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The Dreamland Artist Club

Practitioner:
and Swoon, Beatriz Barral, Bruno Peinado, Clive Murphy, Crash, Gary Panter, Greg Lamarche, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Justin Green, Kamau Patton, Mimi Gross, Os Gemeos, Paul Lindahl, Ronnie Cutrone, Steve Powers, Tauba Auerbach, Vandana Jain

Date:
Jun 18 2005

The Dreamland Artist Club project was named after one of the famous amusement parks in Coney Island. The project consisted of more than 25 artists coming together to repaint rides and make custom signs, murals and scenic backdrops for the…

Putting It All On The Table

Practitioner:
Students in the Design for Social Innovation Program at SVA

Date:
Jun 18 2005

The following description is taken from an article that appeared on the unreasonable.is website (see link below): on January 24, 2014, a gallery exhibit opened in New York for the express purpose of inspiring people to think differently about food,…

Graffiti on the West Bank Barrier

Practitioner:
Various Artists

Date:
Jun 18 2005

In June 2002, the Israeli Government decided to construct a physical barrier separating Israel and the West Bank. The declared purpose of this (as yet unfinished) 709 kilometers long barrier—which came to be known as Gader Ha’hafrada (The Separation Wall)—was…

The Spring 2014 Talks Series: Sam Durant

Practitioner:
Sam Durant

Date:
Jun 18 2005

Sam Durant is an LA based artist who engages in social, cultural and political issues through his interactive public sculptures. Durant is interested in investigating historical narratives and their contemporary communities. From 2005-2010 Durant was part of the collective Transforma…

A New Kind of Barbie

Practitioner:
Nikolay Lamm

Date:
Jun 18 2005

“Many people have criticized Barbie dolls for their unrealistic proportions, claiming that they give young girls a warped idea of what beauty should be. To tackle this problem, Nikolay Lamm created digital visualizations of a regular-sized “Barbie” doll, hoping to…

52 weeks in Abu Dhabi

Practitioner:
international artists

Date:
Jun 18 2005

A coalition of international artists has begun a year-long protest against the mistreatment and exploitation of migrant workers building Abu Dhabi’s £17bn cultural hub, including the world’s largest Guggenheim and a branch of the Louvre. Every week for the next…

World Comics Network

Practitioner:
Sharad Sharma

Date:
Jun 18 2005

With World Comics India, the organization he started, Sharad has pioneered a cheap and easy medium for poor people to communicate meaningfully on issues that are neglected by the conventional media. While the urban elite dominates public media, the grinding…

Sculptures of Rebellion

Practitioner:
David Černý

Date:
Jun 18 2005

David Černý has been called “l’enfant terrible” of Czech art. Since 1991, Černý continues to produce some of Czech Republic’s most famous political sculptures. His grand sculptures are almost always mocking the system through humor. Many of his well-known pieces…

Art, From Conception to Birth in Qatar

Practitioner:
Damien Hirst

Date:
Jun 18 2005

For weeks, 14 giant balloons had been mysteriously parked in front of the Sidra Medical and Research Center, a hulking steel, glass and white ceramic building devoted to women’s and children’s health that is to open on the outskirts of…

Inflatable Cobblestones

Practitioner:
toolsforaction.net

Date:
Jun 18 2005

First: inflatables uplift a grim protest situation into a playful event. There is something magic about what inflatables induce in people. Their enormous size combined with the weightlessness and softness makes them irresistibly attractive and dreamlike. People have a natural…