Projects tagged
Performance
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Art as a Mirror: Zhang Huan’s ‘Family Tree’ and Its Reflections on Cultural Identity
Read more: Art as a Mirror: Zhang Huan’s ‘Family Tree’ and Its Reflections on Cultural IdentityOne of the most critical artists on the contemporary art scene is Zhang Huan. His works are of great social insight and unique in how he applies his artistic expression. He thus makes them an almost visual feast with a…
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Subway Therapy
Read more: Subway TherapyMatthew “Levee” Chavez sits at a table in New York City’s Union Square, sporting a thrift store suit and tie, holding a sign that reads “Subway Therapy.” This act of social practice, which started as an invitation for conversation, went…
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Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobs
Read more: Chinese women protest at gynaecology checks for civil service jobsOn November 26, 2012, about ten college students “flash mobbed” the front of the human resources and social welfare department of Hubei Province in central China. “Refuse to take off pants for inspection,” “Ask about menstrual history, what does it…
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Bicycle Advocacy Love Your Lane
Read more: Bicycle Advocacy Love Your LaneOn April 7, 1973, some 400 cyclists chanting “Bikes don’t pollute” rode through midtown Manhattan in a “Bike-In” that called for separate lanes to encourage bicycling and provide safety on city streets. Bicycle advocacy had been building since the 1960s,…
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Pussy Riot Bring Their Music and Activism To Montreal
Read more: Pussy Riot Bring Their Music and Activism To MontrealPussy Riot are spreading their protests and activism beyond Russia. Away from Vladimir Putin’s censorship, they’re bringing their voices to Canada – a place where their message of resistance is resonating. On Nov. 1, as a chilling cold filled the…
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Olivia Rodrigo’s Fund 4 Good
Read more: Olivia Rodrigo’s Fund 4 GoodIn conjunction with the GUTS world tour, Olivia has launched Olivia Rodrido’s Fund 4 Good, a global initiative committed to building an equitable and just future for all women, girls and people seeking reproductive health freedom. A portion of the…
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Breaking the fourth wall: theater as human rights activism
Read more: Breaking the fourth wall: theater as human rights activismHuman rights activism relies on an ability to tell stories to diverse audiences that will inspire action toward justice. Distributing information through journalism, whether it be traditional or new media, is the standard method of raising awareness. Globalization and the…
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NYU Activist Group on the Streets
Read more: NYU Activist Group on the StreetsOn a sidewalk in the Village in downtown Manhattan, an African-American woman leans on her elbows and knees, wearing only black underpants. Scrawled in black marker all over her body are the words “Ain’t I a Woman?” Across the street,…
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Becoming a Statue of Japanese Comfort Woman
Read more: Becoming a Statue of Japanese Comfort Woman‘Since Plotinus’, writes Joseph Tanke (2019, p. 486), ‘Western art has been consecrated to beauty, and beautiful art has been understood as the achievement of good form’. But alongside this interest in beauty and form, art has been committed to…
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Valie Export, TAPP und TASTKINO (TAP and TOUCH CINEMA) 1968/1989
Read more: Valie Export, TAPP und TASTKINO (TAP and TOUCH CINEMA) 1968/1989At age twenty-eight, Waltraud Hollinger changed her name to VALIE EXPORT, in all uppercase letters, to announce her presence in the Viennese art scene. Eager to counter the male–dominated group of artists known as the Vienna Actionists—including Günter Brus, Otto…