Projects tagged
Latin America & Caribbean
-
Los Palcos del Descubridor (The discoverer’s box seats)
Read more: Los Palcos del Descubridor (The discoverer’s box seats)“Los Palcos del Descubridor” (The Discoverer’s Box Seats) was a project created by Sebastian Burga and José Aburto in 2012 that consisted of a large-scale installation on the street and a media campaign on the Internet. The work simulated the…
-
Leopoldo Méndez’s Revolution: Social Activism through Graphic Art
Read more: Leopoldo Méndez’s Revolution: Social Activism through Graphic ArtBorn on June 30, 1902, in Mexico City, Leopoldo Méndez would become one of Mexico’s most significant and beloved graphic artists of the twentieth century. Méndez was one of eight children in a poor household. At a young age, Méndez…
-
Sleep Out
Read more: Sleep OutCovenant House has started a ‘Sleep Out’ movement that shines light on the youth homelessness crisis and raises funds for young people who seek shelter. “Covenant House empowers young people to overcome homelessness and trafficking by providing them with safe…
-
Bicycles As a Vehicle For Protest in Guatemala
Read more: Bicycles As a Vehicle For Protest in GuatemalaNon-profit organizations and a multitude of Guatemalan girls protested together demanding justice and security from the government. Guatemala’s insecurity and cases of girls’ disappearances have increased over the years. The protest started outside the Government Ministery (Ministerio de Gobernación) early…
-
Negro Matapacos
Read more: Negro MatapacosThe streets of Santiago are once again alive with the spirit of revolution. For weeks now, working-class Chileans have occupied national monuments and blocked major intersections in protest of widespread inequality. They desire full reform — a request so long…
-
Women are Heroes Project
Read more: Women are Heroes ProjectIn Women Are Heroes, JR introduces women who sometimes look death in the face, who go from laughter to tears, who are generous, have nothing and yet share, who have had a painful past and long to build a happy…
-
Claudia Andujar’s Remarkable Art and Activism in the Amazon
Read more: Claudia Andujar’s Remarkable Art and Activism in the AmazonA new exhibition at The Shed in New York is a colour-soaked, eye-opening look into Yanomami life – an Indigenous culture in the heart of the Amazon rainforest FEBRUARY 13, 2023 TEXT: Violet Conroy Does art have the power to…
-
Creative Sustainable Development Methods in Curitiba, Brazil
Read more: Creative Sustainable Development Methods in Curitiba, BrazilIn the 1970s, Jaime Lerner, the former mayor of Curitiba, Brazil, transformed six blocks of the main downtown shopping street into a pedestrian zone in 1972, despite fierce objections from the merchants. He quickly accomplished this change in just three…
-
From K-pop musical fandom to political activism in Latin America
Read more: From K-pop musical fandom to political activism in Latin AmericaDuring the 2020 and 2021 social protests in Chile, Colombia, and Peru, Latin American fans of K-pop, Korean popular music and culture that mixes rhythms, styles, dance routines and has a defined aesthetic, went from using social networks to support…
-
Caleidoscópica Violeta (Feminist Art Festival)
Read more: Caleidoscópica Violeta (Feminist Art Festival)Caleidoscópica Violeta, is a creative space for reflection, dialogue, critique, and praxis of pop contemporary feminism. It is also an initiative that seeks to reflect on the role of women in the history of modern art. Historically, the role of…