Projects tagged
East Asia
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Television Commercial for Communism
Read more: Television Commercial for CommunismTelevision Commercial for Communism: https://vimeo.com/129592556 Formed in 2006, the Propeller Group is a Ho Chi Minh City– and Los Angeles–based collective composed of artists Phunam, Matt Lucero, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen. The convergence of the diverse backgrounds of its members—antique…
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The Rage Over Ramen: A Tale of Classism
Read more: The Rage Over Ramen: A Tale of ClassismAs the cold air bit our faces, and we hid deeper into our layer of sweaters, my family and I continued to wander around Manhattan, seeking a place which would provide warmth and food. And there it was, dimly lit:…
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Beijing Sitong Bridge protest
Read more: Beijing Sitong Bridge protestThe Beijing Sitong Bridge protest was a protest in China during the prelude to the 20th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). On the morning of October 13, 2022, a protester demonstrated against CCP general secretary Xi Jinping’s…
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Fighting Violence with Art
Read more: Fighting Violence with ArtOne of the oldest forms of human expression is art, so it’s no surprise that art is constantly used to critique another of humanity’s oldest practices, violence and war. In the world of art activism, the power of creativity and…
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How Protest Art Is Helping Fuel the Historic Demonstrations Erupting Across China
Read more: How Protest Art Is Helping Fuel the Historic Demonstrations Erupting Across ChinaStudents at art colleges across China are taking a strong stance in the midst of the largest wave of protests to have gripped the country since 1989. As demonstrations against the government’s strict Covid-19 policies erupted across the country over…
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Local artist stages demonstration inspired by protesters in China
Read more: Local artist stages demonstration inspired by protesters in ChinaLate last month, Chinese citizens took up a creative means of protest over the nation’s strict “zero-COVID” policy. In a place with little tolerance for large public demonstrations, protesters have been holding up blank pieces of paper. Their ingenuity inspired…
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Thousands protest in South Korea in support for truckers
Read more: Thousands protest in South Korea in support for truckersIn Seoul, thousands of protestors who represent organized labor marched in Seoul on Saturday denouncing the governments attempt to force thousands of striking truckers back to work after they all walked out over a dispute in the price of freight.…
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Study of Perspective (& Stools)
Read more: Study of Perspective (& Stools)The son of an exiled political dissident, Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei’s work is inherently political. Since 1995 Ai Weiwei has been traveling the world, photographing himself flipping off iconic monuments of power in his Study of Perspective series.…
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Beyond AI WeiWei
Read more: Beyond AI WeiWeiIn a gallery in Hong Kong’s Chai Wan district last week, during the city’s third annual installment of the international Art Basel fair, the Beijing-based artist Huang Rui introduced a new live work called “Red Black White Grey.” At the…
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Remembering
Read more: RememberingIn 2009, the dissident artist created a work to honour the thousands of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake. He recalls how the project, Remembering, angered China’s rulers – and changed his career for ever This is an edited…