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Tournons le dos ! / Turn our back ! [April 22, 2012 – April 23, 2017]

Practitioner:
Lino Tonelotto, the 22avril2012 collective, the 23avril2017 collective.

Date:
Apr 15 2012

In France, abstention, vote of protest, lassitude or violent reactions rise from all over the crisis of our “representative democracy ». What about thinking the other way round ? What if we reappropriate the iconography of the election? With Turn…

refuge for refugees

Practitioner:
coline declef and marie venon

Date:
Apr 15 2012

Two design students were awarded the Futurapolis prize last Wednesday for their project to adapt the Furan (underground river) , a response to the migration crisis. Winners of the Futurapolis prize, which aims to encourage students to work on sustainable…

Philadelphia Eagles’ Malcolm Jenkins Silently Responds to Press Questions by Holding Up Signs on Criminal Justice System

Practitioner:
Malcolm Jenkins

Date:
Apr 15 2012

Philadelphia Eagles safety Malcolm Jenkins had a rather unique approach to his media session on Wednesday when he chose not to answer any questions, but instead held signs in front of reporters with messages of “you’re not listening” and numerous…

Street Advertising Takeover – Artist turns billboards into democratic spaces

Practitioner:
Jordan Seiler

Date:
Apr 15 2012

“Two weekends ago, a loose network of these artists and activists, under the name Subvertisers International, launched their first global effort to reclaim our shared public environment from its monopolization by commercial media. The demand was not for better or…

Arca

Practitioner:
Alejandro Ghersi

Date:
Apr 15 2012

Alejandro Ghersi, the Venezuelan-born artist behind Arca, is part of a relatively recent and growing diaspora, and at a time when the political situation back home is at a fever pitch, it feels difficult not to see the ways this…

Wrap my Hijab

Practitioner:
Mona Hayda

Date:
Apr 15 2012

Mona Haydar’s first single, “Hijabi (Wrap My Hijab)” is an empowering anthem for women everywhere who wear headscarves. It’s also a sharp rebuke to those who dare to ask headscarf-clad women what their hair looks like underneath, whether they’re hot…

Borders

Practitioner:
MIA

Date:
Apr 15 2012

The video for “Borders,” a song off MIA’s album Matahdatah, features images recalling all sorts of migrations from the developing world—there are people crossing deserts, fences, and bodies of water. Though much of M.I.A.’s work has been about women and…

Afropunk: Feeling Black Activism’s Joy, and Its Pain

Practitioner:
Afropunk

Date:
Apr 15 2012

As Black History Month commemorations start to wind down, one festival is just gearing up. Afropunk the Takeover — Harlem, running from Tuesday through Feb. 25, will celebrate black culture with music, art, film screenings, discussions and comedy. Co-produced by…

Beethoven’s 200-Year-Old ‘Fidelio’ Enters Today’s Prisons

Practitioner:
Daniel Schlosberg, Ethan Heard, Heartbeat Opera

Date:
Apr 15 2012

Few opera choruses are as moving as the one a group of prisoners sings in Act I of Beethoven’s “Fidelio.” Released temporarily from their cells, the inmates almost whisper a hymnlike paean to liberty: “Oh, what a joy to breathe…

This is America

Practitioner:
Donald Glover/ Childish Gambino

Date:
Apr 15 2012

(NEWS 8) — A day after pulling double-duty as both the host and musical guest on “Saturday Night Live,” actor-writer-comedian-musician Donald Glover was garnering attention on Sunday for another reason. Social media blew up this weekend with reactions to Glover’s…