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  • Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertips

    Augmented reality project puts monumental public art at New Yorkers’ fingertips
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    Nov 29 2017

    Digital art platform Kinfolk has launched its New York City-wide participatory exhibition Signature Series, the initiative’s largest public endeavour to date. The project places newly created augmented reality (AR) monuments by four New York artists—Pamela Council, Derrick Adams, Tourmaline and…

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  • Wired in Disability Arts

    Wired in Disability Arts
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    Nov 29 2017

    Serene colors and technical set pieces create a surreal ambience as performers delicately hover into the black void above the stage. These performers belong to Kinetic Light, an “internationally-recognized disability arts ensemble”. In 2022, the ensemble performed Wired, a “potent…

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  • Edward Snowden Hologram

    Edward Snowden Hologram
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    Nov 29 2017

    NEW YORK — Hours after police removed an illicit bust of Edward Snowden from its perch in a Brooklyn park on Monday, artists replaced it with a hologram. The group of artists — who collectively call themselves “The Illuminator” and…

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  • Hologram Protest

    Hologram Protest
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    Nov 29 2017

    Late last year the Spanish government passed a law that set extreme fines for protesters convening outside of government buildings. In response to the controversial Citizen Safety Law, which will take effect on July 1, Spanish activists have staged the…

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  • Murales Imborrables

    Murales Imborrables
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    Nov 29 2017

    In March this year, less than 100 days since he took office again, Luis Castañeda Lossio, Mayor of Lima, announced that the Municipality would remove the street art murals painted on the walls of downtown Lima’s historical city streets. “Lima…

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  • The Realist

    The Realist
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    Nov 29 2017

    Asaf Hanuka is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Tel Aviv, Israel. His illustrations span the themes of technology, revolution, war, Judaism, and depictions of family life and the individual in modern day society. While also employed for commercial illustrations…

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  • Project Catalyst

    Project Catalyst
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    Nov 29 2017

    Project Catalyst specializes in designing culturally rich entertainment experiences that re-imagine the empowering possibilities of cinema and media from a multicultural perspective. Project Catalyst exemplifies the efficacy and essential value of art and cinema at the intersections of social justice…

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  • cheLA

    cheLA
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    Nov 29 2017

    Most cheLA activities are organized around a series of workshops, which may act in combination, are designed as areas of aesthetic, technological and theoretical concentration, and structured to promote their development. Its core activities are research and experimentation residences. As…

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  • Occu-bot

    Occu-bot
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    Nov 29 2017

    Occu-bot can protest in places that human civil disobedience is not allowed, and it can also replace human protesters. Management-bot, also known as the Financier, is a walking robot that accompanies the Occu-bot. It is made of two stepper motors…

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  • Now Watch This

    Now Watch This
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    Nov 29 2017

    The Surveillance Camera Players (SCP) is a small, informal group of people who are unconditionally opposed to the installation and use of video surveillance cameras in public places. The SCP was formed in New York City in November 1996 by…

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