Projects tagged
Performance
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This ‘Plastic Man’ Has a Cape and a Superhero’s Mission: Cleaning Up Senegal
Read more: This ‘Plastic Man’ Has a Cape and a Superhero’s Mission: Cleaning Up SenegalDressed head to toe in plastic, Modou Fall is a familiar sight in Dakar. But however playful his costume, his goal couldn’t be more serious: ridding the capital of the scourge of plastic bags. DAKAR, Senegal — As the marathon…
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Birds Aren’t Real
Read more: Birds Aren’t RealIn Pittsburgh, Memphis and Los Angeles, massive billboards recently popped up declaring, “Birds Aren’t Real.” On Instagram and TikTok, Birds Aren’t Real accounts have racked up hundreds of thousands of followers, and YouTube videos about it have gone viral. Last…
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San Fermin and the Fight for Bulls
Read more: San Fermin and the Fight for BullsIn 2019 before the annual San Fermin festival 54 protesters from around the world representing AnimaNaturalis and PETA held a demonstration against the cruel sport of bullfighting. The celebration of culture and religion subsequent to the murder and torture of…
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FEMEN’s Fight for Feminism in Spain
Read more: FEMEN’s Fight for Feminism in SpainFEMEN is an organization that is revolutionizing the feminist movement. Founded in Ukraine in 2008 and adopted in Spain in 2013, FEMEN protests gender-based issues such as inequalities, violence, patriarchy, etc. Since its creation, it has spread to several other…
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Border Crossings
Read more: Border Crossingsorder Crossers comprise a series of lightweight robotic sculptures that poetically explore the notion of borders and boundary conditions. The inflatable sculptures rise up to several stories high and extend across a given threshold. Their choreographed performance, originating on both…
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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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Seniors Don Johnnies to Expose Medicare Coverage Issue
Read more: Seniors Don Johnnies to Expose Medicare Coverage IssueSenior activists clad in hospital gowns crowded the State House steps Monday and parted their johnnies to expose false rubber buttocks — in the hopes of drawing attention to a “gap” in health care assistance for low-income seniors. The Massachusetts…
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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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Joseph Beuys, Coyote: I like America and America Likes Me, May 1974
Read more: Joseph Beuys, Coyote: I like America and America Likes Me, May 1974It was 1974 when Beuys arrived in New York City, ready to tackle a whole new challenge and create what was to become one of the most famous works of art of the time. Upon arrival, his assistants wrapped him…