Projects tagged
Violence & War
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Typing…SYRIA
Read more: Typing…SYRIA(SUBSCRIBE AT http://typingsyria.com/) Typing…SYRIA is a one month socio-artistic performance piece where any individual can subscribe to witness a WhatsApp conversation between two Syrian characters play out in real time. This performance piece addresses questions of voyeurism, the ethics of…
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Training in Dance and movement Psychotherapy as a tool for reconciliation
Read more: Training in Dance and movement Psychotherapy as a tool for reconciliationFor over 60 years, Colombia has been facing war between guerrilla groups, the State, paramilitary groups and drug dealers. Hundreds of thousands of people have been killed, raped, displaced and threaten by this armed conflict. The common trait of this…
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Aftermath
Read more: AftermathThe snapshots are thrust at us urgently, as if they were passports being shown at a border crossing, official proofs of national identity. Mostly, they are prosaic pictures of family members or houses. Sometimes a diploma will be offered up…
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Rubble Bucket Challenge aims to raise awareness about Gaza
Read more: Rubble Bucket Challenge aims to raise awareness about GazaAs the rest of the world continues to dump buckets of cold water over their heads in support of ALS research, some Palestinians have created their own version of the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness about the ongoing crisis…
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And Counting…
Read more: And Counting…Wafaa Bilal’s brother, Haji, was killed by a missile at a checkpoint in their hometown of Kufa, Iraq in 2004. Bilal feels the pain of both American and Iraqi families who have lost loved ones in the war, but the…
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Dharavi Biennale
Read more: Dharavi BiennaleDharavi Biennale For the last two weeks, residents of Dharavi have been visiting an open exhibition that seeks to raise awareness of health issues. The 22 installations on display have been created entirely by the residents of Dharavi. They can…
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The Realist
Read more: The RealistAsaf Hanuka is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Tel Aviv, Israel. His illustrations span the themes of technology, revolution, war, Judaism, and depictions of family life and the individual in modern day society. While also employed for commercial illustrations…
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On the Internet people only look at pictures of kittens.
Read more: On the Internet people only look at pictures of kittens.On the Internet people only look at pictures of kittens. British street artist Banksy has posted pictures and video of works made during a trip to the war-torn Gaza Strip. One shows a figure reminiscent of Rodin’s “The Thinker” —…
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Women In War – Oropéndola
Read more: Women In War – OropéndolaWomen in war is a theater play written by Colombian authors Carlota Llano and Fernando Montes. It is based on 4 stories of women that participated and were victims of Colombian armed Conflict: Dora Margarita, a guerrilla women from the…
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Grandmas resignifying public space
Read more: Grandmas resignifying public spaceThis project consisted of an articulation between research, public policy and art. Corpovisionarios por Colombia was implementing a social change initiative in one of the poorest and most violents neighborhoods in Cali, Colombia. The demographic information showed that the most…