Projects tagged
Installation
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Art Not Oil: Ending Oil Industry Sponsorship of the Arts
Read more: Art Not Oil: Ending Oil Industry Sponsorship of the ArtsOn Sunday April 3rd, Art Not Oil coalition member group BP or not BP? occupied the Great Court of the BP-sponsored British Museum with a ‘disobedient exhibition’. Called ‘A History of BP in 10 Objects’, the exhibition featured artifacts submitted…
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Reflections from Inside
Read more: Reflections from InsideWe Save Lives, a non-profit created by MADD founder Candace Lightner, has launched “Reflections from Inside,” an online film against drunk driving. The title refers to the live footage of Kris Caudilla, a convicted drunk driver currently serving 15 years…
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Street Artist Plants Secret Rooms in Milan’s Abandoned Manholes
Read more: Street Artist Plants Secret Rooms in Milan’s Abandoned ManholesThroughout the Lodi district of Milan, Italy, artist Biancoshock has transformed abandoned manholes into miniature subterranean rooms. Beneath the pavement, in vacant maintenance vaults, a cupid painting in a gaudy frame hangs in a tiny pink living room; a boxy…
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A Maze in Philadelphia Focuses Attention on the Hidden Cruelty of US Prisons
Read more: A Maze in Philadelphia Focuses Attention on the Hidden Cruelty of US PrisonsThe US prison system is one of the world’s great shames. A quarter of the world’s prisoners are being detained in a country that represents only 5% of the world’s population. It is a system that has been compared to…
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Leftover Women
Read more: Leftover WomenThey are disparaged as “free-willed” women, “stubborn,” “picky,” “incomplete.” But a video by an East Asian beauty brand that went viral over the past week has upended the conversation on China’s sheng nu, which translates literally into “leftover women” —…
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Injustice
Read more: InjusticeInjustice is an interactive VR experience themed around racially motivated police brutality. Guests witness an act of racial discrimination in front of them, forcing them to make moral and ethical decisions on the spot. Injustice is an experience aimed at…
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Endangered Species Take Over Empire State Building
Read more: Endangered Species Take Over Empire State BuildingIn July 2015, the Empire State Building’s famous light displays were used to draw attention endangered wildlife. Along with Cecil, whose death has sparked international outrage, a snow leopard, tigers, lemurs, and various snakes, birds and sea creatures were projected…
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Life Pods
Read more: Life PodsIn Jan. 2016 Karl Mattson from Rolla, BC displayed some of his unique sculptures for exhibition at Lantern Gallery in Winnipeg, Manitoba. His ‘Life Pods’ are sculptures constructed using only found objects.Tools, metal fragments, debris, and fuel tanks are some…
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Soviet Army Monument – REDUX
Read more: Soviet Army Monument – REDUXSince the beginning of Bulgaria’s transition to democracy, the monument’s meaning and future has been the subject of heated debates. Opponents to the monument aren’t happy about the presence of such a dominating foreign army monument in the country that…
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Ask a Muslim
Read more: Ask a MuslimMona Haydar knows the way some people feel about Muslims in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Just weeks after the horrific San Bernardino, Calif., shooting in December, where Islamic extremists killed 14 people and wounded 22 others, Haydar was…