Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Decolonize Me
Read more: Decolonize MeDecolonize Me features six contemporary Aboriginal artists whose works challenge, interrogate and reveal Canada’s long history of colonization in daring and innovative ways. Deliberately riffing on the title of Morgan Spurlock’s film, the pop-cultural phenomenon Super Size Me (2004), the…
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Natural Intervention
Read more: Natural InterventionGerman Forests Come Alive Through Creative ‘Natural Intervention ‘ “Some think that every tree has a soul. It’s hard not to agree after a walk in the woods, surrounded by these beautifully imposing creatures that creak, sway and at times…
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Aqua Dice
Read more: Aqua Dice“Featuring giant ocean dice that originally appeared in the booklet “drift” by Max Mulhern, these dice were launched in international waters to create a visually stunning ode to chance and luck. This project can also be found under the title:…
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The Scream: 21st Century Edition
Read more: The Scream: 21st Century Edition“The Scream: 21st Century Edition” was created by New York-based artist Jim Costanzo in response to the Iraq War. The piece is directly inspired by Edward Munch’s painting, “The Scream.” Costanzo expresses anger and frustration at the illegal American war…
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Book Bloc
Read more: Book BlocThe book bloc constitutes a line of demonstrators holding cardboard-polyurethane-and-foam shields that are made to resemble giant book covers. This tactic tends to be used in actions that oppose neoliberal reform of education and libraries, especially in the form of…
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“Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong Kong
Read more: “Who is afraid of Aiweiwei?” stencil graffiti spread in Hong KongFree Ai Weiwei street art campaign is a “guerilla methods” of political street art protest against the PRC government’s secret detention of world famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei since April 3, 2011, organized by Hong Kong artists and art supporters,…
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1,001 chairs for Aiweiwei in Taipei
Read more: 1,001 chairs for Aiweiwei in TaipeiA large chair installation work featuring the Chinese name of detained artist and activist Ai Weiwei was set up in Taipei Saturday –the 22nd anniversary of the Tiananmen SquareMassacre — to call for Ai’s release. Bei Ling, an artist from…
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Puppets Against AIDS
Read more: Puppets Against AIDS“Puppets Against Aids was launched by Gary Friedman on 1st December 1988 in time for ‘World Aids Day’ in Johannesburg, South Africa. During 1987, Friedman had been studying with Muppet master, Jim Henson, in Charleville-Mézières, France. Henson provided the initial…
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Stretch The Strangle Hold
Read more: Stretch The Strangle HoldAmerican Painter, Joe Lovett completes painting of historic magnitude, Stretch the Strangle Hold is a painting that captures an emotional response to the lie of war. After witnessing daily news reports exposing the political lies and the senseless death of…