Projects tagged
Installation
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Commemorating the Marikana Massacre
Read more: Commemorating the Marikana MassacreOn August 14th 2014 several prominent statues within the city centre and the southern suburbs of Cape Town got redressed in green blankets, equipped with miner gear or carrying grocery bags. The statues – mainly of which represent colonial figures…
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No Home Gallery
Read more: No Home GalleryNo Home Gallery is a traveling gallery that curates exhibitions and happenings in various living and studio spaces in New York City. In an attempt to make contemporary art accessible and inviting, No Home offers emerging artists and art enthusiasts…
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In China, Myths of Social Cohesion
Read more: In China, Myths of Social CohesionKASHGAR, China — They come for the camel rides, the chance to dress up like a conquering Qing dynasty soldier or to take selfies in front of one of the most historic Islamic shrines in Xinjiang, the sprawling region in…
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The Monument Quilt
Read more: The Monument QuiltThe Monument Quilt is an on-going collection of stories of survivors of rape and abuse. By stitching our stories together, we are creating and demanding public space to heal. We are building a new culture where survivors are publicly supported…
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Mapping skin deep
Read more: Mapping skin deep“Mapping skin deep” is an audiovisual public installation consisting of portraits with testimonies from refugee/undocumented immigrants currently residing in Montreal and elsewhere. Their bodies have been scarred in post-production tracing the route they took from their homeland to Montreal, hence…
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Pro-Choice Trolling
Read more: Pro-Choice TrollingFun Craft Idea: Pro-Choice Trolling in Hobby Lobby Aisles Jezebel By Callie Beusman Hobby Lobby is a large corporation-person whose interests include crafting, God and denying women affordable contraception access. If you’re miffed that this chain retailer is a more…
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3,000 Candles at the Lincoln Memorial #SoAllCanVote
Read more: 3,000 Candles at the Lincoln Memorial #SoAllCanVoteAt the same site where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, we lit thousands of candles – one for each signature on our petition – to commemorate the legacy of brave freedom fighters Andrew…
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ACTIVISTS POUR CONCRETE OVER ‘ANTI-HOMELESS’ SPIKES
Read more: ACTIVISTS POUR CONCRETE OVER ‘ANTI-HOMELESS’ SPIKESThe war against London’s “anti-homeless” spikes escalated today from sign-waving to radical criminal action In the small hours of the morning, some activists dressed as builders poured concrete over the metal spikes outside a Tesco Metro on Regent Street, before…
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The Sugar Sphinx
Read more: The Sugar SphinxOver the past twenty-five years or so, ever since her spectacular New York début at the Drawing Center, in 1994, the now forty-four-year-old artist Kara Walker’s visual production—sculptures, cutouts, drawings, films—has been diaristic in tone. But the diary Walker keeps…
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Pandas on Tour
Read more: Pandas on TourGrangeon’s long-running traveling exhibit, Pandas on Tour, features 1600 papier-mâché pandas. That’s approximately one for as many as there are left in the world (recent estimates actually place the number slightly below that, at 1596). Each papier-mâché sculpture represents a…