Projects tagged
Violence & War
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Girl Be Heard
Read more: Girl Be HeardGirl Be Heard is a theatre company founded by Artistic Director, Ashley Marinaccio and Executive Director, Jessica Greer Morris, which melds talent and background to create social justice theatre. The company has performed throughout New York City and worldwide to…
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Sit-in at Veterans Memorial
Read more: Sit-in at Veterans MemorialThe Veterans Memorial in New York City, located at 55 Water Street, closes every day at 10pm. However, veterans often find themselves wanting to come to the memorial at all hours of the day and night. The organization Veterans for…
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The State of Things
Read more: The State of ThingsThe State of Things was first performed in the spring of 2006 on the 3rd anniversary of the Iraq war. On September 1st, 2008 in collaboration with Northern Lights as part of the UnConvention, Ligorano/Reese recreated The State of Thing’s…
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Unland
Read more: UnlandDoris Salcedo talked extensively with victims of the violence in Colombia. For the project titled Unland she spoke specifically with children who had witnessed the murder of their parents. This piece was a poetic response and representation of their testimony.…
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Bug Splat
Read more: Bug SplatA giant art installation targets predator drone operators In military slang, Predator drone operators often refer to kills as ‘bug splats’, since viewing the body through a grainy video image gives the sense of an insect being crushed. To challenge…
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Syrian Artists Set Guinness Record By Building World’s Largest Mural Out Of Recycled Goods
Read more: Syrian Artists Set Guinness Record By Building World’s Largest Mural Out Of Recycled GoodsA group of Syrian artists in Damascus has created the world’s biggest mural made of recycled materials, a rare work aimed at brightening public space in a city sapped by war and sanctions. The brightly coloured, 720-sq metre work was…
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Israel, Palestine groups clash on College Walk
Read more: Israel, Palestine groups clash on College WalkStudents dressed as Israeli soldiers stopped other students, ordered them to the ground, and blindfolded them in a demonstration that drew multiple campus groups to a standoff on College Walk Thursday afternoon. The Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine set…
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Mending Baghdad
Read more: Mending BaghdadMending Baghdad is a four-and-a-half-by-six-and-a-half-foot quilt memorializing Baghdad as it looked during the American bombing on the first nights of the Iraq war. The purpose of the project is to bring people together to do something symbolically curative for Iraq.…
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Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay
Read more: Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo BayFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE San Francisco, California Corrected Billboard Defends Transparency at Guantanamo Bay The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new billboard campaign to assist the U.S. Navy with transparency at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. On March…
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Untitled
Read more: UntitledMarking the six month anniversary of September 11th, a poster designed by artist Hans Haacke appeared on scaffolding and media walls throughout New York City. The poster itself was blank and white, consisting only of die-cut silhouettes of the World…