showing the marginalization of cyclists in the city, the inadequate and dysfunctional infrastructure for this means of transport, but also to point out the large number…
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South American Traffic Mimes
Read more: South American Traffic Mimes“Mimes gesture as they stand in a crosswalk in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday Oct. 7, 2011. The mayor of the city’s eastern district of Sucre has launched a unique program aimed to encourage civility among reckless drivers and careless pedestrians, putting…
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Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on Subway
Read more: Chinese Feminist Act Against Sexual Harassment on SubwayZheng Xi 郑熹, a Ph.D. candidate with a focus on gender studies at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou. Zheng has launched a campaign asking city governments around China to display anti-sexual-harassment logos, complete with a groper’s “salty-pig hand” visual (etymological context…
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Avy Search and Rescue Drone
Read more: Avy Search and Rescue DroneA rescue drone for refugees in danger whilst traveling across the Mediterranean Sea. Last year alone, 3,500 refugees perished attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The Avy Search and Rescue Drone is specifically designed to help refugee boats. The drone…
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A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas
Read more: A Night Of Philosophy And Ideas“A Night of Philosophy and Ideas is a thinker’s lollapalooza. The free, 12-hour weekend lyceum at the Brooklyn Public Library includes spirited debate, live music, theater, performance art pieces, and film screenings. At any given hour, five or six different…
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The Crossings
Read more: The CrossingsUsing Performance Art to Alert Drivers to Look Out for Pedestrians A series of three street performances taking place this Thursday and Friday carries a simple message – remember to see and stop for pedestrians. UWM Professor Anne Basting has…
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Social Media powered car
Read more: Social Media powered carIt took 17 high schoolers, eight mentors from Kansas City and a 1967 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia to create the first ever social media powered car. The concept was to bring MINDDRIVE to life with tweets, posts, shares and likes which…