Projects tagged
Film, Video & Photo
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LEGOVC
Read more: LEGOVCLEGOVC is a fictional, made up, 100% fake, plastic, ‘pantomime villain’ Vice Chancellor of a fake British University struggling as his utter managerial brilliance crumbles in the face of sustained strike action by his staff after their pension scheme is…
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General Idea and the AIDS crises
Read more: General Idea and the AIDS crisesThe Canadian artist collective General Idea found its drive in the AIDS epidemic, becoming aesthetically and conceptually refined in the in the 1970s and ’80s, after long forays into absurdity and performances evocative of Dada and Fluxus. A retrospective presented…
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Google Features 12 Female Artists To Celebrate International Women’s Day
Read more: Google Features 12 Female Artists To Celebrate International Women’s DayGoogle is honoring female artists and their stories this International Women’s Day. On Thursday, the tech company will feature 12 interactive illustrations or “Google Doodles” on the search platform’s homepage. The artists are from 12 countries, including the U.S., Japan,…
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“STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” Oscars 2018
Read more: “STAND UP FOR SOMETHING” Oscars 2018The American rapper’s performance of ‘Stand Up for Something’ with singer Andra Day has gone down as one of the highlights of this year’s Academy Awards. Common used his Oscars performance to condemn Donald Trump’s “hate” and the National Rifle…
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3 Billboards Outside Grenfell, London
Read more: 3 Billboards Outside Grenfell, LondonActivism imitated art when Justice 4 Grenfell protesters drove three provocative signs through the streets of London. In a clever nod to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, the Oscar-nominated film directed by Martin McDonagh, the billboards were bright red, with…
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Dying to Breathe: The Unseen Cost of Gold Mining
Read more: Dying to Breathe: The Unseen Cost of Gold MiningPhotographer Sim Chi Yin spent more than three years documenting a Chinese gold miner who is suffering from the deadly lung disease silicosis. Despite the odds, his loving relationship with his wife has kept him alive much longer than anyone…
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Fotokonbit (Putting Cameras in Haitian Hands) – ONGOING working organization
Read more: Fotokonbit (Putting Cameras in Haitian Hands) – ONGOING working organizationThe Haitian Creole word “konbit” denotes the idea of similar talents joining together to work towards a common goal. The founders — a group of photographers, educators, and artists — came up with the idea for Fotokonbit a few years…
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The Protest Banner Lending Library
Read more: The Protest Banner Lending LibraryThe Protest Banner Lending Library is a space for people to gain skills to learn to make their own banners, a communal sewing space where we support each other’s voices, and a place where people can check out handmade banners…
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A Dallas Drinking Fountain
Read more: A Dallas Drinking Fountain“FOUNTAINS: A public artwork in three parts by lauren woods The Monument: A working public water fountain at the Dallas County Records Building triggers a projection of digitally-altered newsreel footage of 1960s civil rights protests under the remains of a…
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Two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communities
Read more: Two young Black Chicago women are using art and activism to change narratives about Black communitiesBoth Johnson and Lewis recognize that the personal is political, and vice versa. By making connections between storytelling and activism, the two young women are using creative approaches to achieving justice and equity. Illuminating Another Part of the Story There…