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Platform
Practitioner:
Michael Kienzer
Date:
Oct 3 2009
"As of October 2009, Retznei boasts a new centre. In the middle of the square the black contours of a concrete surface stand out, reminiscent of the shape of a pond. If you step on the Platform, you notice that the ground gives slightly and that it sways. Invisibly but noticeably, water reveals itself as a key component of this art work by Michael Kienzer. The water carries the Platform and us, while we are walking or standing on it.
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Break Down
Practitioner:
Michael Landy
Date:
Jan 1 2001
Artist Michael Landy catalogued, inventoried, and systemically destroyed all of his possessions for the 2001 public installation Break Down, commissioned by British arts organization Artangel. It took him three years just to itemize the 7,227 objects included in the project.
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Daughter of a Temple
Practitioner:
ganavya doraiswamy
Date:
Mar 16 2024
“I sing because I genuinely think that if I don’t, I will die...The only thing that gives me relief is this.” - ganavya doraiswamy
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For China’s Halloween of Discontent, He Went as a Surveillance Camera
Practitioner:
Wenxin Fan, Rachel Liang, Shen Lu, WSJ
Date:
Nov 1 2023
Several nights of Halloween celebration in Shanghai provided a vivid, if indirect, commentary this week on the malaise gripping the world’s second-largest economy.
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Occupiers Set Up Living Room in Bank of America Lobby
Practitioner:
Occupy Wall Street
Date:
Mar 12 2012
A crew of occupiers makes a home of a Bank of Americalobby with a couch, a coffee table, a rug and a pottedplant. "Bank of America took our homes so we though we'dmove in here!"  
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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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INTERNATIONAL LINK BEETWEEN FEMALE VIDEO ARTISTS
Practitioner:
FEMLINK
Date:
Jun 7 2012
WHAT IS FEMLINK Who we are ? We are Independent visual artists.
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NIU requirement of insurance on-campus
Practitioner:
NIU students
Date:
Nov 10 2021
For a class project at Northern Illinois University, we were tasked with performing an act of artistic activism on campus. We choose to raise awareness about the student health insurance policy. The policy at NIU states that if you do not have your own form of insurance, you are automatically charged for the university’s insurance plan, which costs $1,224 per semester.
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DIY documentarian serves time for refusing to submit video of police brutality during Tompkins Square Park Riots
Practitioner:
Clayton Patterson
Date:
Aug 6 1988
Documentarian Clayton Patterson captured video of police brutality during the Tompkins Square Park riots in the summer of 1988. When District Attorney Robert Morgenthau ordered Patterson to hand over his camera and tapes as evidence, Patterson refused, citing distrust of the criminal justice system. He was sentenced to 90 days in jail, but after a 10-day hunger strike, his lawyers negotiated a deal to free him.
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Emergency Cinema and the Dignified Image: Cell Phone Activism and Filmmaking in Syria
Practitioner:
Syrian citizens
Date:
Jan 1 2011
One of the most significant aspects of the wave of protests and uprisings that began in Syria in 2011 was the use of the cell phone camera as a tool of documentation, political activism, and creative expression.
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Corrected Billboard Applauds NSA Prior to Congressional Vote
Practitioner:
California Department of Corrections (CDC)
Date:
Jul 23 2013
The California Department of Corrections (CDC) has unveiled a new billboard campaign to defend the domestic spying operations of the National Security Agency (NSA). On July 23, 2013 the CDC successfully apprehended, rehabilitated and discharged a billboard at Bayshore Boulevard near Sunnydale Avenue in San Francisco. The CDC released the corrected ad one day before a U.S.
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I Paint, I Protest: Mary Perry Stone
Practitioner:
video
Date:
Dec 26 2016
Video of Mary Perry Stone's social protest art created in the 1960s . Civil Rights, and the Vietnam War were her subjects. Mary never stopped being an activist and a few of her later works are also in the video.
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They're Going To Kill Me
Practitioner:
Jammie Holmes
Date:
May 30 2020
The Black, Dallas-based artist Jammie Holmes put George Floyd’s final words in a place where everyone could see them: the sky. Five days after Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, May 30th, Holmes’s piece took flight across Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York. Airplanes carrying banners flew between the hours of 11:30 a.m. and 9 p.m. EDT.
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Artist Using Cameras inside Her Vagina to Explore Female Gaze and Body
Practitioner:
Dani Lessnau
Date:
Jan 31 2018
As the female gaze comes to the fore, artists are beginning to examine and explore the possibilities of what exists, what it is to be a woman looking at the world outside of her self. For American artist Dani Lessnau, the gaze opened the door into uncharted realms in search of the things that a camera can capture that the human eye might otherwise miss.
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Cultural Diplomacy through Food: Olia Hercules and Razom's Culinary Journey in Louisiana
Practitioner:
Razom for Ukraine
Date:
Mar 27 2025
Food transcends language—it brings people together, bridges cultures, and tells stories words cannot. In early March, the Razom Advocacy team, alongside renowned Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules, embarked on a journey through Louisiana—visiting Shreveport and New Orleans—to foster connections, celebrate Ukrainian culture, express gratitude to local first responders, and advocate for Ukraine.
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Rolezinho
Practitioner:
Brazilian Youths
Date:
Dec 9 2013
This description is taken from an article posted on dissidentvoice.org (link below):
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Zero Abuse Project
Practitioner:
Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, Zero Abuse Project Headquarters, Virginia Office
Date:
Dec 1 2018
Zero Abuse Project is a 501(c)(3) organization committed to transforming institutions in order to effectively prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse.
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Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed Burlesque
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Written and performed by Gigi Naglak (left) and Meghann Williams (right)
Date:
May 10 2012
Chlamydia dell’Arte: A Sex-Ed BurlesqueYou’ve never taken a sex-ed class like this one!
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Fake lives matter!
Practitioner:
Stu Tanquist
Date:
Sep 26 2017
The kidnapping and enslavement of African people was the life-blood of transnational corporations like the "Royal African Company." In law, these human resource corporations were called "artificial people." Their human cargo was called "cargo."
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On The Artistic Activism of Emory Douglas
Practitioner:
Emory Douglas, Black Panther Party
Date:
Feb 1 1960
“The solidarity came in the artwork—it spoke a language that transcended borders.” Emory Douglas
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