Projects tagged
Latin America & Caribbean
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Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!
Read more: Tá Pirando, Pirado, Pirou!At Carnival, Where Challenging Normal Is the Norm By NADIA SUSSMAN and TAYLOR BARNES New York Times MARCH 2, 2014 RIO DE JANEIRO — Standing high atop a truck rigged with speakers, André da Silva Lisboa cried out to hundreds…
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Security-1998 Hacked CANTV database
Read more: Security-1998 Hacked CANTV databaseIn 1998 Hacker-Poet-Artist Yucef Mehri breached the security of CANTV at the time the largest telecommunications company in Venezuela. He was able to access the personal data kept by the company which contained the names, addresses, phone numbers, working places,…
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ARTICULO 6: Narratives of gender, strength and politics
Read more: ARTICULO 6: Narratives of gender, strength and politics“ARTICULO 6: narratives of gender, strength and politics” is an activist design project that aims to raise awareness about the case of forced sterilizations implemented during the government of Alberto Fujimori in Peru. The name of the project refers to…
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Pedestrian Critical Mass
Read more: Pedestrian Critical MassINVITATION Pedestrian Critical Mass We walk for pedestrians rights Saturday, June 29th @ 3:33 pm From Plaza Venezuela to Chacaíto Caracas, Venezuela We invite you to walk for a human Caracas where car driver and motorized respect pedestrian. Enough of…
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Existe Amor em SP
Read more: Existe Amor em SPSão Paulo went through a process of privatization of the public spaces. The local government implemented several rules that beneficiated the real state speculation, the city is expensive, and it’s not for the poor. Besides that, in october the elections…
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Articulo 6 (Action 1)
Read more: Articulo 6 (Action 1)Fashion designer and social scientist, Lucia Cuba, has taken up the task of using fashion as a vehicle to bring attention and awareness around Articulo 6, an article in the Peruvian constitution that declared a law of forced sterilization of…
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Sweeping Out Corruption
Read more: Sweeping Out CorruptionFour ministers in Brazil have resigned since January after being implicated in corruption, and on Wednesday, protesters showed they’ve had enough. Protesters planted 594 green and yellow brooms right in front of Brazil’s Congressional building each representing the colors of…
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Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can See
Read more: Secret Anti-Abuse Message That Only Kids Can SeeSpanish organization the ANAR Foundation (Aid to Children and Adolescents at Risk) releases a campaign that takes advantage of the process of lenticular printing to send an offer of help to abused children without alerting their abusers, even if they’re…
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YOU ARE NOT A SKETCH: Fashion modeling ad campaign
Read more: YOU ARE NOT A SKETCH: Fashion modeling ad campaignLexi Nisita from Refinery 29 writes in her article “Not A Sketch: The Most Creative Anti-ED Message We’ve Seen Yet,” “Brazilian modeling agency Star Models has recently released an eating disorder awareness campaign featuring your typical fashion sketch on the…
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Wrinkles of the City
Read more: Wrinkles of the CityI think this is a very interesting project that is intended to pay hommage by showcasing portraits of survivors of the Cuban revolution. They are displayed in the streets of Havana and, as the artists explains, this is a place…