Projects tagged
Print & Design
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Speculative Fiction: Global Warming to the Extreme
Read more: Speculative Fiction: Global Warming to the ExtremeJosh Keyes is a contemporary artist who takes a “satirical look at the impact urban sprawl has on the environment and surmises, with the aid of scientific slices and core samples, what could happen if we continue to infiltrate and…
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Protest Posters for Fees Must Fall
Read more: Protest Posters for Fees Must FallDaniel Hewson describes the use of protest posters and the work of collective, Burning Museum, and artist, Faith47, in the Fees Must Fall movement taking place in South Africa: “The protest poster movement is still alive and vibrant in South…
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Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New York
Read more: Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New YorkIt may have been a while since you’ve set foot in an internet cafe, but a pop-up one on the Lower East Side offering free tea on top of free wifi is well worth a visit for a lesson in…
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Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in Jail
Read more: Taking Feminist Battle to China’s Streets, and Landing in JailThe young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and…
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Of Death and Disco Balls: Nightlife Art
Read more: Of Death and Disco Balls: Nightlife ArtAn oversized facsimile of Rush poppers, tipped over, pouring out its viscous contents: this example of underground gay iconography blown up to almost belligerent proportions perfectly represents the aims of Party Out of Bounds: Nightlife as Activism Since 1980, a…
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Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird Species
Read more: Street Art Project Uses Building Facades to Spread the Word About 314 Endangered Bird SpeciesIn a visually captivating public art venture, the Audonon Mural Project seeks to raise awareness for species of birds threatened by climate change in a rather unconventional way—street art. A collaboration between the National Audubon Society and Gitler &_____ Gallery,…
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Activism by Duplication: “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (1990)
Read more: Activism by Duplication: “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (1990)Activism through print media is often done through duplication: posters, flyers, magazines, manifestos. But with these media, each individual duplicate holds the same, political message. In Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s “Untitled” (Death by Gun) (1990), a stack of posters are placed in…
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Brandalism: Street Artists’ 600 Ad Takeovers in Paris Protest the COP21 Climate Conference
Read more: Brandalism: Street Artists’ 600 Ad Takeovers in Paris Protest the COP21 Climate ConferenceIn a massive act of ‘brand vandalism’ just two days before the launch of the UN COP21 Climate Conference, 600 anti-advertisement posters have been installed in outdoor media spaces throughout the streets of Paris. The posters display artwork from over…
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Wearable Shelter for Syrian Refugees
Read more: Wearable Shelter for Syrian RefugeesUK design students focusing on the use of design that moves beyond exclusivity, wealth, entitlement, and privilege, have created a coat that is also a shelter. The functional pocketed coat that converts into a tent and a sleeping bag, is…
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What Kind of Man are You?
Read more: What Kind of Man are You?The series “No Violence Against Women” depicts famous cartoon couples transformed into victims of abuse. The women are left bloodied and with black eyes with the slogan “What Kind of Man are You?” above. The images are a commentary on…