Projects tagged
Mixed Media
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The Atone Project: Remembering the Ahmadis
Read more: The Atone Project: Remembering the AhmadisThe Atone Project: Remembering the Ahmadis https://atoneproject.tumblr.com/ An artistic act of critical remembrance at the 9/11 Memorial Plaza, NYC. On the 29th of August, 2021, a drone strike killed ten members of the Ahmadi family as they sat in their…
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Kinshasa Costumes
Read more: Kinshasa CostumesThe collective Ndaku Ya La Vie Est Belle, a group of Kinshasa street performers turn their bodies into living sculptures, and use them to political ends. Among the artists is Jared, who regularly takes to the streets dressed as Robot…
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Carry the against sexual harassment billboard everyday
Read more: Carry the against sexual harassment billboard everydayIn March 2016, Chinese feminist activists had planned to launch a crowdfunding campaign against sexual harassment advertisements, and they worked hard to raise 40,000 yuan in a month and a half. However, after perfunctory, evasive, and rejection by the relevant…
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Female Voice Head’s funeral party
Read more: Female Voice Head’s funeral partyOn March 9, 2018, China’s largest feminist platform “Voice of Women’s Rights”‘s Weibo account and WeChat official account were permanently suspended. Before being blocked, its Weibo account had 180,000 fans and the Wechat account had 70,000 fans. In order to…
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APEX: Ed Bereal
Read more: APEX: Ed BerealLegendary activist and artist Ed Bereal will be able to have his work displayed again in the newly reopened Portland Art Museum. He is a complex figure, gaining fame in LA in the 1960s for his abstract works and radical…
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art in odd places festival NORMAL
Read more: art in odd places festival NORMALImmersing in the art is what they are known for. As they slowly reopen, so is their annual public art and performance festival. Their mission statement says:“AiOP reminds us that public spaces function as the epicenter for diverse social interactions…
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Global Jars of Joy
Read more: Global Jars of JoyOur project aims to show people that joy can be an act of resistance and resilience in the face of global justice issues when harnessed in the right way. The sharing of joy can also act as a connector in…
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AnAbhainnÁlainn
Read more: AnAbhainnÁlainnWe designed a WaterWaysWalk with interactive activity suggestions linked to both a Website and a hardcopy Zine, either of which could be utilised on the walk to raise awareness about Water Sustainability. Below is an extract from the website explaining…
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Now What?
Read more: Now What?Now What? project has just finished a series of interactive workshops, where global citizens came together to reflect on the global sustainability issues, got inspired and empowered to imagine the world anew through poetry and imagery. With the focus on…
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Turkey Erdogan: Women rise up over withdrawal from Istanbul Convention
Read more: Turkey Erdogan: Women rise up over withdrawal from Istanbul ConventionIt has been a tumultuous and anxious week for women in Turkey. When President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a decree at midnight last Friday, annulling Turkey’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention on violence against women, women poured onto the streets…