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Adidas by Stella McCartney’s SS21 collection calls on us to protect our oceans
Practitioner:
Stella McCartney w/ Adidas, Monika Mogi, Netti Hurley
Date:
Apr 1 2021
When we think about the protectors of our oceans, our mind is instantly drawn to the image of the lifeguard. Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff in bright red swimsuits, their enviable bodies on show, as they run along the coastline. As a result our concept of the role has an elitism about it.
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COVID-19 RELIEF FUND TO GIVE $10 MILLION TO ARTISTS
Practitioner:
Artist Relief fund
Date:
Apr 8 2020
A coalition of more than twenty national arts funders has launched an emergency relief fund that will provide millions of dollars to artists struggling financially in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States, which has more than 400,000 confirmed cases of the virus. The Andrew W.
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"Within the Terms and Conditions"
Practitioner:
Caroline Sinders
Date:
Jul 15 2021
A popular theme throughout media is the relationship between technology and art. While art is often bolstered and disseminated through technology, discussions arise of how technology both positively and negatively affects content. Caroline Sinders’ exhibition Within the Terms and Conditions explores the way content has been spread online.
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Manual de micromilitancia
Practitioner:
Unnamed
Date:
Jan 9 2016
Less than a month after Mauricio Macri's inauguration as president of Argentina in December 2015, a manual for micro-resistance was released online to guide resistance against Macri's election and policies. The manual suggests specific actions that people can perform in their everyday lives to build opposition against the new president.
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China activists lifted by blind lawyer’s escape
Practitioner:
Chen Guangcheng
Date:
Apr 29 2012
Associated Press BEIJING — The surprising escape of a blind legal activist from house arrest to the presumed custody of U.S. diplomats is buoying China’s embattled dissident community even as the government lashes out, detaining those who helped him and squelching mention of his name on the Internet.
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Seventeen Says Thanks But No Thanks To Teen’s Photoshop Petition
Practitioner:
Julia Bluhm
Date:
May 3 2012
Seventeen editor Ann Shoket met yesterday with Julia Bluhm, the 14-year-old reader who started an online petition to ask the magazine to curb its use of Photoshop.
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In her Shoes
Practitioner:
Creativity and Change - Reproductive Rights Group
Date:
Apr 28 2018
‘In Her Shoes’ was a street exhibition of stories from women and men affected by the 8th Amendment of the Irish Constitution. These stories were selected from the ‘In Her Shoes’ project Facebook page. We hung copies of the stories on ribbon between trees and provided pens, paper and a seating area for people to sit down and write a response to the stories if they chose.
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Manifest Justice
Practitioner:
Manifest Justice
Date:
May 10 2015
Last August, as protesters marched in Ferguson, Missouri, after the death of Michael Brown, the 18-year-old unarmed teen shot by a police officer, another group of activists began thinking about how to incorporate the creative community into the movement. The result is Manifest:Justice, a free pop-up art show taking place in Los Angeles.
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Not Your Honor
Practitioner:
ABAAD
Date:
Dec 4 2019
To honor their battle, Lebanese women's rights organization ABAAD launched a powerful song and music video titled Not Your Honor. The clip was launched on the occasion of the "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence" initiative which took off on Nov. 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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Camión / Galeria de Arte "Gente de Corabastos"
Practitioner:
Artitis TV
Date:
Apr 22 2016
Se sacuden la desconfianza y entran al camión. En él no hay frutas, ni verduras, ni carnes. El piso, igual que el techo y las paredes están inmaculadas y pintadas de blanco. Solo ellos y algunos compañeros inmortalizados en fotos llenan el espacio.
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Crows That Pick Up Trash
Practitioner:
Crows
Date:
Aug 20 2018
Oh, to be a crow. Maligned as scavengers that torment their dead brethren. Portrayed as aerial killers in the 1963 Alfred Hitchcock classic, “The Birds.” In France, though, the wily crow is getting a makeover. Puy du Fou, a historical theme park in the Loire region about four hours from Paris, has trained six crows to pick up cigarette butts and bits of trash and dump them in a box. Mon Dieu! Are the pigeons of Paris next?
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Blanke Bedenken, or Naked Qualms
Practitioner:
German Doctors
Date:
Apr 27 2020
A group of German doctors have posed naked in an attempt to draw attention to shortages of protective clothing and equipment. Calling their protest Blanke Bedenken, or Naked Qualms, members of the group said they felt at risk from coronavirus and claimed their calls for help over several months had gone unheeded.
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Water Bar
Practitioner:
Works Progress Studios
Date:
Mar 6 2016
Northeast Minneapolis is going to have the first full-fledged water bar of its kind, an establishment where you can sit and drink a variety of local tap waters to your heart’s content. Their delightful motto: “Water is all we have.”
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Finding Black Owned Businesses
Practitioner:
Jay-Z/Sean Combs
Date:
Mar 3 2018
An inspired story of artists who have made millions engaging their communities of using their artistic influence to create change for others! **** Over the last few years or so, Diddy and Jay-Z have continually found themselves near the very top of Forbes' wealthiest acts in hip-hop list. Now, it looks like the two are combining their immense wealth to help Black people across the U.S.
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Seaspiracy
Practitioner:
Ali Tabrizi
Date:
Mar 25 2021
"Seaspiracy, a documentary-styled film released on Netflix this week, intends to shock, and on that count it succeeds.
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Hong Kong Moves to Ban All Ivory Sales, Closing a Loophole
Practitioner:
local people in Hong Kong
Date:
Jan 31 2018
HONG KONG — Hong Kong’s legislature voted on Wednesday to ban all ivory sales by 2021, closing what activists called a major loophole in the global effort to end the trade and protect elephants from poaching.
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Ai Weiwei on the project that awoke his political voice – The Start podcast
Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei
Date:
Feb 15 2018
In 2008, an earthquake devastated Sichuan province in China, claiming the lives of more than 69,000 people. Following accusations from parents that substandard construction caused the collapse of schools across in the region, the artist Ai Weiwei set upon a political investigation that would name every missing student and call the government to account for their deaths.
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Bike Church
Practitioner:
Nowness
Date:
May 18 2022
Watch Gabriel Frilando (aka CheatDeathNYC) cycle through the streets of New York City in this short film of remembrance made by NYC based, Argentinian born, director/ cinematographer Nicolás de Miranda. Speaking about this personal project Nicolás says:
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Beautiful Trouble
Practitioner:
Beautiful Trouble
Date:
Jun 1 2012
Beautiful Trouble is a book, web toolbox and international network of artist-activist trainers whose mission is to make grassroots movements more creative and more effective.
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The Panama Papers
Practitioner:
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists
Date:
Apr 3 2016
A giant leak of more than 11.5 million financial and legal records exposes a system that enables crime, corruption and wrongdoing, hidden by secretive offshore companies.
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