Projects tagged
Organization
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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio
Read more: Ricardo Levins Morales Art StudioRicardo Levins Morales is an artist and organizer based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was born into the anti-colonial movement in Puerto Rico, and when his family moved to Chicago in 1967, he became interested in activism. After leaving high school…
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For the People Artists Collective: Virtual Quilt Project
Read more: For the People Artists Collective: Virtual Quilt ProjectDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, two Chicago-based organizations, For the People Artists Collective and Chicago Community Bond Fund, worked together to create Decarcerate Now, a virtual quilt honoring individuals who died of COVID-19 while in the custody of the Cook County…
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MeToo movement takes hold in South Korea
Read more: MeToo movement takes hold in South KoreaYoung women in South Korea are fighting for a new future. The #MeToo movement which has highlighted sexual harassment and abuse around the world has taken a surprising hold in this socially conservative country. In fact, barely a month before…
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Bishan Project: Utopia in a Chinese Village
Read more: Bishan Project: Utopia in a Chinese Village“There are many problems in rural areas. For example, agriculture is declining, no one is farming, traditional things are falling apart, farmers are brainwashed by the idea of urbanization, and they don’t like their hometown. They all want to move…
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Red Envelope Movement in London
Read more: Red Envelope Movement in LondonWorld Microphone (世界麦克风) is an organization created by students (most of them are Chinese) located in London. The organization has an account in RED, which is a popular social media in China. It often holds interviews and movements on the…
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The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of China
Read more: The masked artist protesters in a polluted city of ChinaIn the south-western city of Chengdu, by all accounts a city on the edge coping with heavy pollution but also with authorities scrambling to put a lid on simmering discontent. That night police detained a number of artists who managed…
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No Poisonous Pigs
Read more: No Poisonous PigsPresident of Taiwan, leader of the Democratic Progressive Party（DDP）, Tsai Ing-wen, at a press conference with no early forecast on August 28, 2020, announcing that from January 1, 2021, American pigs containing ractopamine (Ractopamine) will be opened for those over…
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How Snowden Canceled the 4th of July Diplomatic Reception in Bolivia
Read more: How Snowden Canceled the 4th of July Diplomatic Reception in BoliviaOn July 2nd, 2013, after attending the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) conference, Bolivian President Evo Morales departed Russia from Vnukovo Airport in Moscow aboard his presidential plane. However, a “leak” suggested that Edward Snowden was aboard, which led Spain,…
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#Protect Girls Project — Anti-surrogacy Stickers
Read more: #Protect Girls Project — Anti-surrogacy StickersMany girls in China may have seen the advertisements of egg donation as a surrogate, in hospitals, schools, public toilets, shared bikes, ATMs…… They are everywhere and the number of this kind of advertisements is large. Though there are lots…
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The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace
Read more: The Utopia of 20 Minutes EmbraceOn the afternoon of September 11th, nearly a hundred people hugged each other to feel the beauty of the hug on the Paris Square in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the leadership of the Chinese artist Gao…