Projects tagged "Immigration"

QUINCEAÑERA PROTEST: Texas teens protest against SB 4 at Capitol
Practitioner:
Texas Teens
Date:
Jul 17 2017
Highlights: A handful of teens donned puffy quinceañera dresses to protest against the “sanctuary cities” ban. The teens gave paper flowers to lawmakers who voted against SB 4 and flyers to those who voted in favor. Texas teens took part in a quinceañera-themed protest on the south steps of the Capitol to voice their opposition to Senate Bill 4, the so-called sanctuary cities ban.
The Walk With Amal, Little Amal
Practitioner:
The Walk (Little Amal)
Date:
Jun 1 2021
Little Amal is the 12 foot puppet of a 10 year old Syrian refugee child at the heart of The Walk. Over the last year she has become a global symbol of human rights, especially those of refugees. Since July 2021, Amal has travelled over 9,000km and been welcomed by more than a million people on the street, including hundreds of artists and civil society and faith leaders, as well as by tens of millions online.
Talking Hands
Practitioner:
Fabrizio Urettini
Date:
Jan 1 2016
The project responds to the urgency that many asylum seekers and refugees have as soon as they touch a new country's soil: working and learning the language. The project, located in the former army barracks 'Caserma Piave' in Treviso, started as a grassroots initiative.
The Balloon Project by Yan Kong
Practitioner:
Asian American Women Artists Alliance
Date:
Oct 10 2019
The Balloon Project, is a three-year-in-the-making Art Installation by Yan Kong in support of world refugees and migrants. It pays tribute to human spirit, courage and survival. The Balloon Project is a multimedia work incorporating mechanical engineering and visuals to fuse art and politics. 32 balloons inflate and deflate to simulate refugee and migrants' breathing while fleeing their countries to seek safety and freedom in the world.
Department of Invitations
Practitioner:
Ebba Akerman
Date:
Jul 31 2014
Filling Stomachs to Open Minds on Immigration In Sweden, Dinners Melt Cultural Barriers STOCKHOLM — Last year, when Ebba Akerman, 31, was teaching Swedish to immigrants in the suburbs of this city, she ran into one of her students on the train and asked him whether he enjoyed living in her country.
Brinco
Practitioner:
Judith Werthein
Date:
Jan 11 2005
Creative Time, Social Practice Archive: Brinco is an art project, product, and intervention created by the Argentinean artist Judith Werthein for the 2005 inSITE Biennial held on the border of Tijuana and San Diego. Brinco—Spanish for "jump"—is a specially designed shoe the artist created for illegal migrant workers and immigrants who navigate the border region at night.
Latin Party at Racist Aaron Schlossberg's UWS Apartment
Practitioner:
The People for Bernie Sanders, Latinos for revolution, Viva Bernie 2020, Young Progressives of America, POlitics Reborn, Woke folks, Millennials for revolution, Unofficial: DNC, New York City Progressives, The Digital Left
Date:
May 18 2018
Action as a response to viral video of Attorney Aaron Schlossberg's racist rant against Spanish speaking customers and employees at a midtown restaurant. The "Latin Party" included food, music, and dance celebrating Latina/o culture in the US. From FB event page:
The radical power of sewing: the artist turning textiles into activism
Practitioner:
Aram Han Sifuentes
Date:
Jan 1 2015
Sewing and textiles have always been a part of the artist Aram Han Sifuentes’ life. Her South Korean immigrant parents operated a dry cleaning business, and she mended her own clothing from a young age.
Step Into My Shoes And Sit In My Seat
Practitioner:
Participants of the Creativity and Change course Cork City
Date:
Mar 11 2017
Topic: Displaced people Concept: Explore and communicate some of the issues around displacement in a global, European and Irish context. Date of action: 11th March 2.30 to 4.20 pm Place: Emmett Place, Cork City, Ireland
Undocubus
Practitioner:
Undocubus
Date:
Sep 6 2012
"The No Papers, No Fear ride for justice. Riders are undocumented people from all over the country, including students, mothers and fathers, children, people in deportation proceedings, day laborers, and others who continue to face deportation, harassment, and death while simply looking for a better life.
Teeter-Totter Wall, 2019
Practitioner:
Rael and Virginia San Fratello
Date:
Jan 9 2019
hot pink see-saws installed along the US-Mexico border where one person on each side can sit and see-saw with the other. installed at Sunland Park, nine miles northwest of El Paso, on the 18 feet slats border wall between Mexico and the United States. It is at this site where the US Border Patrol detained about 300 migrants from Mexico. (Public Delivery) the installation lasted only 1 day and was done without permission.
