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Art
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The Crossroads Project
Read more: The Crossroads Project“The mandate for great and difficult achievement is manifest in the message coming from the science of sustainability and climate change. Yet information alone will not take us where we need to go; science needs the arts to compel a…
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World Comics Network
Read more: World Comics NetworkWith World Comics India, the organization he started, Sharad has pioneered a cheap and easy medium for poor people to communicate meaningfully on issues that are neglected by the conventional media. While the urban elite dominates public media, the grinding…
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Sculptures of Rebellion
Read more: Sculptures of RebellionDavid Černý has been called “l’enfant terrible” of Czech art. Since 1991, Černý continues to produce some of Czech Republic’s most famous political sculptures. His grand sculptures are almost always mocking the system through humor. Many of his well-known pieces…
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“Just Two of Us”
Read more: “Just Two of Us”Katharina Grosse’s public exhibition “Just Two of Us” consists of eight large meteor looking sculptures painted in bright technicolors. The sculptures, which have been placed in the public plaza at Metro Tech Commons, have transformed downtown Brooklyn. Grosse is a…
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GULF Protest at the Guggenheim
Read more: GULF Protest at the GuggenheimLast night, over 40 protesters staged an intervention inside the Guggenheim Museum in Manhattan during Saturday night’s pay-what-you-wish admission hours. Unfurling mylar banners, dropping leaflets, chanting words, handing out information to museum visitors, and drawing attention with the use of…
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190 Bowery Street
Read more: 190 Bowery StreetI went on a graffiti tour that went through NOHO, SOHO and the Lower East Side last weekend. We saw works by street artists – Space Invader and Roa – that were remarkable. Roa had created a commissioned mural of…
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Art Behind Bars: Prison Art by Soudabeh Ardavan
Read more: Art Behind Bars: Prison Art by Soudabeh ArdavanCharged with participating in demonstrations against the Islamic Republic of Iran, Soudabeh Ardavan was held for eight years (1981-1989) in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. She found sanity and solace through the forbidden activities of drawing and painting, secretly producing paint…
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Art from Trash: Transforming How We See Waste and the Disappearing Reefs
Read more: Art from Trash: Transforming How We See Waste and the Disappearing ReefsBy John Ivanko Created and curated by Christine and Margaret Wertheim, the Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef exhibit was a stunning display of an ingenious use of waste materials, creativity and community, bringing together various reefs created by artists from around…
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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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KAGOGOS (child soldier in Central Africa)
Read more: KAGOGOS (child soldier in Central Africa)The Uganda National Contemporary Ballet (UNCB) presented a new powerful and moving production advocating for the child soldiers all over the world at the National Theatre in Kampala. Choreographer Valerie Miquel said, “I would like to give you the message…