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Funk Lessons

Date:
May 6 1982

Adrian Piper’s “Funk Lessons” (1982-84) was a series of performances and collaborative events in which the artist taught white participants about black funk music, its culture, and its history, aiming to deconstruct stereotypical ideas about Black culture. Adrian Piper began…

Bat Cloud

Practitioner:
Joyce Hwang

Date:
May 6 1982

A dark cloud hovers above a stand of Eastern cottonwood trees in Tifft Nature Preserve, a 264-acre woodland nature refuge on Lake Erie. But this is no ordinary cloud; it is a high-tech habitat for one of the world’s most…

Green Bronx Machine

Practitioner:
Stephen Ritz

Date:
May 6 1982

Children in marginalized communities often lack access to healthy foods, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. Poor nutrition, in turn, has significant negative impacts on a child’s health and ability to focus in school. Learning and academic achievement often plummet. “Children…

Climate Comedy: Inspiring Climate Action Through Comedy

Practitioner:
Generation180

Date:
May 6 1982

The Climate Comedy Cohort is an unprecedented network of comedians who are coming together to learn, collaborate, and create hilarious new comedy informed by the hottest climate science. The Climate Comedy Cohort functions as a 9-month fellowship. Co-created and directed…

Dad Writes Anti-Sexism Timewarp Letter to Daughter’s School

Practitioner:
Stephen Callaghan

Date:
May 6 1982

When the boys were sent on a field trip to a hardware store and girls went to get their hair done, this modern dad didn’t get mad, he got hilarious. He wrote a letter notifying the school that there was…

Untitled – Ongoing series

Practitioner:
JillisBlack

Date:
May 6 1982

Sarcastic delivery spoken to black people talking about issues regarding black “progress” , media, consumption among other things https://www.instagram.com/jillisblack/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3Y-bQFc2a/?hl=en&taken-by=jillisblack External sources: https://www.instagram.com/p/BYJs31VFV9G/?hl=en&taken-by=jillisblack https://www.instagram.com/jillisblack/?hl=en

Sixth Annual NYC Feminist Zinefest

Practitioner:
Barnard

Date:
May 6 1982

“The Feminist Zine Fest showcases the work of artists and zine makers of all genders who identify on the feminist spectrum, and whose politics are reflected in their work. For the second consecutive year, Barnard proudly hosts the zine fest,…

Activists lay thousands of shoes outside Capitol for children killed by gun violence

Practitioner:
avaaz

Date:
May 6 1982

WASHINGTON — Thousands of shoes were laid outside the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to represent children who have been killed by gun violence. Avaaz, an international advocacy group, planned the demonstration to honor victims killed since the massacre…

Political Posters, Joseph A. Labadie Collection

Practitioner:
University of Michgan

Date:
May 6 1982

The Joseph A. Labadie Collection contains posters which have been acquired over the past 100 years. This database consists of images of those posters covering social protest movements such as Anarchism, Civil Liberties, Colonialism, Communism, Ecology, Labor, Pacifism, Sexual Freedom,…

Freedom of Information

Practitioner:
IOANA (Ioana Urma)

Date:
May 6 1982

Located within Boston’s historic (brick) core, and using the history of Boston as example, this kinetic, site-specific, public art installation is a humorous commentary on our use and trust of the internet for learning. The project makes tangible (physical), and…