Projects tagged
Performance
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Resistance to the stereotypes of poetry
Read more: Resistance to the stereotypes of poetryThe aim of the action is to create a fractal network of poets, where their poems will be recited, recorded, set to music, will be activistically acted as performance material in order to resist the censorship of art. The field…
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Ice Watch
Read more: Ice WatchDoes it vex you, the environmental impact of Olafur Eliasson’s Ice Watch? Do you hear about the transportation of 30 icebergs from the Nuup Kangerlua fjord in Greenland to be displayed in London as a memento mori for our inhabitable…
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CRIPPING CHOREOGRAPHY
Read more: CRIPPING CHOREOGRAPHY“Rainer’s early choreography celebrated, among other things, ordinary movements: the expressive capacities of kneeling, of shaking your head, of rolling on the floor. And when she went through periods of sickness, those movements became an even more important part of…
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The Artist Is Present
Read more: The Artist Is PresentFrom March 14, 2010 to May 31, 2010, in the Museum of Modern Art, Marina Abramović held an activist art called The Artist Is Present. In the exhibition, there were simply a pair of chairs and a desk. Abramović sat…
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Journey of a Yellow Man
Read more: Journey of a Yellow ManSingaporean artist Lee Wen’s series Journey of a Yellow Man (1992–2012), one of his most famous and long-standing performances, was not simply a personal affront, it was a political affront. At the intersection of Asian art history, critical race theory, and migration…
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Bicycles as a vehicle for protest in Guatemala
Read more: Bicycles as a vehicle for protest in GuatemalaNon-profit organizations and a multitude of Guatemalan girls protested together demanding justice and security from the government. Guatemala’s insecurity and cases of girls’ disappearances have increased over the years. The protest started outside the Government Ministery (Ministerio de Gobernación) early…
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Through Site-Specific Spectacle, Aerial Artist Jo Kreiter Is Exposing the Human Toll of the Prison System
Read more: Through Site-Specific Spectacle, Aerial Artist Jo Kreiter Is Exposing the Human Toll of the Prison System“There is a tragic timeliness to Flyaway Productions’ Meet Us Quickly With Your Mercy. As the nation grapples with systemic racism and police brutality, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic, choreographer Jo Kreiter’s new aerial work seeks to amplify the…
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In Search of Magic – A Proposal for a New Constitution for The Republic of Iceland.
Read more: In Search of Magic – A Proposal for a New Constitution for The Republic of Iceland.The duo Libia Castro (b. 1970) & Ólafur Ólafsson (b. 1973) are the recipients of the Art Prize 2021 for their collective performance with the Magic Team In Search of Magic – A Proposal for a New Constitution for The…
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Kurokawa Cup: prank and protest against immunity of top Japanese prosecutor
Read more: Kurokawa Cup: prank and protest against immunity of top Japanese prosecutorKurokawa Cup is a protest against former head Tokyo prosecutor Hiromu Kurokawa’s de facto immunity after he had played mahjong for money, which is an illegal act in Japan. After a weekly magazine reported that Kurokawa played mahjong for money…
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The Chronicles of Resilience
Read more: The Chronicles of ResilienceFor FX Harsono, art is activism. Over the past four decades, performance, sculpture, and painting have become his means of nonviolent protest against government autocracy and ethnic strife in Indonesia. In his current exhibition The Chronicles of Resilience, curated by…