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Feminism Gets Rebranded
Practitioner:
Elle UK, Vagenda
Date:
Nov 1 2013
For the November issue of women’s magazine ELLE UK, agency W+K London teamed up with feminist cofounders of Vagenda, Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, to rebrand feminism. Frustrated with the way women are stereotyped and portrayed, Vagenda created a ‘Sod The Stereotypes’ manifesto.
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European leaders visit Kyiv, and tell Russia: 30-day ceasefire now or face massive sanctions
Practitioner:
Andrew Carey, Nick Paton Walsh
Date:
May 10 2025
Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — The leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Poland have told Russian leader Vladimir Putin to agree to a 30-day ceasefire starting on Monday or face possible “massive” sanctions, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, on a highly symbolic visit to Kyiv. The demand comes with the backing of the White House after a joint phone call with President Donald Trump, the Europeans said.
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This Subway Is Too Small
Practitioner:
Ahora Buenos Aires (Now Buenos Aires)
Date:
Jun 1 2017
In 2017, the political party Ahora Buenos Aires (Now Buenos Aires) was running in the legislative election for the first time. It is not easy being a small left-wing party in the City of Buenos Aires, therefore imagination is an essential part of a campaign if you want to get the attention of the media and voters.
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Procedure Room
Practitioner:
Nikita Kadan
Date:
Jan 1 2009
The project (created in 2009-2010) consists of painted plats and posters depicted with drawings of police torture scenes. Images also include snippets of email exchanges. The plates have been exhibited in numerous galleries in Ukraine, and posters were hung in public spaces.
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Clean Up Day
Practitioner:
Oskar Metsavaht
Date:
Jul 19 2012
Through his environmental, social justice organization, Instituto-E, Dr. Oskar Metsavaht, the creative director behind ethical fashion brand, Osklen, joined forces with Rainer Nolvak, founder of international civic sanitation movement, Let's Do it and Umer Pter, head of External Relations and Estonian delegate at the Rio+20 U.N.
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Destigmatization
Practitioner:
Andreja Kulunčić
Date:
Jan 1 2014
Destigmatization was made in Vrapče Psychiatric Hospital in Zagreb in collaboration with a working group consisting of mentor Dubravka Stijačić, prof.
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Tequiografías
Practitioner:
Daniel Godínez Nivón
Date:
Jan 1 2010
The artist in close collaboration with AMI (Assembly of Indigenous Migrants of Mexico City) has created a series of monographs made by students, through ‘tequio’: a communal system of organisation expressed in collaborative practices, mandatory and unpaid work. The goal of the project is to offer information about the lifestyle and culture of these indigenous communities, which live in Mexico City.
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Pro-Choice Trolling
Practitioner:
Jasmine Shea, Nathaniel Peck
Date:
Jul 9 2014
Fun Craft Idea: Pro-Choice Trolling in Hobby Lobby Aisles Jezebel By Callie Beusman
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‘Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues’ Review: In His Own Words
Practitioner:
Louis Armstrong
Date:
Feb 13 2023
In Louis Armstrong’s study in the Queens home he shared with his fourth wife, Lucille, bookshelves were filled with reel-to-reel recordings he made as a sort of audio diary. Those tapes and his letters — read by the rapper Nas — lay the foundation for the director Sacha Jenkins’s documentary “Louis Armstrong’s Black & Blues.”
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Ask a Muslim
Practitioner:
Mona Haydar
Date:
Mar 23 2016
Mona Haydar knows the way some people feel about Muslims in the wake of recent terrorist attacks. Just weeks after the horrific San Bernardino, Calif., shooting in December, where Islamic extremists killed 14 people and wounded 22 others, Haydar was at an airport looking to buy frozen yogurt. Suddenly, a man came up to her and whispered menacingly in her ear, "You killed my people."
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Regina José Galindo- Performance Art Guatemala
Practitioner:
Regina José Galindo
Date:
Feb 3 2000
Regina Galindo is a Guatemalan performance artist that uses her body as a means to explore many of the human rights violations in Guatemala. In one of her performances, " no perdemos nada con nacer," or " we don't lose anything by being born," the artist "disposes" of herself in a plastic bag.
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Irish Reactions to Palestine and Israel
Practitioner:
Pro-Palestinian Activists in Ireland
Date:
Nov 1 2023
Palestinian and Israeli flags flutter in pro-Irish and pro-UK neighbourhoods in Northern Ireland, tapping into its own history of conflict and division that still affects everyday life despite a 1998 peace deal that largely ended violence.
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"Just Two of Us"
Practitioner:
Katharina Grosse, The Public Art Fund
Date:
Oct 27 2013
Katharina Grosse's public exhibition "Just Two of Us" consists of eight large meteor looking sculptures painted in bright technicolors. The sculptures, which have been placed in the public plaza at Metro Tech Commons, have transformed downtown Brooklyn. Grosse is a German artist based in Berlin, who is known for her use of spray gun techniques to create abstract colorful paintings on unconventional surfaces.
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In Drones We Trust
Practitioner:
Joseph DeLappe
Date:
Nov 13 2014
In Drones We Trust, 2014 - Joseph DeLappe Crowd Sourced, Participatory Rubber Stamp Currency Intervention FOR FULL PROJECT DOCUMENTATION VISIT: http://indroneswetrust.tumblr.com/
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The Eye that Cries
Practitioner:
Lika Mutal
Date:
Jan 1 2005
The Eye that Cries (El Ojo que Llora, in Spanish) is a memorial that was born as a private initiative designed to honor the thousands of victims as a result of terrorism in Peru, to strengthen the collective memory of all Peruvians and to promote peace and reconciliation in the country.
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Kissing Doesn’t Kill and other projects
Practitioner:
Gran Fury
Date:
Jan 1 1989
Gran Fury was an AIDS activist artist collective from New York City consisting of 11 members, all artists - but action, not art, was the aim of the collective. Gran Fury member Loring McAlpin described the collective's mass-market ambition to “...fight for attention as hard as Coca-Cola fights for attention.”
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#NoFutureNoChildren
Practitioner:
Emma Lim
Date:
Sep 16 2019
As leaders across the world are getting ready to gather together to discuss climate change—and what to do about it—at the UN Climate Change Summit in New York next week, hundreds of young people across the world are going on birth strike to pressure policymakers into action.
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The Color of Reality
Practitioner:
Alexa Meade Jon Boogz
Date:
Sep 6 2016
Transfixed by racial, political, and socioeconomic tensions saturating the news, movement artists Jon Boogz and Lil Buck, enveloped by the art of Alexa Meade, switch off the TV and release their emotion into a stirring dance that is both a lament and a spirited call to action.
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Activist Hackers Temporarily Block Putin's Website
Practitioner:
Anonymous
Date:
May 14 2012
From ReutersBy Vladimir SoldatkinHackers temporarily blocked President Vladimir Putin's web site on Wednesday, carrying out a promise to disrupt government information portals two days after his swearing-in for another six-year term that has drawn street protests. The hacker activist group Anonymous used the "Op_Russia" twitter account to publicize the
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"Food Fight of the Century"
Practitioner:
Elliot Crown
Date:
Oct 12 2013
MonsterSanto extolls the virtues of GMO's while his Money Head Clones offer the crowd free samples. President Bomblast entertains the crowd attempting to juggle Peace, Jobs, and Truth. A food fight breaks out.
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