Projects tagged
Performance
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Hannah Gadsby’s Gender Agenda
Read more: Hannah Gadsby’s Gender AgendaFollowing the backlash of Netflix’s support of Dave Chappelle’s “The Closer” comedy special, which featured racist transphobic “jokes”, Hannah Gadsby took a deal with Netflix to create a comedy special featuring genderqueer comics. The show, titled ‘Gender Agenda’, was tapped…
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Bread and Puppet Theatre: Insurrection Resurrection Service Circus
Read more: Bread and Puppet Theatre: Insurrection Resurrection Service CircusThe Insurrection-Resurrection Service Circus is this summer’s [started in 2020 and is ongoing] contribution to the iconic Bread and Puppet Circus tradition beloved by audiences worldwide for nearly 2 generations — a bright, raucous melee of short acts governed by…
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Ge Yu Lu (road)
Read more: Ge Yu Lu (road)In 2017 Ge Yulu became a national sensation in China. That year, he submitted his final project as a student at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, revealing the unnamed road in Beijing that he had claimed in…
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Break Down
Read more: Break DownMichael Landy made an inventory of every single thing he owned: every item of furniture, every book, every work of art, every article of clothing and one Saab car. Cataloguing all his possessions took a year to complete and the…
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Heritage loss and the Importance of the Past
Read more: Heritage loss and the Importance of the PastDropping a Han Dynasty Urn (1995) by Ai Weiwei is a highly provocative work of art. This series of three black and white photographs portray the artist holding a 2,000-year-old Han dynasty urn that, frame by frame, he drops, it…
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MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?
Read more: MIS(S)PLACED WOMEN?Mis(s)placed Women? (2009-2022), is a collaborative art project, consisting of performances, performance series, performance art workshops and delegated performances, including contributions by over 180 individuals from six continents. Many of them are artists, mainly identifying themselves as women from diverse…
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Interwoven Threads: The Art of Community and Sensory Expansion
Read more: Interwoven Threads: The Art of Community and Sensory ExpansionSebastián Mahaluf stands out as an artist deeply engaged in weaving the complex threads of human connection, community, and the interplay of personal and collective experiences. His notable work, “CONTRADICTION AND TENSION,” showcases his approach to art as a participatory…
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Washing River 洗河
Read more: Washing River 洗河Since the 1980s, revitalizing the economy has always been the country’s development strategy. Although China’s economy has grown rapidly in just twenty years, attracting worldwide attention, environmental destruction has also become a problem. For example, the Fu Nan River in…
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Abortion Access & Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
Read more: Abortion Access & Gender-Based Violence in HaitiHaiti is a conservative society where Roman Catholicism shapes many of its social norms. Patriarchal norms, says Haitian feminist Pascale Solages, co-founder and general coordinator of feminist organization Nègès Mawon, have informed its strict views on abortion. In Haiti, women…
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Instantaneous ownership
Read more: Instantaneous ownership“Why should I play a celebrity and live in Beijing for 21 days without spending money?” From May 1st to May 21st, 2021, I spent 21 days in Beijing without spending money, and I was as elegant as a celebrity.…