Projects tagged
North Africa
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12 year old bride in Times Square
Read more: 12 year old bride in Times SquareIn order to raise awareness about the global issue of arranged child marriages, 21-year-old YouTube star Coby Persin decided to push the envelope by asking a 12-year-old ‘bride’ to pose with a 65-year-old ‘groom’ in the middle of Times Square.…
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Imagined Realms
Read more: Imagined RealmsJulie Dillon is a critically acclaimed illustrator, having been nominated and won multiple awards, including two Hugos and a Chesley. Her work often deals with science fiction and fantasy stories, and her work in the field has made her aware…
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Waterpod Project
Read more: Waterpod ProjectWaterpod™ was a floating, sculptural, eco-habitat designed for the rising tides. It launched in the summer of 2009, navigate down the East River, explore the waters of New York Harbor, and docked at several Manhattan piers on the Hudson River…
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Mayday Space
Read more: Mayday SpaceMayday is a neighborhood resource and a citywide destination for engaging programming, a home for radical thought and debate, and a welcoming gathering place for people to work, learn, drink, dance and build together. As an organizing center as well…
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Trump’s old Iowa campaign bus turned into satirical art – stripper pole and all
Read more: Trump’s old Iowa campaign bus turned into satirical art – stripper pole and allThe campaign bus was attracting funny looks. On its side was the by now all-too-familiar last name of the Republican presidential frontrunner. Somewhere inside the castle-shaped hotel next door, Donald Trump was holding court, as hundreds awaited another rally of…
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AmplifyHER and AnimateHER
Read more: AmplifyHER and AnimateHERAmplify HER is a visually dynamic, character driven feature documentary that offers intimate access into the lives of numerous emerging female artists. By combining ecstatic energy and feminine artistry, these talented young women in the global electronic music scene are…
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The What We Want
Read more: The What We WantIn 2013, and again in 2014, PCI Media Impact partnered with Professor David Gere and the UCLA Art & Global Health Center, to design and facilitate a 5-week communications workshop, entitled Soap Operas for Social Change. Throughout this intensive course,…
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Negrotown
Read more: NegrotownThe video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg58d8opQKA From Flavorwire: “Another world is possible!” — so goes the popular activist chant at rallies and marches. Yet one of the most difficult aspects of sustaining a grassroots political movement can be imagining that other world and…
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May Day Occupation at Guggenheim
Read more: May Day Occupation at GuggenheimAt noon today, a group of artists and activists including members of the Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction (known as G.U.L.F.) unfurled a large parachute in the atrium of the Guggenheim Museum, demanding to meet with a member of the institution’s…
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826 Valencia
Read more: 826 Valencia826 Valencia is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting students ages six to eighteen with their creative and expository writing skills and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. Their services are structured around the understanding that great leaps…