Projects tagged
Violence & War
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‘Women on Walls’ campaign empower women via street art
Read more: ‘Women on Walls’ campaign empower women via street artMaha ElNabawi Amid the bleak backdrop of a revolution-riddled Egypt, a beacon of positivity shone on downtown Cairo Friday during the launch of one of the most exciting, social-conscious street art collaborations to happen this year. “Women on Walls” or…
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Wrinkles of the City
Read more: Wrinkles of the CityI think this is a very interesting project that is intended to pay hommage by showcasing portraits of survivors of the Cuban revolution. They are displayed in the streets of Havana and, as the artists explains, this is a place…
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NYPD Drones
Read more: NYPD DronesOn Sunday, September 16th at around 1am, a white van—labelled with “Van Wagner’s” blue logo and topped by a yellow strobe light—circled through permanently lit Times Square. Inside the vehicle, the driver and passenger, both dressed as construction workers, were…
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Stumble Stones
Read more: Stumble StonesThe late, late snow has finally disappeared from Berlin’s streets. Visible once again, here and there, are the “stumble stones” –Stolpersteine in German – with their brief, tragic messages. Many Berlin tourists will enjoy the night life. They may also…
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Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and History
Read more: Guantanamo Bay Museum of Art and HistoryWhen the last detention facility in Guantanamo Bay was officially decommissioned in 2010, an international team of artists, curators and architects began planning and designing a museum that would take the place of the detention facility – a little less…
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Two Female Graffiti Artists in Afghanistan
Read more: Two Female Graffiti Artists in AfghanistanMeet Shamsia Hassani. At age 24, she is one of Afghanistan’s first female graffiti artists. An associate professor of sculpture at Kabul University, she was first introduced to graffiti in 2010 by British artist, Chu, during a week-long course in…
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Eric Bouvet’s Chechnya On Stage
Read more: Eric Bouvet’s Chechnya On Stage“On Friday, March 15, 2013, for the launch of the 20th edition of the Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents, the theatre company Map performed Jusqu’au bout, a play directed by David Ropars based on a text by the photojournalist Eric…
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SPEAK
Read more: SPEAKLast night I attended an Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Speak Out, where people across campus from the LGBT community and coalitions of color came together in one sacred space to share their stories with strangers. For many, including…
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Trojan T-Shirts
Read more: Trojan T-ShirtsAn anti-Nazi organization called Exit-Deutschland targeted a right-wing Rock Festival in a city called Gera. They got in contact to the festival organizers by using a fictitious name, and they distributed 250 trojan t-shirts with a writing “Hardcore Rebels” during…
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Turning Art Into Activism
Read more: Turning Art Into ActivismBy David Gonzalez Leslie Thomas wants to shock you. She wants to anger you. And above all, she wants you to do something. She’s not talking about run-of-the-mill, “Hey buddy, watch your step” angry or TMZ sleaze shock. She’s talking…