Projects tagged
Print & Design
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Maleteros
Read more: MaleterosMalteros are the porters who transport luggage and goods between the border of the US and Mexico. Working with a group of maleteros in 2005, artist Mark Bradford collaborated on a system of maps and signs that placed the marginalized…
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Ticketing Jessica Lappin
Read more: Ticketing Jessica LappinThe initiators collaborated with the Street Vendor Project (SVP) of the Urban Justice Center to campaign against New York City Council Member Jessica Lappin’s 2010 law project. The bill, intended to revoke permits issued to street vendor trucks if they…
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Tequiografías
Read more: TequiografíasThe artist in close collaboration with AMI (Assembly of Indigenous Migrants of Mexico City) has created a series of monographs made by students, through ‘tequio’: a communal system of organisation expressed in collaborative practices, mandatory and unpaid work. The goal…
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The Peoples Bank of Govanhill
Read more: The Peoples Bank of GovanhillThe People’s Bank of Govanhill uses social and activist art practices to involve people in re-imagining the local economy, looking at how we can put feminist economics into practice in the local community. The project was intiated by artist Ailie…
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Guide for Youth Protestors
Read more: Guide for Youth ProtestorsThe project consists of a double-sided, hand-drawn 8.5″ x 11″ quarter-fold sheet available to print and distribute freely. It features such topics as basic information on police tactics (kettling, LRADS, tear gas or pepper spray), ways cops might try to…
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No Humans Involved: After Sylvia Wynter
Read more: No Humans Involved: After Sylvia WynterIn this series featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial, artist Alexandra Bell edited headline pages from the New York Daily News in 1989 concerning the case of the Central Park 5. Through redaction, highlighting, and censoring, Bell shows how the…
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Abortion rights and Body Vulnerability
Read more: Abortion rights and Body VulnerabilityThe rise in feminism and feminist advocacy has changed history forever in terms of how women are viewed and treated in society. Though great progress has been made, women are still fighting for their rights even today. Abortion and body…
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Art, Activism and the Age of AIDS
Read more: Art, Activism and the Age of AIDSDavid Wojnarowicz as a Catalyst for Collective Action Not all art is political and by no means are politics art. However, through Wojnarowicz’s works criticizing and critiquing the US government, he was able to successfully blend art and politics to…
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Embarassing Plastic Bags
Read more: Embarassing Plastic BagsEast West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia have made it clear that they are very concerned about the effect that single use plastic items have on the environment. In order to address this concern, they now charge their customers for…
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“Paid Protesters” Send Invoice to Politician
Read more: “Paid Protesters” Send Invoice to PoliticianAfter accusing protesters of being ‘paid,’ Utah rep is getting invoices from protesters The other day Utah Republican, misogynist, and yellow-bellied deadbeat official Jason Chaffetz held a town hall meeting where thousands of people showed up to protest his inability…