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artistic activism
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Nowhereisland
Read more: NowhereislandNowhereisland was an island which journeyed from the High Arctic region of Svalbard to the south west coast of England in summer 2012. As it made this epic journey, it travelled through international waters, whereupon it became the world’s newest…
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Animal Man Comics
Read more: Animal Man ComicsBy Mariann Sullivan Neither of us is a true comic book aficionado, but both Jasmin and I just did a double take when we heard about Animal Man. This is an old character with a new life, as author Jeff…
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UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public education
Read more: UC Student Art Action protests corporate privatization of public educationOn Tuesday, May 8, in the midst of final exam week, a group of female first-year students performed a public art action at UC Berkeley to call attention to the UC Regents’ privatization of what was once the premier public…
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Overlooked New York
Read more: Overlooked New York“To discover the seemingly endless variety of enthusiasms pursued by New Yorkers, whether they were carried from immigrants’ cultures from overseas or indigenous to the city landscape. These are real New Yorkers who have found fascinating ways to unleash their…
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Eclipse
Read more: Eclipse“Nearly 2 million decaying Goodyear tires lie submerged off the coast of South Florida, decrepit hunks of rubber that have gradually succumbed to the pressures of tides and tropical storms. The steel cables that once strung them along the ocean…
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8 Extraordinary Greens
Read more: 8 Extraordinary Greens“Jenna has designed an efficient, sub-irrigated system for growing energy-packed plants (microgreens) in small, urban spaces. Her aim: to provide healthy greens to extraordinary people with ordinary incomes. As an urban agricultural design project, she envisions a way to grow…
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We Animals
Read more: We AnimalsWe Animals is an ambitious project which documents, through photography, animals in the human environment. Humans are as much animal as the sentient beings we use for food, clothing, research, experimentation, work, entertainment, slavery and companionship. With this as its…
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Bold Native
Read more: Bold NativeBy Loredana Loy Written and directed by Denis Hennelly, Bold Native is the story of Charlie (Joaquin Pastor), an animal liberation activist who travels around the country recruiting other activists for a nation-wide series of animal liberation operations. The magnitude,…
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Above’s Blood Diamond
Read more: Above’s Blood DiamondAfrica has had a devastating history of blood diamond wars. Blood diamond refers to a diamond mined in a war zone and then sold to finance an invading army’s war efforts, usually in Africa where more than two-thirds of the…
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Street Artists Turn Fur Coats into Wild Animal Graffiti Protest
Read more: Street Artists Turn Fur Coats into Wild Animal Graffiti ProtestBy Joe Laur Members of the creative collective Neozoon, a group of artists based in Paris and Berlin, are staging a protest against using animal furs as fashion by turning fur coats into street art graffiti. Apparently, they are taking…