Creative tactics that help bring about change

Tag:

street theater

  • The Tourist Lane

    The Tourist Lane
    Practitioner:
    Date:
    Jun 8 2010

    The Improv Everywhere team created separate walking lanes for tourists and New Yorkers on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk. Department of Transportation “employees” were on hand to enforce the new rules and ask pedestrians for their feedback on the initiative. Enjoy…

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  • The Sahmat Collective

    The Sahmat Collective
    Practitioner:
    Date:
    Jun 8 2010

    In 1989, playwright, actor, and activist Safdar Hashmi was fatally attacked by political thugs while performing a street play outside of Delhi. His death led to the founding of Sahmat, an influential artist collective that has taken a consistent stance…

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  • ACT UP is at it again

    ACT UP is at it again
    Practitioner:
    Date:
    Jun 8 2010

    Long before the red ribbon became an innocuous symbol of AIDS “awareness” and celebrity philanthropy, there was the pink triangle and there was ACT UP and there were thousands of people taking to the streets for their lives. Once a…

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