Projects tagged
Mixed Media
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Nadya Tolokonnikova – Pussy Riot: Punk’s Not Dead
Read more: Nadya Tolokonnikova – Pussy Riot: Punk’s Not DeadNadya Tolokonnikova is a Siberian artist and a creator of the feminist protest art collective Pussy Riot. Tolokonnikova’s political actions and wide-ranging performance interventions have established her as a leading voice in the fight against authoritarian power. During her residency,…
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Claudio Parentela:Contemporary Art with a Freakish Taste!
Read more: Claudio Parentela:Contemporary Art with a Freakish Taste!Claudio Parentela:Contemporary Art with a Freakish Taste! External sources: https://www.instagram.com/parentelac
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Daughter of a Temple
Read more: Daughter of a Temple“I sing because I genuinely think that if I don’t, I will die…The only thing that gives me relief is this.” – ganavya doraiswamy I’ve been fortunate to witness New York-born, Tamil Nadu-raised, Queer musician ganavya’s work a handful of…
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Lynn Neuman: Showing How Quickly Plastic Amasses
Read more: Lynn Neuman: Showing How Quickly Plastic AmassesLynn Neuman, director of New York City–based Artichoke Dance, became preoccupied with single-use disposability after she started wondering about waste and who was responsible for it. For some of her performances, she has collected massive quantities of discarded plastics, like…
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K-Pop Fans Flood Dallas PD’s App to Help Protect BLM Protesters
Read more: K-Pop Fans Flood Dallas PD’s App to Help Protect BLM ProtestersEarly Sunday morning, the Dallas Police Department’s Twitter account tweeted for followers to download its iWatch Dallas app and share videos “of illegal activity from the protests.” The police are looking to arrest lawbreakers at weekend demonstrations decrying police violence…
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The Dance Union
Read more: The Dance UnionThrough their podcast, The Dance Union, Melanie Greene and J. Bouey have been confronting racism in the dance world, and highlighting the experiences of Black artists, since 2018. Their episodes cover a variety of topics and issues, ranging from mental…
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Hysterical: Radical Creativity
Read more: Hysterical: Radical CreativityFor Women’s History Month 2024, Hysterical Collective presented: Hysterical: Radical Creativity – the third instalment of the annual charity art exhibition and cultural programme taking place in March each year. Co-founded and curated by Eliza Hatch of Cheer Up Luv…
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Raise Your Umbrellas: How Denise Ho went from Cantopop queen to pro-democracy activist
Read more: Raise Your Umbrellas: How Denise Ho went from Cantopop queen to pro-democracy activistIn Hong Kong in 2014 the song Raise Your Umbrella by Denise Ho and Anthong Wong became an anthem for the pro-democracy movement known as the Umbrella Revolution. The song was written after police fired tear gas into the crowds…
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Song Ta Scandal Puts Art World’s Sexism on Full Display
Read more: Song Ta Scandal Puts Art World’s Sexism on Full DisplayAhead of a recent exhibition at the prestigious modern art museum OCAT Shanghai, the artist Song Ta described the process of creating his multimedia piece “Uglier and Uglier.” After secretly filming thousands of unsuspecting female college students, Song and three…
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Afghan Activist Urges Taliban Engagement
Read more: Afghan Activist Urges Taliban EngagementISLAMABAD — A prominent female rights activist in Afghanistan lambasted the global community Saturday for failing to come up with a plan or agreement on how to help her crisis-ridden country since the Taliban took control of it 18 months…