Projects tagged
Violence & War
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Four Dead in Ohio
Read more: Four Dead in Ohio“Tin Soldiers and Nixon’s Coming. We’re finally on our own. This summer I hear the drumming. Four Dead in Ohio.” Inspired by the events that unfolded on the campus of Kent State University on May 4, 1970, the folk-rock group…
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China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible manner
Read more: China urges Japan to treat “comfort women” issue in honest, responsible mannerPhoto taken on Oct. 15, 2020 shows a “comfort women” statue in Berlin, capital of Germany. The statue was built to commemorate the more than 200,000 girls and women from 14 countries and regions, so-called “comfort women,” who were sexually…
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The Absurdity of War: Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Air’
Read more: The Absurdity of War: Banksy’s ‘Love is in the Air’Love is in the Air is a quintessential Banksy painting. The image of a masked militant poised to hurl a bouquet of flowers has become synonymous with the artist’s indelible graphic style. One of Banksy’s most coveted works on canvas,…
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North Korean Artist Hopes Reverse Propaganda Will Change Lives Back Home
Read more: North Korean Artist Hopes Reverse Propaganda Will Change Lives Back HomeSong Byeok is one of the most acclaimed Korean artists living today. He is from North Korea, where he was a propaganda artist for the North Korean government for two decades. After defecting in 2002, Byeok has turned his prolific…
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Law of the Journey
Read more: Law of the JourneyThe exhibition Law of the Journey is Ai Weiwei’s multi-layered, epic statement on the human condition: an artist’s expression of empathy and moral concern in the face of continuous, uncontrolled destruction and carnage. Hosted in a building of symbolic historical…
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Pussy Riot Bring Their Music and Activism To Montreal
Read more: Pussy Riot Bring Their Music and Activism To MontrealPussy Riot are spreading their protests and activism beyond Russia. Away from Vladimir Putin’s censorship, they’re bringing their voices to Canada – a place where their message of resistance is resonating. On Nov. 1, as a chilling cold filled the…
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Breaking the fourth wall: theater as human rights activism
Read more: Breaking the fourth wall: theater as human rights activismHuman rights activism relies on an ability to tell stories to diverse audiences that will inspire action toward justice. Distributing information through journalism, whether it be traditional or new media, is the standard method of raising awareness. Globalization and the…
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Becoming a Statue of Japanese Comfort Woman
Read more: Becoming a Statue of Japanese Comfort Woman‘Since Plotinus’, writes Joseph Tanke (2019, p. 486), ‘Western art has been consecrated to beauty, and beautiful art has been understood as the achievement of good form’. But alongside this interest in beauty and form, art has been committed to…
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All Power to All People
Read more: All Power to All PeopleLocated in Thomas Paine Plaza, across the street from City Hall, Hank Willis Thomas’s All Power to All People was a public art intervention that dealt with racial identity and representation in Philadelphia. The artist’s Afro pick sculpture, standing eight…
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Old People’s Home
Read more: Old People’s HomeThese thirteen life-like sculptures resemble familiar politicians, admirals, generals, bishops, and dictators. Portrayed as frail seniors, they sit dozing off and drooling in electric wheelchairs. They roll on a slow collision course, crashing into each other like bumper cars. The…