Projects tagged
Performance
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“Gold Rice” Thrown into the Huangpu River
Read more: “Gold Rice” Thrown into the Huangpu RiverBy throwing away 1,000 pure gold rice grains into a river, a Chinese artist, who wanted to raise public awareness about food waste, found his behavior was not well received by the general public who called the performance “fake art…
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#DontMuteDC and Moechella Protest
Read more: #DontMuteDC and Moechella ProtestIn response to white gentrifiers trying to silence go-go music on the corners of Florida Avenue and 7th Avenue, activists and D.C. residents poured into the streets by blasting go-go music and celebrating its rich history within the city. For…
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Zou Yaqi, a Chinese woman who spent 21 days living in Beijing for free by taking advantage of inherent classism issues in China
Read more: Zou Yaqi, a Chinese woman who spent 21 days living in Beijing for free by taking advantage of inherent classism issues in ChinaBEIJING — Like many art students, Zou Yaqi often worried she’d be unable to afford to live in Beijing after graduation. So, earlier this year, she decided to set herself a daunting challenge: Survive in the city for three weeks…
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Activists Take to Guggenheim Museum to Denounce Israeli Airstrikes
Read more: Activists Take to Guggenheim Museum to Denounce Israeli AirstrikesThe Guggenheim Museum in New York City temporarily closed off its entrance on Saturday afternoon, November 11, after eight artists and cultural workers took to the institution’s iconic spiral ramp to denounce the Israeli military’s ongoing killing of Palestinian children…
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Chinese artist speaks out against zero-Covid policy by wearing 27 hazmat suits in Times Square
Read more: Chinese artist speaks out against zero-Covid policy by wearing 27 hazmat suits in Times SquareOn Sunday morning, a puffy, Michelin Man-like figure trudged through Times Square in New York, panting from the exertion of trying to move while wearing 27 hazmat suits. Inside the white cocoon was Zhisheng Wu, a Chinese artist who staged…
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A Viral Dance and ‘Happiness Campaign’ Frustrates Iran’s Clerics
Read more: A Viral Dance and ‘Happiness Campaign’ Frustrates Iran’s ClericsIt all started when a 70-year-old fish market stall owner nicknamed “Booghy” was grooving in public, in violation of Iranian law. A new form of protest against the government is rocking Iran: a viral dance craze set to an upbeat…
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Need Therapy? In West Africa, Hairdressers Can Help.
Read more: Need Therapy? In West Africa, Hairdressers Can Help.Joseline de Lima was wandering the dusty alleys of her working-class neighborhood in the capital of Togo one day last year, when a disturbing thought crossed her mind: Who would take care of her two boys if her depression worsened…
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Rave Against the Right
Read more: Rave Against the RightAt first glance, it seemed like any other Monday evening in Görlitz, the most eastern town in Germany — where Poland sits just across the river. It was July 31, and a couple hundred people had gathered as part of…
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Cultural center on wheels brings the arts closer to working-class Brazilians
Read more: Cultural center on wheels brings the arts closer to working-class BraziliansSAO PAULO, May 16 (Reuters) – At one of Latin America’s largest commuter bus terminals in Brazil’s gritty downtown Sao Paulo, 84-year-old Rerizenil de Paula Santos waits on a bus decorated with neon lights and bright graffiti amid the hustle…
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You don’t like me? I’m gonna throw a party in front of your office window
Read more: You don’t like me? I’m gonna throw a party in front of your office windowOn Monday, May 22nd, trans children and teenagers from across the country threw a prom on the National Mall, a youth-led public celebration of trans joy at a time when more and more states are adopting viciously anti-trans legislation. The…