Projects tagged
Performance
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Spec Ops: The Line
Read more: Spec Ops: The LineOften in military style video games we kill without much regard for the enemy. They are faceless or stereotypical, the Nazi or evil Cold War–era Russian. They are enemies that were fought on the battlefields of great wars, or they…
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Estados de excepción
Read more: Estados de excepciónEstados de excepción (States of Exception) is series of participatory cultural interventions created for women to freely and joyfully exercise our rights in public and secure environments, currently being produced in Mexico and abroad. Conceived in response to the growing…
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Toyi-Toyi
Read more: Toyi-ToyiToyi-toyi is a Southern African dance originally from Zimbabwe by Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) forces that has long been used in political protests in South Africa. Toyi-toyi could begin as the stomping of feet and spontaneous chanting during protests…
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Fanged Wilds and Women
Read more: Fanged Wilds and WomengrrrRoar! Ecology is sexier when you focus on women and fanged beasts. Fashions in leopard print help us make that connection globally and online. Polluters at least pause at the reminder that nature isn’t dead yet and in fact stirs…
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Cuckooed
Read more: CuckooedTheater as investigative reporting or investigative reporting as theater, however you cut it, Mark Thomas, a British TV actor/comedian and activist has created a fascinating show. It’s by him and about him: how he ran stings that put some illegal…
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Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
Read more: Capitalism Works For Me! True/FalseA 20ft by 9ft scoreboard that reads “Capitalism Works For Me!” and allows visitors to vote on whether Capitalism works in their lives by pressing a button for True or False. “Capitalism is discussed every day using euphemisms like ‘jobs,’…
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Putting a Trans Mark on the City of Berlin
Read more: Putting a Trans Mark on the City of BerlinAs part of an international workshop (10-11 October 2015) with the Center for Artistic Activism, 17 trans activists and artists from 13 European countries developed a creative campaign to mark some of the spaces in Berlin which have symbolic significance…
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You Don’t Need Stuff To Love Yourself!
Read more: You Don’t Need Stuff To Love Yourself!New York performance artist Matthew Silver is at it again. In his most recent stunt he reminded people that self love can’t be achieved through commodities. Chanting “You don’t need stuff to love yourself” in his underwear at Columbus Circle…
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Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the Streets
Read more: Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the StreetsWhat is looping? Somewhere in between art, activism, and wackiness is this liberating experience. Matthew Silver and Fritz Donnelley, two New York City based performance artists got lonely acting silly in their underwear in public. Knowing that there were enough…
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The Democracy Machine
Read more: The Democracy MachineThe Democracy Machine! is a performative sculpture that gives participants the opportunity to experience the thrill of democracy in action, in a competitive game that challenges people to work together toward understanding a better society. Using the spectacle and play…