Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Black Lives Matter meets Animal Crossing: how protesters take their activism into video games
Read more: Black Lives Matter meets Animal Crossing: how protesters take their activism into video gamess street protests against anti-black racism erupted across the globe, Animal Crossing: New Horizons players were taking their own stand. Adelle, a software engineer from New York, decided to create a memorial on her in-game island, decorated with flowers and…
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In Search of Magic – A Proposal for a New Constitution for The Republic of Iceland.
Read more: In Search of Magic – A Proposal for a New Constitution for The Republic of Iceland.The duo Libia Castro (b. 1970) & Ólafur Ólafsson (b. 1973) are the recipients of the Art Prize 2021 for their collective performance with the Magic Team In Search of Magic – A Proposal for a New Constitution for The…
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Remember La Tierra
Read more: Remember La TierraIn a collaboration with fellow artist @vyalone on Instagram, Lucinda Hinojos or La Morena as the artist is known recently completed this mural in Phoenix which showcases the Native American culture of the people indigenous to the area. La Morena…
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Protection of the Ocean
Read more: Protection of the OceanTwo pairs of dusty, pastel-orange roller skates. A ram’s skull. Several meters of tangled, bright red rope. They aren’t the sort of items you’d find in the great fashion houses of Europe or on North American catwalks. But, for unconventional…
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Postcards for Gun Control
Read more: Postcards for Gun ControlThe installation consists on providing postcards to gallery visitors that they can use to mail their Elected Officials to advocate for gun control. The front of the postcard shows the photograph “Mommy, what is this?” (2018), which is the hand…
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“What were you wearing?” Survivor Art Installation
Read more: “What were you wearing?” Survivor Art InstallationIt is an art installation that tells the story of 18 victims of sexual assault and what were they wearing at that time. “What were you wearing?” It’s an accusatory and suggestive question that people often ask victims of sexual…
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Ghost Forrest Installation
Read more: Ghost Forrest InstallationFrom an Art Net News Article: “”The installation is called Ghost Forest, a term used to describe vast acreages of woodland that have died out–often due to rising sea tides, which overwhelm forests near estuaries with saltwater, choking out their…
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Stop Telling Women to Smile
Read more: Stop Telling Women to Smilepublicly displayed posters feature the portraits of women, along with a quote relaying their experiences with street harassment. Fazlalizadeh hopes the captions speak directly to offenders by placing the posters outside in public spaces where harassment happens. External sources: https://stoptellingwomentosmile.com/
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The Chronicles of Resilience
Read more: The Chronicles of ResilienceFor FX Harsono, art is activism. Over the past four decades, performance, sculpture, and painting have become his means of nonviolent protest against government autocracy and ethnic strife in Indonesia. In his current exhibition The Chronicles of Resilience, curated by…
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‘Wolf Warrior artist’ strives to use new art to spread truth and inspire patriotism
Read more: ‘Wolf Warrior artist’ strives to use new art to spread truth and inspire patriotismWith delicate composition, striking details and strong emotion, five editorial posters drawn by Wuheqilin have attracted some half million followers to his account on Sina Weibo, China’s Twitter-like social media platform. His political views expressed in his art have led…