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For What It’s Worth, Buffalo Springfield

Date:
Dec 5 1966

Released as a single on 23 December 1966, Buffalo Springfield’s For What It’s Worth became the short-lived but talent-packed band’s biggest hit, reaching No.7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the spring of 1967. Even so, its impact transcended…

52 School Buses to Ted Cruz’s Home – Carrying Items from School Shooting Victims

Practitioner:
Change The Ref

Date:
Dec 5 1966

A mile-long convoy of empty school buses drove through Texas on Thursday, on a mission to get to Sen. Ted Cruz’s home. Each empty seat of this mobile art installation by Change The Ref founder Manuel Oliver represents over four…

Trust visions that don’t feature buckets of blood

Practitioner:
Jenny Holzer, Lady Pink

Date:
Dec 5 1966

In the 1980s, Holzer and Lady Pink used New York as a backdrop for their artworks: Holzer wheatpasted posters and slogans on walls throughout Manhattan, and Lady Pink spray-painted graffiti on buildings and subway cars. The two also collaborated on…

The World’s Most Dangerous Rap Group: NWA

Practitioner:
NWA

Date:
Dec 5 1966

In 1988, rap group the N.W.A from Compton, California released their second album, “Straight Outta Compton”. Without any radio play or media coverage, the album still managed to become an underground hit, and the notorious rap group successfully introduced socially…

“Within the Terms and Conditions”

Practitioner:
Caroline Sinders

Date:
Dec 5 1966

A popular theme throughout media is the relationship between technology and art. While art is often bolstered and disseminated through technology, discussions arise of how technology both positively and negatively affects content. Caroline Sinders’ exhibition Within the Terms and Conditions…

The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons

Practitioner:
Jacques-Louis David

Date:
Dec 5 1966

Jacques-Louis David was an active member of the French Revolution, and his works often depicted his political affiliations. David’s painting The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons portrays the scene of Brutus, an important figure of the…

Women are Heroes Project

Practitioner:
JR

Date:
Dec 5 1966

In Women Are Heroes, JR introduces women who sometimes look death in the face, who go from laughter to tears, who are generous, have nothing and yet share, who have had a painful past and long to build a happy…

BLOOD. by Kendrick Lamar

Practitioner:
Kendrick Lamar

Date:
Dec 5 1966

Kendick Lamar is known as one of the most prolific, and socially conscious, rappers of our time. ‘BLOOD.’ is the second track off of Lamar’s iconic album ‘DAMN.’ from 2017. What makes this song stand out is the sample used…

‘Not Yours’

Practitioner:
Beata Kruszynski

Date:
Dec 5 1966

“My image was inspired by the #MeToo Revolution, my personal experiences with the male gaze and a healthy amount of frustration and repulsion. What I hope to convey in this image is the sense of verbal, physical and energetic male…

As the Taliban Curbs Women’s Rights, Advocates Demand Action

Practitioner:
2022., Afghan women walk along a road in Kandahar, on July 29

Date:
Dec 5 1966

In December – as many around the globe were preparing for the holidays – Sama, a former attorney, remained hunkered down in her house in Kabul, Afghanistan, trying to comprehend how her world had changed. The Taliban had just released…