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Italian museum burns artworks in protest of budget cut

Practitioner:
The Casoria Contemporary Art Museum

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Italian museum burns artworks in protest of budget cut An Italian museum on Tuesday began burning its collection of contemporary artworks in a singular protest against harsh budget cuts that have left many cultural institutions out of pocket. The Casoria Contemporary…

Unemployed Man Is the Unofficial Superhero of Occupy Wall Street

Practitioner:
Gan Golan

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Unemployed Man and his costumed colleagues stormed Wall Street on Monday morning, bringing some superhero street theater — and a 16-foot evil robot known as the Slot Bot — to the Occupy protests in New York.The Superheroes versus Economic Supervillains smackdown was…

Bull Fight on Wall Street

Practitioner:
Yes Men

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Earlier today, a small group of Occupy Wall Street activists engaged in a near-successful corrida against the Wall Street Bull.The incident began when two clowns, Hannah Morgan and Louis Jargow, scaled the steel barricades protecting the landmark. The clowns began spanking and climbing the beast as well…

APEC World Leaders Dinner Gets Occupied

Practitioner:
Makana

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Honolulu – A change in the programmed entertainment at last night’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala left a few world leaders slack-jawed, though most seemed not to notice that anything was amiss.During the gala dinner, renowned Hawaiian guitarist Makana, who performed…

Occupiers Set Up Living Room in Bank of America Lobby

Practitioner:
Occupy Wall Street

Date:
Apr 18 2012

A crew of occupiers makes a home of a Bank of Americalobby with a couch, a coffee table, a rug and a pottedplant. “Bank of America took our homes so we though we’dmove in here!” External sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUzMLu4K_2o

Operation Schildkröte

Practitioner:
Occupy Dusseldorf

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Occupy Dusseldorf was inspired by an editorial cartoonfrom Brooklyn, New York based artist Mark Hurwitt tocreate an imaginative street theatre performance artprotest action. They marched with hundreds of medievalshields created out of enlargements of Hurwitt’s arttranslated into many languages forming…

Outraged homeless muppets to converge on Goldman Sachs

Practitioner:
Joey Skaggs

Date:
Apr 18 2012

NEW YORK, April 21, 2012 — Homelessness is a great American tragedy. Our financial system and government have let us down and we, together, must take a stand to change the way the system works. With over 11 million homes…

Lights in the City

Practitioner:
Alfredo Jaar

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Montreal: The City of Lights In Canada Alfredo Jaar completed a project referred to as Lights in the City, in 1999. Keep in mind this is considered one of the richest cities in North America. with a large population of…

Egypt’s Hip Hop Revolution Continues: New Videos From The Narcicyst & MC Amin

Practitioner:
The Narcycist

Date:
Apr 18 2012

A year after the revolution, Egypt is still in conflict, still grasping for a catalyst to solidify its society and bring unity and peace to the people. Violence, poverty and unemployement are still rampant, and the voiceless still seek a…

Embody the Message: Occupy the Mind

Practitioner:
We Will Not Be Silent

Date:
Apr 18 2012

Embody the Message: Occupy the Mind This t-shirt / language project began in March 2006, when a small group of artists and activists decided to embody the historic words “WE WILL NOT BE SILENT” while doing a public action in…