Projects tagged
Visual Arts
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Creative activism and the remaking of Palestine
Read more: Creative activism and the remaking of PalestineCreative activism and the remaking of Palestine While policy wonks and media pundits wallow in endless debates about Jewish settlements and the threat of terror, Palestinian groups are creatively exploring alternative ways to realise their national aspirations. In an unassuming…
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Poor Little Fish
Read more: Poor Little FishIs it possible that through affective design we can change our consumer behavior? Yan Lu and his “Little Fish Project” offer a design inspired solution to excess use of water. “As consumption is incalculable, saving is often neglected through daily…
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Ossario: Reverse Graffiti
Read more: Ossario: Reverse GraffitiVisual artist Alexandre Orion removes soot in an artful manner to produce skulls in the tunnels of the polluted city of Sao Paulo. Orion does so in an attempt to create intervention, raise awarenes, and decrease pollution. “From the ocular…
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Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist “Melts” On Sidewalk
Read more: Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist “Melts” On SidewalkA young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don’t see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisingly effective spectacle is the latest effort by the Red Cross of Argentina to…
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Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist “Melts” On Sidewalk
Read more: Melting Man: Red Cross-Sponsored Activist “Melts” On SidewalkA young man melting into a puddle of himself is something you don’t see everyday, much less in a busy public square. Yet this humourous but surprisingly effective spectacle is the latest effort by the Red Cross of Argentina to…
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Tate Modern considers activists’ wind turbine for art collection
Read more: Tate Modern considers activists’ wind turbine for art collectionTate Modern considers activists’ wind turbine for art collection: Liberate Tate, an art collective who object to BP sponsorship, have offered the 16 metre turbine blade to the gallery A 1.5 tonne, 16.5 metre-long wind turbine blade carried last month…
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52 Shades of Greed: An Illustrated Education
Read more: 52 Shades of Greed: An Illustrated EducationAfter being contacted by a member of the Occupy Wall Street Alternative Banking group , illustrator Marc Scheff agreed to do a few drawings for a deck of cards depicting some of the people and institutions responsible for causing the…
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Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong Kong
Read more: Claiming Territory with Ink_ a street calligraphy graffiti artist in Hong KongA toothless garbageman who once wandered Hong Kong’s streets with dingy bags of ink and brushes tied to his crutches is now the subject of a major retrospective. About 300 calligraphic works by the late Tsang Tsou-choi — who is…
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Inside the house that Theaster built
Read more: Inside the house that Theaster builtInside the house that Theaster built Rising art star and activist Theaster Gates is transforming his neighbourhood, one building at a time By Helen Stoilas. Features, Issue 238, September 2012Published online: 06 September 2012 When I arrive at 6901 Dorchester…
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Animal Man Comics
Read more: Animal Man ComicsBy Mariann Sullivan Neither of us is a true comic book aficionado, but both Jasmin and I just did a double take when we heard about Animal Man. This is an old character with a new life, as author Jeff…