Projects tagged
Visual Arts
-
The Confined Hearts Project
Read more: The Confined Hearts ProjectThe Confined Hearts Project is creating 1468 terracotta anatomical human hearts, one for each person seeking asylum in Australia but being held in detention on Manus Island and in Nauru. Hundreds of people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures have…
-
BlindWiki
Read more: BlindWikiUnveiling the Unseen BlindWiki is a location-based audio network where citizens who are blind or partially sighted use smartphones to share their findings by posting sound recordings. The platform does not just contain information about difficulties and barriers but is…
-
Unpacking the 21st Century: Artists Engaging the World
Read more: Unpacking the 21st Century: Artists Engaging the WorldThe exhibition “Unpacking the 21st Century: Artists Engaging the World” included work by five New York City area artists that examined a range of social and political issues and offered companion special events. The exhibit, curated by Aileen Bassis, presented…
-
Afrofuturism: An Interview with Krista Franklin
Read more: Afrofuturism: An Interview with Krista FranklinThe term “Afrofuturism” was coined in the 1990s by the cultural critic Mark Dery, who recognized a preoccupation with the future in the work of a number of black artists. Ever since, it has remained a term that is retrospectively…
-
I Am My White Ancestors: Claiming the Legacy of Oppression
Read more: I Am My White Ancestors: Claiming the Legacy of OppressionThis installation of 13 photographic self-portraits explores European-American heritage, my family and their role in the history of racism, colonization, genocide, and classism. The ancestors, real and imagined, span over 2000 years from the Celtic Iron Age to the present…
-
Wesleyan Alum Poses As Dominatrix At Fraternity Where She Was Raped
Read more: Wesleyan Alum Poses As Dominatrix At Fraternity Where She Was RapedToday’s Bad Bitch Award goes to Karmenife Paulino, a 22-year-old graduate of Wesleyan University. Raped at a fraternity during her freshman year, she reasserted her sexual agency in a photoshoot entitled “Reclamation,” where she poses as a dominatrix on fraternity…
-
This Woman Turned Her Collection of Unsolicited Dick Pics into an Art Show
Read more: This Woman Turned Her Collection of Unsolicited Dick Pics into an Art ShowAh, the unsolicited dick pic. Technology has made it all too tempting for men’s penises to pop up on a woman’s phone while she’s reading on the train or walking home from work. This is a fairly recent invention, because…
-
HOODsisters
Read more: HOODsisters(Honoring our Origins, Ourselves and our Dreams) is an all-womyn and womyn-identified crew from the northeast San Fernando Valley dedicated to creating awareness through public art. External sources: https://www.hoodsisters.org
-
Entheon
Read more: EntheonA striking new cultural space is taking shape in New York’s Hudson Valley. Alex Grey and Allyson Grey, co-founders of CoSM, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to build Entheon, sanctuary of visionary art, to ask for…
-
15 Years to Life
Read more: 15 Years to LifeAnthony Papa was arrested for a drug crime and with no prior offenses was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for violating New York’s harsh drug laws. While in prison, Papa began to document his inner struggles via…