Projects tagged
Violence & War
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Tupac’s “Changes”
Read more: Tupac’s “Changes”Late last year, the New York Times published an op-ed short film written and narrated by Jay Z. The clip was called “The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail,” and that kind of title was explicit enough for everyone…
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Families Of The Uvalde Shooting Victims Are Camping Outside The School District’s Office Demanding Action
Read more: Families Of The Uvalde Shooting Victims Are Camping Outside The School District’s Office Demanding ActionBrett Cross has been camping outside the school district administrative office in Uvalde, Texas, for 78 hours. On May 24, Cross’s 10-year-old son, Uziyah Garcia, died in the mass shooting that killed 18 other children and two teachers at Robb…
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The Promised Land
Read more: The Promised LandContemporaryand Article: Armitage, born in Nairobi, elaborates upon the contradictory dynamics in contemporary Kenya. Through his painterly language, the artist filters the various spheres that mark both the collective and individual experience in his country of origin — from brief…
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Former NRA president tricked into gun violence prevention video
Read more: Former NRA president tricked into gun violence prevention videoA gun violence prevention group has released videos in which they trick famous pro-gun figures into addressing a sea of empty chairs, representing children and teenagers who were shot and killed before they could graduate from high school. Change the…
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‘Zombie’: The Story Behind The Cranberries’ Deathless Classic
Read more: ‘Zombie’: The Story Behind The Cranberries’ Deathless ClassicPresaged by shimmering spin-off hits “Dreams” and “Linger,” The Cranberries’ landmark debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can’t We?, suggested its creators had taken up the baton handed down by jangly indie-pop classicists The Smiths and The…
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Art activist group Led by Donkeys paints Ukrainian flag in front of Russian embassy
Read more: Art activist group Led by Donkeys paints Ukrainian flag in front of Russian embassyWheelbarrows full of washable paint were poured along the Kensington road to mark a year since Russia launched its invasion. Four people have been arrested for the protest. Yesterday morning (23 February), Led by Donkeys staged a protest in front…
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Lil Baby “The Bigger Picture”
Read more: Lil Baby “The Bigger Picture”Lil Baby, a popular American rapper, released a song titled “The Bigger Picture” in 2020 in response to the Black Lives Matter movement and the protests that took place following the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. The…
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Three months after the tragedy in Uvalde, families cope with art, activism and aspirations
Read more: Three months after the tragedy in Uvalde, families cope with art, activism and aspirationsAlexandria “Lexi” Aniyah Rubio was looking forward to playing volleyball when she got to junior high. She dreamed of going to law school one day, and she loved astrology, butterflies, and the color yellow. These elements of Lexi’s personality now…
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Anatomic Explosion
Read more: Anatomic ExplosionOBLITERATE WALL STREET MEN WITH POLKA DOTS In the mid-to-late 1960s, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama staged a series of happenings. Situated someplace between the physically participatory (be-in) space of protest culture and an Art Brut magick ceremony, Kusama’s polka-dot drenched…
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The Vivienne Foundation
Read more: The Vivienne FoundationThe Vivienne Foundation exists to honour, protect and continue the legacy of Vivienne’s creativity and activism. Since the start of her career in the 1970s, Vivienne was renowned not only for her fashion design, but also her activism. Vivienne always…