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“Las sinsombrero”: Bare heads against the tyranny of being respectable.

Date:
Jan 1 1925

“Las sinsombrero” (“without hat”) were a group of spanish women formed by the artists Maruja Mallo, Margarita Manso, Concha Méndez and the socialist activist Margarita Nelken. During the 20s they were part of Madrid’s artistic and intellectual scene, and they…

Carry that Weight

Practitioner:
Emma Sulkowicz

Date:
Jan 1 1925

In a Mattress, A Lever for Art and Political Protest by Roberta Smith You can, for the moment, call Emma Sulkowicz a typically messianic artist, and she won’t object. I used the phrase, sitting in her tiny studio at Columbia…

Acting Lessons

Practitioner:
New LIfe Foundation

Date:
Jan 1 1925

The New Life Foundation is a Colombian organization located in Bogota, whose aim consists of offering vulnerable women alternatives to quit prostitution and rehabilitate from its surrounding dangers (crime, drug addiction, AIDS, etc.) One of its remarkable projects was based…

Suffragettes Dress as Famous Women in History

Practitioner:
suffragettes, The Women’s Social and Political Union

Date:
Jan 1 1925

On June 17, 1911, a week before the coronation of King George V, women from diverse backgrounds united in costume and with installations over a shared political view – that of rallying the right for women to vote. Known as…

Nihilist subway performances

Practitioner:
Kalan Sherrard

Date:
Jan 1 1925

The latest episode in Nicolas Heller’s documentary web series “No Your City,” as published by Gothamist, features the arguably pretentious, inarguably earnest street performer Kalan Sherrard, who was recently arrested during his peaceful anarchist puppet show. Functioning as a video…

Tunisian Human Rights Activists Take to the Streets with Art

Practitioner:
Fanni Raghman Anni

Date:
Jan 1 1925

Post revolution Tunisia is all too familiar with protest – usually through demonstrations – but one group of activists are using the power of street art to get their message across. Calling themselves “Fanni Raghman Anni” (Arabic for “My Art…

Toy Soldiers

Practitioner:
Caracas Art Students

Date:
Jan 1 1925

Students of the Experimental Art University dress as plastic soldiers in a protest at a metro station in Caracas, Venezuela External sources: http://guff.com/some-of-the-most-clever-approaches-to-protesting/protest-until-y… http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/americas/article4061384.ece

People as Meat

Practitioner:
PETA

Date:
Jan 1 1925

Naked members of the animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) impersonated cellophane-wrapped meat packages in a pro-vegan demonstration demonizing the way the meat industry treats animals in front of a Vancouver slaughterhouse. Protesters, covered in…

Santa Claus Army

Practitioner:
Solvognen

Date:
Jan 1 1925

In the early 1970s, Denmark was hit by the energy crisis sweeping the globe. A rise in the price of oil led by the nations of OPEC (Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries) led to a global economic slow-down, especially in…

How Nina Simone turned the movement into music

Practitioner:
Nina Simone

Date:
Jan 1 1925

My skin is black,” the first woman’s story begins, “my arms are long.” And, to a slow and steady beat, “my hair is woolly, my back is strong.” Singing in a club in Holland, in 1965, Nina Simone introduced a…