Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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“WE STAND AS ONE”
Read more: “WE STAND AS ONE”The New York-based artist has created a free-to-download poster in support of the ESEA community. Produced in response to the Covid-related surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, it can be used in a variety of ways to raise awareness and support…
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Ella Daish’s Giant Tampon
Read more: Ella Daish’s Giant TamponEnvironmental activist Ella Daish has created a giant tampon applicator as part of a protest against single-use plastic. The piece is made out of period plastic found polluting beaches, waterways, and local ecosystems in the UK. Daish sourced 1,200 applicators…
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Women Series: IUD 2014
Read more: Women Series: IUD 2014According to the World Health Organization, China is home to two-thirds of the world’s women who wear IUD devices. This is a form of contraception that was developed after World War II, and in essence, comes from discrimination against women.…
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Calling Big Brands of Soda
Read more: Calling Big Brands of Soda“This is the video that Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Nestlé don’t want you to see. The big brands want you to believe they are taking steps to reduce single-use plastic BUT they are actually working hand in hand with the fossil…
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The Mirror Casket Project
Read more: The Mirror Casket ProjectThe Mirror Casket project is a sculpture, performance, and visual call to action designed and orchestrated by a collaborative of St. Louis community artists in response to the shooting death of Michael Brown on August 9, 2014 in Ferguson, MO.…
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The Courtroom Sketch
Read more: The Courtroom SketchCourtoom sketches were, for many cases, the only glimpses into high profile trails that captivated the nation. Now, over 200 of these sketches by artists will be in the Library of Congress, ranging from cases such as The Rodney King…
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“Cops and Robbers” on Netflix
Read more: “Cops and Robbers” on NetflixFollowing the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, corporations jumped on the opportunity to commodify the Black Lives Matter movement. In June of 2020, Netflix launched a Black Lives Matter collection, and by December, they had released Cops and…
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Watch This $1.4 Million Banksy Painting Shred Itself As Soon As It’s Sold
Read more: Watch This $1.4 Million Banksy Painting Shred Itself As Soon As It’s SoldOn Friday night, a painting by the anonymous street artist known as Banksy sold at Sotheby’s auction house in London for $1.4 million. But as soon as the auctioneer dropped the gavel, something unexpected happened: a beeping alarm went off…
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Iva Hladis: Origins Extinct
Read more: Iva Hladis: Origins ExtinctIva Hladis was born in Czechoslovakia in 1965. In 2005 her attention turned to the issue of global warming and world destruction with a new series of artworks titled “Origins Extinct”; assemblages of used computer chipboards, real botanicals, bugs, Czech…
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The Root-Systemic Racism
Read more: The Root-Systemic Racism“When it comes to the effects of the virus on black lives, the roots run deep. ⠀⠀ This is one of the hardest illustrations I’ve ever done. Not because of the tree – but because of the overwhelming nature of…