Projects tagged
Installation
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White Bikes
Read more: White BikesThe White Bikes are the best known acts of creative activism by the Dutch group Provo. The political wing of the Provos won a seat on the city council of Amsterdam, and developed the “White Plans”. The most famous of those is…
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Inside the house that Theaster built
Read more: Inside the house that Theaster builtInside the house that Theaster built Rising art star and activist Theaster Gates is transforming his neighbourhood, one building at a time By Helen Stoilas. Features, Issue 238, September 2012Published online: 06 September 2012 When I arrive at 6901 Dorchester…
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A Feminist Tea Party
Read more: A Feminist Tea PartyA Feminist Tea Party is an ongoing collaborative project by Caitlin Rueter and Suzanne Stroebe. Our project has evolved from its first incarnation as part of#class organized by Jen Dalton and William Powhida at Winkleman Galleryin New York, NY, where it lasted only an afternoon. Since then, we have…
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The Condom on Jesse Helms’ House
Read more: The Condom on Jesse Helms’ HouseOn September 5th, 1991, I put a giant condom over Jesse Helms’ house. Why? Because, as the condom said, “Helms is deadlier than a virus.” Senator Jesse Helms was one of the chief architects of AIDS-related stigma in the U.S.…
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Big Bang Big Boom
Read more: Big Bang Big Boom“For those who haven’t seen it, Big Bang Big Boom (2010) is yet another fabulous animated graffiti parable from the Blu art collective. Their work is endlessly fascinating — animated creatures sliding seamlessly from walls, through sand, along pipes and…
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The Uni Project
Read more: The Uni Project“The Uni Project aims to do one thing and do it well: temporarily transform almost any available urban space into a public reading room and venue for learning. We start with the conviction that books and learning should be prominent,…
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Eclipse
Read more: Eclipse“Nearly 2 million decaying Goodyear tires lie submerged off the coast of South Florida, decrepit hunks of rubber that have gradually succumbed to the pressures of tides and tropical storms. The steel cables that once strung them along the ocean…
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Viande de Brousse: a Bushmeat Food-Cart Project
Read more: Viande de Brousse: a Bushmeat Food-Cart ProjectThis is a project about bushmeat: the hunting of wild meat in the forests of sub-Saharan Africa, for our purposes specifically the Democratic Republic of Congo. This bushmeat food-cart serves up information and interpretations of the history and present of…
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Miss Rockaway Armada
Read more: Miss Rockaway ArmadaThe Miss Rockaway Armada is both a collection of individuals and an idea. At its most basic, the idea is this: we’re going to float down the Mississippi River from Minneapolis to New Orleans on rafts that we built ourselves.…
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Spectres of Liberty
Read more: Spectres of LibertySpectres of Liberty is an on-going public, hybrid media project about the history of the movement to abolish slavery in the United States. Through this project we explore the following questions: How do we make visible histories of people and…