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Francis Alÿs, When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002

Date:
Jan 1 2002

Five hundred volunteers with shovels gathered at a huge sand dune on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, and over the course of a day moved it by several inches. Alÿs developed the idea after first visiting Lima in October 2000.…

A Vegan Meat Locker with a Heartbeat

Practitioner:
Jonathon Horowitz

Date:
Jan 1 2002

“Brooke Shields is one of 200 famous faces that the artist Jonathan Horowitz identifies as vegetarian in head shots he has hung on the white-tile walls of a former meat locker in the south Village. Horowitz, 44, swore off meat…

“Broccoli” Magazine: Looking at Cannabis Through the Lens of Contemporary Culture

Practitioner:
Broccoli

Date:
Jan 1 2002

Created by and for women, Broccoli is an independent print magazine based in Portland, Oregon. Although intended for cannabis users, Broccoli is an art and lifestyle magazine that bills itself as “playful, informed, eclectic, and thoughtful.” It encourages the discovery…

Howardena Pindell; “Rope/Fire/Water”

Practitioner:
Howardena Pindell

Date:
Jan 1 2002

Howardena Pindell presented her solo exhibition, “Rope/Fire/Water”, her first video in 25 years and a project utilized by the artist since the 1970s that The Shed commissioned and displayed in late 2020 and into early 2021. “Rope/Fire/Water” mines the history…

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Practitioner:
Felix Gonzalez-Torres

Date:
Jan 1 2002

In May 1992, a series of 24 billboards displaying an identical image began appearing throughout New York City. They featured a giant close-up black-and-white photograph, without text, of a rumpled bed, pillows still indented from the heads that had rested…

Adidas by Stella McCartney’s SS21 collection calls on us to protect our oceans

Practitioner:
Monika Mogi, Netti Hurley, Stella McCartney w/ Adidas

Date:
Jan 1 2002

When we think about the protectors of our oceans, our mind is instantly drawn to the image of the lifeguard. Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff in bright red swimsuits, their enviable bodies on show, as they run along the coastline.…

Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in Seville

Practitioner:
Felipe Romero Beltrán

Date:
Jan 1 2002

Horror stories about treacherous boat journeys from Africa to the Mediterranean far too often make headline news. The men, women and children fleeing their homes to start a new life in Europe become faceless numbers in the media, and are…

Hedonistic pictures of Barcelona’s queer underworld

Practitioner:
Leo Adef

Date:
Jan 1 2002

Topless queer men light spliffs on the beach. A trans man injects testosterone on the toilet. Drag queens nonchalantly scroll through their phones and smoke. These are just some of the images that make up the new book from Leo…

Fashion’s biggest names are drawing penises for a great cause

Practitioner:
Dominic Myatt

Date:
Jan 1 2002

You might think that pictures of dicks (usually unsolicited) aren’t particularly hard to come by on the internet. And most of those dick pics aren’t particularly expertly composed. But that’s not the case for Penile Papers, a new collection of…

Carlota Guerrero’s erotic photos celebrate a surreal sense of femininity

Practitioner:
Carlota Guerrero

Date:
Jan 1 2002

From intimate portraits to urban performance art, the through line of photographer Carlota Guerrero’s work has always been her stripped back sense of feminine reverie: rumpled sheets and broken shells, translucent tights and long braids, dusty floors and bare chests.…