Projects tagged
Performance
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[Human Compliance Experiment] ‘The Push’: Netflix Special That Tests Human Compliance Is a Life-or-Death ‘Nathan for You’
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Read more: [Human Compliance Experiment] ‘The Push’: Netflix Special That Tests Human Compliance Is a Life-or-Death ‘Nathan for You’https://www.netflix.com/title/80220000 https://www.indiewire.com/2018/02/the-push-netflix-review-ending-derren-b… Article from IndieWire by Steve Greene The hour-long experiment from magician and UK TV mainstay Derren Brown asks a dangerous question with an unexpected twist. [Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for the Netflix special “Derren Brown: The…
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De-Cruit
Read more: De-CruitThe failure of the United States to adequately meet the mental health needs of its military veterans has been identified as a national crisis. When men and women enlist in the military they have a Recruiter. The Recruiter helps with…
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A Piece of Red Cloth – Rock n’ Roll Performed in 1989
Read more: A Piece of Red Cloth – Rock n’ Roll Performed in 1989“I performed at Tiananmen Square in 1989, 15 days before the crackdown. I sang A Piece of Red Cloth (一块红布), a tune about alienation. I covered my eyes with a red cloth to symbolize my feelings. The students were heroes.…
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Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage market
Read more: Artist’s self record of a Chinese marriage marketA photography project on China’s marriage market has recently reignited the debate about marriage in China, and the phenomenon of women deemed too old to marry, or “leftover women” in the country. In a series of photographs called “The Happiness…
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Sister Activism: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
Read more: Sister Activism: The Sisters of Perpetual IndulgenceIf you’ve been to a Bay Area protest or community event, you’ve probably seen — or even met those nuns in whiteface — The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Devoted to human rights globally and locally, AIDS education, and respect for…
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Fed-Up Chef Breaks Down Deer Leg in Front of Vegan Protesters
Read more: Fed-Up Chef Breaks Down Deer Leg in Front of Vegan ProtestersAfter weeks of vegan activists protesting in front of his nose-to-tail bistro, chef Michael Hunter decided to make a statement by butchering a freshly-killed deer’s leg in the window of his Toronto restaurant, Antler Kitchen & Bar, right in front…
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ASCO Collective
Read more: ASCO CollectiveBeginning in the early 1970s, the Los Angeles-based multi-media arts collective Asco (from the Spanish word for nausea) created performances, street theater and conceptual art that satirized the emerging styles of Chicano art and pushed the boundaries of what it…
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Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTI
Read more: Queer vernaculars and visual narratives IRANTIONGOING ORGANIZATION: CALLED: Iranti [pronounced írantì] is the Yoruba word for ‘memory’. Largely found in South West Nigeria and parts of Benin Republic, the Yoruba people consider memory a prized form of intelligence which determines how often one remembers what…
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The Sacred Art of Ori
Read more: The Sacred Art of OriThe story of an artist. Laolu Senbanjo grew up surrounded by the culture and mythology of the Yoruba, an ethnic group from the southwest of Nigeria, but he never imagined how it would influence the artist he is today. After…
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A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender
Read more: A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender“I was the mystery of an anatomy, a question asked but not answered,” says poet Lee Mokobe, a TED Fellow, in this gripping and poetic exploration of identity and transition. It’s a thoughtful reflection on bodies, and the meanings poured…