Projects tagged
Latin America & Caribbean
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Muro
Read more: MuroA wall will go up in Washington Square Park on Sept. 7, but come down by the end of the day. Called “Muro,” this wall will be the artist Bosco Sodi’s first public installation in New York, in partnership with…
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Mamas de la Esquina
Read more: Mamas de la EsquinaArgentina’s Sex Workers Get Creative In Argentina, the combination of prostitution being legal and a lack of protective laws has led one group, AMMAR, to get inventive. Their series of ads featured in this slide show, created by Ogilvy &…
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Carnival
Read more: Carnival“A week-long party characterizes Brazil’s Carnival, the Mardi Gras of the southern hemisphere. Celebrations and parades are held throughout the country, most notably in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian states of Bahia and Pernambuco. Carnival celebrations…
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Feminist protest against Fujimori and forced sterilization
Read more: Feminist protest against Fujimori and forced sterilizationThousands took to the streets in Lima, Peru, on March 11 to protest conservative presidential frontrunner Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, and demand that her candidacy be revoked amid accusations of vote buying. Protesters called attention to…
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Paremos el acoso sexual callejero
Read more: Paremos el acoso sexual callejeroThis is an organization and online platform that registers cases of street harassment in Peru and disseminates information about the subject. People can report cases and get in touch with the organization to talk or learn more about what to…
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Colectivo Sublevarte Retrospective
Read more: Colectivo Sublevarte RetrospectiveSublevarte, a Collective of Mexican artists, was born out of the ENAP (National School of Fine Arts) of UNAM (the National Autonomous University of Mexico), during the student strike of 1999-2000, the longest student strike in history. With more than…
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La Casa Negra
Read more: La Casa NegraLa Casa Negra is a moving artist squat that occupies houses destined for demolition as temporary venues for site specific performance art in Barranco (Lima, Peru). Artists use all of the available rooms (kitchen, bathrooms, stairs, backyard) to enact a…
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Primavera Violeta en Mexico
Read more: Primavera Violeta en MexicoEl acoso sexual a las mujeres en México, no es novedad. Desde un chiflido o grito de “mamacita” en la calle hasta una alarmante cifra de seis feminicidios diarios, la violencia machista es un asunto cotidiano. Lo que sí es…
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Camión / Galeria de Arte “Gente de Corabastos”
Read more: Camión / Galeria de Arte “Gente de Corabastos”Se sacuden la desconfianza y entran al camión. En él no hay frutas, ni verduras, ni carnes. El piso, igual que el techo y las paredes están inmaculadas y pintadas de blanco. Solo ellos y algunos compañeros inmortalizados en fotos…
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Manual de micromilitancia
Read more: Manual de micromilitanciaLess than a month after Mauricio Macri’s inauguration as president of Argentina in December 2015, a manual for micro-resistance was released online to guide resistance against Macri’s election and policies. The manual suggests specific actions that people can perform in…