Projects tagged
Violence & War
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#NoMásMáscaras – campaña contra ataques con ácido
Read more: #NoMásMáscaras – campaña contra ataques con ácidoEntre el 2004 y el 2014 se registraron 982 víctimas de ataque con ácido en Colombia. En el 41 por ciento de los casos, el agresor no fue identificado. El aumento de casos llevó a que en enero pasado se…
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Experiential Museum housing horrors of the past
Read more: Experiential Museum housing horrors of the pastIn time for the 30th Anniversary of the famed EDSA People People Revolution, a two-day pop-up museum in Camp Aguinaldo serves as a vivid reminder of a significant period in Philippine History. The interactive museum, which is composed of nine…
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Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)
Read more: Hansel and Gretel (Have Guns)The N.R.A. Reimagines Classic Fairy Tales, With Guns. The world of make-believe can be a scary place, but never fear: Thanks to a series of reimagined fairy tales published online by the National Rifle Association, classic characters like Hansel and…
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Fairy Tales (with guns)
Read more: Fairy Tales (with guns)The National Rifle Association has recently decided that the way to promote their gun rights among the American people is to retell the classic stories with guns. Thus far, they have rewritten The Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and…
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Protest against Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
Read more: Protest against Iranian President Hassan RouhaniA Femen activist, Sarah Constantin, is hanged from a noose-like rope from a Paris bridge to call attention to the large number of executions in Iran as she stages a protest against visiting Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Paris, Thursday,…
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Rebel Music: Native America
Read more: Rebel Music: Native AmericaFrank Waln, a 25 year old Native American hip hop artist, tours the country and Canada performing and teaching motivational workshops to students across the country. He took to rap at a young age when he found a cd (Eminem’s…
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Bogota Performance Piece – No Name
Read more: Bogota Performance Piece – No NameRenowned Cuban artist Tania Bruguera surprised a Bogota audience in September when she lined up three people directly involved in the Colombian conflict for a chat. The real performance however, started when a waitress emerged with a tray of neatly…
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Activism by Duplication: “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (1990)
Read more: Activism by Duplication: “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (1990)Activism through print media is often done through duplication: posters, flyers, magazines, manifestos. But with these media, each individual duplicate holds the same, political message. In Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (1990), a stack of posters are placed in…
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Refugees tell their stories by starring in Danish ballet
Read more: Refugees tell their stories by starring in Danish balletAs Denmark moves to deter refugees from crossing its borders, a new theater production dramatizing their plight seeks to change how many in the country perceive their new neighbors. Uropa: An Asylum-Seeker’s Ballet, [is] a dance piece performed in part…
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Wearable Shelter for Syrian Refugees
Read more: Wearable Shelter for Syrian RefugeesUK design students focusing on the use of design that moves beyond exclusivity, wealth, entitlement, and privilege, have created a coat that is also a shelter. The functional pocketed coat that converts into a tent and a sleeping bag, is…