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Art
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The Scream: 21st Century Edition
Read more: The Scream: 21st Century Edition“The Scream: 21st Century Edition” was created by New York-based artist Jim Costanzo in response to the Iraq War. The piece is directly inspired by Edward Munch’s painting, “The Scream.” Costanzo expresses anger and frustration at the illegal American war…
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¿Cómo podemos expropiar a las entidades bancarias?
Read more: ¿Cómo podemos expropiar a las entidades bancarias?El albañil anarquista Lucio Urtubia falsificó miles de cheques del First National City Bank, en la segunda mitad de los años setenta, hasta prácticamente llevar el banco a la ruina. Urtubia donó el dinero así generado a diversos movimientos de…
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Lambrakis LivZ
Read more: Lambrakis LivZThe performance, “Lambrakis LivZ”, concerns the re-enactment of the political speech of Grigoris Lambrakis given in Athens in 1962. Grigoris Lambrakis was a peace-activist, assassinated by a paramilitary plot on June 1963 at Thessaloniki, Greece. The title denotes the first…
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Stretch The Strangle Hold
Read more: Stretch The Strangle HoldAmerican Painter, Joe Lovett completes painting of historic magnitude, Stretch the Strangle Hold is a painting that captures an emotional response to the lie of war. After witnessing daily news reports exposing the political lies and the senseless death of…
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Tate Modern considers activists’ wind turbine for art collection
Read more: Tate Modern considers activists’ wind turbine for art collectionTate Modern considers activists’ wind turbine for art collection: Liberate Tate, an art collective who object to BP sponsorship, have offered the 16 metre turbine blade to the gallery A 1.5 tonne, 16.5 metre-long wind turbine blade carried last month…
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52 Shades of Greed: An Illustrated Education
Read more: 52 Shades of Greed: An Illustrated EducationAfter being contacted by a member of the Occupy Wall Street Alternative Banking group , illustrator Marc Scheff agreed to do a few drawings for a deck of cards depicting some of the people and institutions responsible for causing the…
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León Ferrari: A Retrospective
Read more: León Ferrari: A RetrospectiveNormal 0 21 false false false ES-TRAD JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:”Tabla normal”; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:””; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} The León Ferrari Issue (El caso…
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AIDS Memorial Quilt
Read more: AIDS Memorial QuiltIn June of 1987, a small group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to…
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The Condom on Jesse Helms’ House
Read more: The Condom on Jesse Helms’ HouseOn September 5th, 1991, I put a giant condom over Jesse Helms’ house. Why? Because, as the condom said, “Helms is deadlier than a virus.” Senator Jesse Helms was one of the chief architects of AIDS-related stigma in the U.S.…
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SARS
Read more: SARSA video collaboration betweenHayley Silverman and Emily Shinada. Using clips from a Japanese pornography film, the video highlights fears of interpersonal connection and explores the objectification of women. It was on view at Alogon Gallery for theWomen Get Fucked exhibition. Watch it all the…