Projects tagged
Wealth & Poverty
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Tiny House Rural Studio
Read more: Tiny House Rural StudioRural Studio’s $20K House has such innovative design that it’s changing the entire housing system—from mortgages to zoning laws. For over a decade, architecture students at Rural Studio, Auburn University's design-build program in a tiny town in West Alabama, have…
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Bogota Performance Piece – No Name
Read more: Bogota Performance Piece – No NameRenowned Cuban artist Tania Bruguera surprised a Bogota audience in September when she lined up three people directly involved in the Colombian conflict for a chat. The real performance however, started when a waitress emerged with a tray of neatly…
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Gota D’Agua
Read more: Gota D’AguaA site-specific art intervention intended as a call to action in response to Brazil’s water crisis. Strategically planned to coincide with UN World Water Day, Gota D’Agua gathered onlookers around an abandoned Olympic size swimming pool at the foot of…
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Mayday Space
Read more: Mayday SpaceMayday is a neighborhood resource and a citywide destination for engaging programming, a home for radical thought and debate, and a welcoming gathering place for people to work, learn, drink, dance and build together. As an organizing center as well…
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BAN Protests Real Estate Summit
Read more: BAN Protests Real Estate SummitThe Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network is a grassroots movement and campaign to prevent the displacement of low-to-middle income people, elders, families and mom-and-pop businesses from Brooklyn. They say, “Not 1 more person displaced! Not 1 more luxury development, until we have…
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Play Safe
Read more: Play SafePlay Safe is a documentary film series created and directed by NYU alum Eddie Einbinder. The film, much of which now appears for free on YouTube, was originally released in 2013 after being filmed between 2011 and 2012. It debuted…
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The Art of Heroin Bags
Read more: The Art of Heroin BagsHeroin sold in the northeast, specifically in New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey tends to come in little glassine baggies. The art comes from the individual and unique “stamp” on said baggie sold to a user. Used for branding purposes,…
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Shift Change Dress
Read more: Shift Change DressShift Change Dress is a community fashion & art project that utilizes a shift dress sewing pattern as a medium for communication and action. Participants are encouraged to use the pattern as a blank canvas for their art or message…
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Artists got fed up with these ‘anti-homeless spikes.’ So they made them a bit more … comfy.
Read more: Artists got fed up with these ‘anti-homeless spikes.’ So they made them a bit more … comfy.These are called “anti-homeless spikes.” They’re about as friendly as they sound. Photo courtesy of CC BY-ND, Immo Klink and Marco Godoy. As you may have guessed, they’re intended to deter people who are homeless from sitting or sleeping on…
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The Public Market Token Program
Read more: The Public Market Token ProgramThrough the Market Token program, wooden tokens are used as market currency, making it possible for customers with SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) food-stamp benefits to get fresh, healthy, affordable foods at the Market. Customers stop at the Market office…