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artistic activism
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Art as a Mirror: Zhang Huan’s ‘Family Tree’ and Its Reflections on Cultural Identity
Read more: Art as a Mirror: Zhang Huan’s ‘Family Tree’ and Its Reflections on Cultural IdentityOne of the most critical artists on the contemporary art scene is Zhang Huan. His works are of great social insight and unique in how he applies his artistic expression. He thus makes them an almost visual feast with a…
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NDSM Manifestation
Read more: NDSM ManifestationFor this edition of ADE, Stichting NDSM-werf invited art- and activist group Tools for Action + Floor to use their terrain as a public practice space for RÆV REHEARSAL. They invite the public to rehearse new forms of assembly. With…
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Art AIDS America traveling exhibition
Read more: Art AIDS America traveling exhibitionIf you visit the Art AIDS America exhibition expecting to see activist slogans and memorial pieces along with some art-world superstars, you won’t be disappointed—Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe and the “Silence = Death” slogan are present and accounted for—but you…
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Welcome to the Cantareira Desert
Read more: Welcome to the Cantareira DesertA grey minivan rattled through São Paulo’s hilly suburbs, loaded with spray cans, paint rollers, buckets and a ladder as five street artists drove to the Atibainha river, rap lyrics blaring from their speakers. On the sweltering afternoon of 26…
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#NOSFALTAN43
Read more: #NOSFALTAN43On December 2014 I’ve been artist in residence at MANY MINI RESIDENCY a short-term residency program organized by Sarrita Hunn and Ryan Thayer and hosted by GYB BYG in Mexico City. During my 12 hour residency I’ve worked on the…
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#FUEELESTADO
Read more: #FUEELESTADO“Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.” Mahatma Gandhi #FUEELESTADO is a project about the lack of social justice and the gross human rights violations in Mexico. It examines the conflict between state power…
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Artistic Activism at the NYC iSchool
Read more: Artistic Activism at the NYC iSchoolStudents at the NYC iSchool, a high school in Manhattan, worked for 9 weeks to create works of activist art with art teacher Gretel Smith. We were lucky enough to have Stephen Duncomb and Steve Lambert from the Center for…
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Street Art and Activism With ‘The Slumlord Project’ In Baltimore
Read more: Street Art and Activism With ‘The Slumlord Project’ In BaltimoreIn a twist on the Broken Windows Theory, street artists are using their skills to combat urban blight in Baltimore with “The Slumlord Project”. By drawing the attention of neighbors to abandoned and vacant properties and giving pertinent ownership information…
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Games for Change
Read more: Games for ChangeGames for Change is a community of game designers, activists, artists and individuals focused on creating and using digital games for purposes of social change. Games for Change is a large and loose community, but it has a major nonprofit…
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Camp Mossandsticks
Read more: Camp MossandsticksCamp Mossandsticks, named after moss and sticks–two of the most rudimentary tools with which one can spark fire–is a site for young women and girls to become resourceful, defiant, and self-sufficient revolutionaries of today. Started on November 6, 2012, the…