John Luther Adams: Inuksuit - A Border-Crossing Presentation
Practitioner:
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Date:
Jan 27 2018
The San Diego Symphony performs John Luther Adams piece "Inuksuit" at the U.S.-Mexico border.
A Performance workshop “Misplaced Women?”
Practitioner:
Tanja Ostojic and participants of the workshop
Date:
Oct 29 2015
“Misplaced Women?” is an art project-workshop by Tanja Ostojic in which she and project`s participants – artists , art students , cultural workers and activists: Nela Antonovic, Gorana Bacevac, Nadezda Kircanski, Tatjana Beljinac, Milica Jankovic, Tamara Bijelic, Irena Djukanovic, Bojana Radenovic, Marija Jevtic, Irena Mirkovic, Jelena Dinic, Sanja Solunac and Suncica Sido showed the everyday life activities that are characteristic for migrants, refugee
Immigrant Movement International
Practitioner:
Tania Bruguera
Date:
May 31 2011
Immigrant Movement International (IM) is a community space in the heavily immigrant neighborhood of Corona, Queens.
MAY DAY MARCH- "TRUMP UNWANTED"
Practitioner:
MAY DAY MARCH Community
Date:
May 1 2016
GAME ON! Its gonna be a good Spring!" Connie Bacon. Activists and the politically aware will march with the message that Donald Trump and his beliefs are "UNWANTED".
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.
That Time Art and Activism Met in Antarctica
Practitioner:
Lucy + Jorge Orta
Date:
Jan 25 2016
With a grand total of 0 permanent residents and an average winter temperature of --56.2°F, Antarctica is a bit more than your average “no man’s land.” This didn’t deter artist duo Lucy + Jorge Orta, however, who took an expedition to the territory in 2007 on commission from The End of the World Biennale. Nine years later, the duo’s cumulative work created during the program is finally on display in NYC at Jane Lombard Gallery.
Un-Daily Bread
Practitioner:
Gregg Segal
Date:
Dec 30 2019
In response to an earlier project called "Daily Bread, Gregg Segal collaborated with the United Nations Refugee Agency to bring awareness to the crisis of refugees fleeing Venezuela through his project "Un-Daily Bread."
The Flood: Gilgamesh and the quest of immortality
Practitioner:
Center for Cultural Decontamination, Belgrade, Theater Zoukak, Beirut
Date:
May 4 2016
From the two shores of the Mediterranean, Zoukak theatre company and cultural association (Beirut) and Center for cultural decontamination CZKD (Belgrade) collaborates by sharing their experiences and knowledge in working within sociopolitical contexts in the field of art and culture.
14,000 Refugee Life Jackets
Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei
Date:
Feb 14 2016
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei covered a Berlin landmark with thousands of refugee life jackets for his latest installation. The striking display was the activist's attempt to highlight the scale of migrants taking to the seas every day.
A Boy Peers Over the Mexican Boarder Wall
Practitioner:
JR
Date:
Sep 1 2017
"One morning, when JR awoke, an image lingered from his dreams: The wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and above it a young kid peering curiously over. A child just 1 year old, who has "no idea that's a wall that divides people — he has no idea of the political context," JR imagined.
Wallyball
Practitioner:
Mexico and US Residents
Date:
Aug 26 2015
The frontier between the United States and Mexico is the busiest land border in the world. It is also among one of the world’s most heavily regulated and policed border zones—the arid climate of which is responsible for many migrant deaths each year.
Felipe Romero Beltrán captures young migrants coming-of-age in Seville
Practitioner:
Felipe Romero Beltrán
Date:
Apr 13 2021
Horror stories about treacherous boat journeys from Africa to the Mediterranean far too often make headline news. The men, women and children fleeing their homes to start a new life in Europe become faceless numbers in the media, and are ‘othered’ by conservative politicians for their own agenda.
Aeromexico campaign proposes “DNA Discounts”
Practitioner:
Ogilvy
Date:
Jan 1 2018
AeroMexico unveiled a program called “DNA Discounts,” which offers discounts on flights to Americans who can show by taking a test that they have Mexican DNA. The amount of the discount depends on the percentage of Mexican ancestry. For example, a person who has 15% Mexican heritage qualifies for 15% off.
Las Restauramoras
Practitioner:
Siempre Unidas
Date:
Mar 27 2021
Siempre Unidas is a feminist collective in the state of Quintana Roo (Mexico) that works partly through street art. In 2021, in response to the femicide of Victoria Salazar – a refugee from El Salvador who died in police custody – the collective began an anti-femicide mural project called RestaurAmoras.

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