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Environmental protection is the greatest religion, says Chinese artist
Practitioner:
Yuan Xikun
Date:
Aug 8 2014
By a pond inside one of the entrances to Beijing’s Chaoyang Park lies a cluster of one and two storey red pyramid-shaped buildings. Sculptures of Gandhi and Lincoln and other famous figures sit in the quiet woods nearby. This is Yuan Xikun’s Jin Tai Art Museum.
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Activists Use Balloons to Drop 10,000 Copies of The Interview Into North Korea
Practitioner:
Park Sang-Hak
Date:
Mar 26 2015
A group of South Korean activists is determined to send copies of The Interview across the North Korean border, despite threats from the state to respond with “cannons or missiles” if the plan succeeds.
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Church protest reveals realities of life in modern Bethlehem
Practitioner:
St James's Church
Date:
Dec 27 2013
The Rev Lucy Winkett is having trouble sleeping. This is because her church on Piccadilly has decided to erect a full-size copy of the Israeli separation barrier to block off her Christopher Wren church. And because she lives above the shop, the grim presence of this temporary structure is with her all the time. "Politics aside, living beside the 26ft wall is having a curious effect on those who are here.
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Animal Man Comics
Practitioner:
Jeff Lemire
Date:
Jun 14 2012
By Mariann Sullivan
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Whose Utopia? 谁的乌托邦
Practitioner:
Cao Fei 曹斐
Date:
Jan 1 2005
Whose Utopia? was made by the Chinese artist Cao Fei and filmed at the OSRAM lighting factory in Foshan in the Pearl River Delta in southern China during 2005 and 2006. It was commissioned as part of a project entitled ‘What Are They Doing Here?’ that was run by the Siemens Art Program from 2000 to 2006 and involved Chinese artists undertaking six-month-long residencies at industrial facilities across the country.
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Raising Awareness of Migration and COVID 19 through Graffiti and Street Art in Accra
Practitioner:
Ghana Graffiti Collective, Accra Metropolitan Assembly
Date:
May 29 2020
In a bid to fight the spread of COVID-19, the EU Delegation to Ghana on Wednesday 27 May joined the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and artists from the Ghana Graffiti Collective, to launch an initiative to use street art and graffiti to create awareness about coronavirus and migration. The artwork created by the Ghana Graffiti collective speak about hope, tolerance, love and solidarity.
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Remember The Glaciers
Practitioner:
Glacier girl, Remember The Glaciers
Date:
Jun 15 2015
Raising awareness about climate change; adapting he aesthetic of 'eco-friendly' to appeal to the iGeneration and uncountable generations to come.
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Existe Amor em SP
Practitioner:
Existe Amor em SP
Date:
Aug 21 2012
São Paulo went through a process of privatization of the public spaces. The local government implemented several rules that beneficiated the real state speculation, the city is expensive, and it's not for the poor. Besides that, in october the elections were a hard game for the progressive party, PT, since two conservative candidates had big shares.
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Plutos: Chronicles of the Superrich
Practitioner:
Smuggers
Date:
Feb 7 2011
Title 18, Part 1, Chapter 17 of the United States Criminal Code: "Whoever mutilates, cuts, defaces, disfigures, or perforates, or unites or cements together, or does any other thing to any bank bill, draft, note, or other evidence of debt issued by any national banking association, or Federal Reserve bank, or the Federal Reserve System,
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Theatre for Humans
Practitioner:
Terry Merkle & Susan Blyth
Date:
Apr 14 2013
Special Report from the War on Women
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Carnival
Practitioner:
Brazilian Culture
Date:
Feb 5 2016
"A week-long party characterizes Brazil’s Carnival, the Mardi Gras of the southern hemisphere. Celebrations and parades are held throughout the country, most notably in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the Brazilian states of Bahia and Pernambuco. Carnival celebrations vary in length and content, depending on the area.
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Detox Levis - Vertical Catwalk
Practitioner:
Greenpeace
Date:
Dec 6 2012
Detox Levi's: 6th December: Greenpeace activists staged a vertical catwalk action in front of the levi's store in the biggest mall in Copenhagen, Denmark. Greenpeace calls Levi's to engage fully in the process of ending the use and release of hazardous chemicals in connection with the production of their clothing.
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Sunaura Taylor
Practitioner:
Sunaura Taylor
Date:
May 26 2015
Sunaura Taylor is an artist, writer and activist. Through painting, printmaking, writing and other forms of political and artistic engagement her work intervenes with dominant historical narratives of disability and animal oppression. Taylor's artworks have been exhibited at venues across the country, including the CUE Art Foundation, the Smithsonian Institution and the Berkeley Art Museum.
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Art, Activism and the Age of AIDS
Practitioner:
David Wojnarowicz
Date:
May 15 1981
David Wojnarowicz as a Catalyst for Collective Action
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#Stripforjackie: Lebanese Olympic skier sparks social media campaign about free speech
Practitioner:
Cynthia-Maria Aramouni, Mohamad Abdouni, Tarek Moukaddem, Carl Halal
Date:
Feb 10 2014
A Lebanese Olympic skier whose topless calendar prompted calls for a ministerial inquiry has unwittingly sparked a social media campaign backing her, with supporters stripping off in solidarity. Three years ago, Jackie Chamoun posed for a calendar photo shoot. Behind-the-scenes footage recently was posted online, and Lebanon's sports and youth minister reportedly ordered an investigation.
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Bridgetown DiY
Practitioner:
Bridgetown DIY
Date:
Jan 2 2011
Bridgetown DIY is a not-for-profit social center and music/art space. We are dedicated to empowerment through education, collaboration, and sharing.
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How Art Gives Shape to Cultural Change
Practitioner:
Thelma Golden
Date:
Jul 2 2009
Thelma Golden, curator at the Studio Museum in Harlem, talks through three recent shows that explore how art examines and redefines culture. The "post-black" artists she works with are using their art to provoke a new dialogue about race and culture -- and about the meaning of art itself.
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Identity/Identidad
Practitioner:
Argentine Grandmothers of the disappeared
Date:
Feb 23 2007
Identity/Identidad was included in The Disappeared exhibition at the El Museo Del Barrio from February 23rd to June 17th 2007. However, this project was exhibited over a long period of time at numerous different locations.
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We have to get beyond the shame’: Women of the World launches festival against sexual violence
Practitioner:
in partnership with Birkbeck, University of London, will see national, international and grassroots organisations and charities join forces with local artists and leading voices to address the global crisis of violence against women and sexual assault.
Date:
Nov 27 2021
Gender equality charity Women of the World (WOW) is launching a one-day festival of activism that invites people from all generations, genders and backgrounds to take part in conversations around sexual violence.
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SWORN OATH
Practitioner:
Patrick Henderson
Date:
Apr 25 2018
Fuck. Damn. Shit. Ass. Everybody curses. Don’t say you don’t. Everyone does it when they’re mad, upset, happy, or excited. It’s human nature. Is it that the words are sinful? Offensive? Violent? Nobody really knows but we as a society do not like them in the slightest. People associate cursing with a stigma of being uneducated, uncultured, and lazy. But boiled down, language is one of the strongest tools and assets that we have. Language is power.
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