Projects tagged
Australia & Oceania
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Coca Cola is Out of Order – Grassroots Campaign For Container Deposit Recycling in Australia
Read more: Coca Cola is Out of Order – Grassroots Campaign For Container Deposit Recycling in AustraliaIn March 2013 we started a grassroots boycott movement against Coca-Cola for exploiting legal loopholes to kill off container deposit recycling in the Northern Territory. We simply used the same successful strategy as the ANZ Out of Order action, putting…
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Coal Seam Greed – Coal Seam Gas Hoax
Read more: Coal Seam Greed – Coal Seam Gas HoaxCoal Seam Greed was going to be a simple satire showing Katso and Nowhereman posing as a mining company called Reed Gas and erecting notices stating their intent to explore for unconventional gas or CSG in inner-city Brisbane. The idea…
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Reimagining a New Australia Constitution
Read more: Reimagining a New Australia ConstitutionDo we need to crowdsource a new Australian Constitution? Does anything matter more than the environment? Should Australia become a republic with an Australian head of state? Should whistleblowers be protected? Is representative democracy antiquated? Controversial artist Carl Scrase is…
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GRAFFITI ARTISTS GIVEN MASSIVE EMPTY WAREHOUSE AND UNLIMITED PAINT
Read more: GRAFFITI ARTISTS GIVEN MASSIVE EMPTY WAREHOUSE AND UNLIMITED PAINTThese graffiti artists were given carte blanche over an entire warehouse to do with what they wanted. The result? Everything from the soundtrack from the videography, editing and the painting is just absolute brilliance. External sources: http://www.trippapparel.com/2013/15056 http://unlooker.com/graffiti-artists-given-massive-empty-wharehouse-unlimited-pa…
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How Bali punks Navicula took on the palm oil industry
Read more: How Bali punks Navicula took on the palm oil industryIn Indonesia, a loud and politically committed generation of punk bands are shaking big business – and getting results The briefing took place in a small commercial office in Jakarta, with no insulation from the heat, smog or noise of…
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MobileMuster
Read more: MobileMusterAustralian recycling initiative MobileMuster, a free mobile phone recycling program that accepts all brands and types of mobile phones, teamed up with artist Chris Jordan and college students from Melbourne, Australia to create a public installation. The installation, which is…
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Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social change
Read more: Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social changeBy Dr. S. O’Sullivan and C. McCausland On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1955, Rosa Parks refused to relinquish her seat on a public bus. Parks purposely broke the law. As a black woman living in Alabama, she was required…
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The end of the world as we know it !
Read more: The end of the world as we know it !Preparing for the Corporate take over of the Pacific Rim. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LW-TEHIScvw External sources: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LW-TEHIScvw
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Ngapartji Ngapartji
Read more: Ngapartji NgapartjiFrom 2005-2010 the Ngapartji Ngapartji project was based out of Alice Springs, working with Pitjantjatjara communities throughout Central Australia. The project created an online Pitjantjatjara language site, two touring theatre works and a documentary Nothing Rhymes with Ngapartji; http://www.nothingrhymeswithngapartji.com/ The…
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ANZ is Out of Order Campaign – Grassroots action against ANZ Bank in Australia
Read more: ANZ is Out of Order Campaign – Grassroots action against ANZ Bank in AustraliaOn the 6th February 2013, 40 activists across 6 states plastered 110 ANZ ATMs with ‘Out of Order’ notices, sharing them on social media the following day. The objective was to use a hoax style action to exploit mainstream media…