Projects tagged
Performance
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Gota D’Agua
Read more: Gota D’AguaA site-specific art intervention intended as a call to action in response to Brazil’s water crisis. Strategically planned to coincide with UN World Water Day, Gota D’Agua gathered onlookers around an abandoned Olympic size swimming pool at the foot of…
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Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls
Read more: Willie Mae Rock Camp for GirlsWillie Mae Rock Camp for Girls is a non-profit music and mentoring program that empowers girls and women through music education, volunteerism, and activities that foster self-respect, leadership skills, creativity, critical thinking, and collaboration. The organization brings together girls and…
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As the statue falls, she rises in protest
Read more: As the statue falls, she rises in protestI was born in the 90s, but I’m not a Born Free; it was before South Africa became a democracy. Many believe that my generation doesn’t have anything to protest against. Given that police threw stun grenades at a student…
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Walkthrough
Read more: WalkthroughMoMA presents the first comprehensive American survey of the leading contemporary artist Walid Raad (b. 1967, Lebanon), featuring his work in photography, video, sculpture, and performance from the last 25 years. Dedicated to exploring the veracity of photographic and video…
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Shift Change Dress
Read more: Shift Change DressShift Change Dress is a community fashion & art project that utilizes a shift dress sewing pattern as a medium for communication and action. Participants are encouraged to use the pattern as a blank canvas for their art or message…
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Our City: Designing Your City
Read more: Our City: Designing Your CityOur City is a startup nonprofit based in Oakland and working with cities everywhere. They work with governments, cultural institutions, companies, community organizations, designers, and residents to produce events, installations, and workshops that use public design to improve cities. Our…
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Cheering Girls into STEM
Read more: Cheering Girls into STEMDespite the pushes to motivate more young girls into STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) fields, women are still very underrepresented in almost every scientific field. Part of this motivation is because a lot of young girls would rather do…
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Ai Weiwei poses as drowned Syrian infant refugee in ‘haunting’ photo
Read more: Ai Weiwei poses as drowned Syrian infant refugee in ‘haunting’ photoChinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei has recreated the image of drowned infant Alan Kurdi that in 2015 became the defining symbol of the plight of Syria’s refugees. For the recreation, Ai lay on a pebbled beach on the Greek…
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You’d Better Watch Your Step In Madrid
Read more: You’d Better Watch Your Step In MadridLuzinterruptus turns their art activism towards the overabundance of dog doo littering the city’s streets. The studio inflated 500 poop-scoopin’ plastic bags and placed a lightbulb inside each one. Installation lasted nine hours. External sources: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/madrids-dog-poop-problem-inspires-led-ar…
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Las hijas de Violencia
Read more: Las hijas de ViolenciaBorn as a side project Las hijas de Violencia approaches the subject of street harassment and gender based violence through performance art, punk and video that is addressing socially legitimized male violence. “As actresses and as women we feel directly…