Projects tagged
Latin America & Caribbean
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Un-Daily Bread
Read more: Un-Daily BreadIn response to an earlier project called “Daily Bread, Gregg Segal collaborated with the United Nations Refugee Agency to bring awareness to the crisis of refugees fleeing Venezuela through his project “Un-Daily Bread.” “We chose to look not only at…
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Reframing Trash Into Art
Read more: Reframing Trash Into ArtIn 2008, my work as an artist took me to a gigantic landfill outside Rio de Janeiro called Jardim Gramacho. After operating for more than 30 years, the sanitary facility, once one of the largest in the world, had reached…
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Abortion Access & Gender-Based Violence in Haiti
Read more: Abortion Access & Gender-Based Violence in HaitiHaiti is a conservative society where Roman Catholicism shapes many of its social norms. Patriarchal norms, says Haitian feminist Pascale Solages, co-founder and general coordinator of feminist organization Nègès Mawon, have informed its strict views on abortion. In Haiti, women…
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Indigenous activists gather in Brazil to discuss future of the Amazon
Read more: Indigenous activists gather in Brazil to discuss future of the AmazonThousands of Indigenous activists and environmentalists have converged in one of the Amazon’s biggest cities to voice their hopes and fears about the future of the world’s biggest rainforest. The Brazilian city of Belém will this week host a two-day…
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“Trading With The Enemy”: Duke Riley’s Pigeon Cuban Cigar Smugglers
Read more: “Trading With The Enemy”: Duke Riley’s Pigeon Cuban Cigar SmugglersThe smuggling of illicit cargo and people has played a significant role in shaping the culture as well as the economy of the southernmost american city of Key West since its foundation in 1821. Previous to the embargo, a myriad…
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Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic Generator
Read more: Mika Rottenberg: Cosmic GeneratorCosmic Generator presents a network of characters working in nonsensical, and at times absurd, economies. Artist Mika Rottenberg uses footage from actual discount dollar stores in Calexico, CA; Mexicali, Mexico; and Yiwu, China to recreate the imaginary “life” of a…
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The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human Behavior
Read more: The Sewer Soaperie: Cities, Oil and Human BehaviorMany artists are inspired to bring climate change into their work after a direct experience with it. Catherine Sarah Young hopes her work helps people understand and talk about their experiences with climate change. Originally from the Philippines, she first…
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Cultural center on wheels brings the arts closer to working-class Brazilians
Read more: Cultural center on wheels brings the arts closer to working-class BraziliansSAO PAULO, May 16 (Reuters) – At one of Latin America’s largest commuter bus terminals in Brazil’s gritty downtown Sao Paulo, 84-year-old Rerizenil de Paula Santos waits on a bus decorated with neon lights and bright graffiti amid the hustle…
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Marxism will give health to the sick
Read more: Marxism will give health to the sickTo mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx, PL Henderson offers an appreciation of one of Frida Kahlo’s greatest paintings, which was heavily influenced by Marx’s creative thinking. One of the last paintings Frida Kahlo ever created was entitled ´Marxism…
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Chile’s protest street art
Read more: Chile’s protest street art“The walls of the streets of downtown Santiago are covered with stickers, art, words and posters. The messages are varied and range from “Feminist power” to “All cops are bastards”. They have taken over the walls of Zona Cero (Ground…