Projects tagged
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The Crossroads Project
Read more: The Crossroads ProjectThis month’s blast of arctic air may have roused climate-change skeptics. But the composer Laura Kaminsky and the painter Rebecca Allan were unfazed. Holed up in their apartment in Riverdale in the Bronx on one of the coldest days in…
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Time/Bank
Read more: Time/BankTime as currency is an interesting economic model related to artistic practice. According to the creators of Time/Bank, Julieta Aranda and Anton Vidokle, the project “is a tool by which people or a group of people can create an alternative…
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#IHaveADream
Read more: #IHaveADreamI really enjoy the events that we host at The Sanctuaries. They’re well planned but not over-planned, so there’s space to just be yourself. On Monday, January 19th, we held a wonderful event that celebrated the teachings and life of…
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Liberation Caravan
Read more: Liberation CaravanMukti Caravan, the Campaign on Wheels, is a mobile cultural group of former child bonded labourers. Started by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (Save Childhood Movement), a movement started by now Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi, it involves activists visiting villages to…
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Orquesta Solfónica de Madrid
Read more: Orquesta Solfónica de MadridOrquesta Solfónica de Madrid The Orquesta Solfónica de Madrid (Solphonic Orchestra of Madrid) is a self-organized orchestra that was formed in the context of the social movement 15M and that has gained popularity for playing classical music in demonstrations and…
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fake tax case
Read more: fake tax caseIn June 2011, the Beijing Local Taxation Bureau demanded a total of over 12 million yuan (US$1.85 million) from Beijing Fake Cultural Development Ltd in unpaid taxes and fines, and accorded three days to appeal the demand in writing. According…
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Nana Van
Read more: Nana VanThe Nanny Van is a public art initiative run by REV- and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. This project aims at shorting distances, gaps and obstacles between domestic workers and the proper information of their rights. Therefore, Nanny Van is…
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Women Circles for Development in Uganda
Read more: Women Circles for Development in UgandaWACENA, was established in the year 2008 by a number of concerned mothers together with women students from Makerere University Kampala with a purpose of addressing and alleviating the acute and long-term consequences of violence against the women and children…
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A Picture is Worth
Read more: A Picture is Wortha picture is worth… provides youth with the opportunity to find their voice, surface their values and connect with others in creative and affirming ways. The project integrates academic skills such as literacy, the development of critical thinking, communications, community…
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Blind Ones
Read more: Blind OnesStudents from the School of Communication and Art of the University of Sao Paulo perform a skit titled ‘Blind Ones’ as a protest against consumerism inside a shopping mall of Natal, capital of Rio Grande do Norte state, December 9,…