Projects tagged "CA"

HOODsisters
Practitioner:
HOODsisters
Date:
Jan 1 2015
(Honoring our Origins, Ourselves and our Dreams) is an all-womyn and womyn-identified crew from the northeast San Fernando Valley dedicated to creating awareness through public art.
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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.
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GM Pulls its Funding Of Controversial Climate Change Denial Group
Practitioner:
Forecast the Facts
Date:
Mar 30 2012
General Motors has pulled its funding of the Heartland Institute, after an aggressive campaign targeted the company’s financial contributions.Forecast the Facts, an advocacy group focused on increasing awareness of climate change, targeted GM after leaked documents revealed the Heartland Institute’s strategy to promote global warming denial in schools.
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The Merit Shop
Practitioner:
Daniel Soares, Pedro Sampaio, Joao Stein
Date:
Jan 1 2014
This shop is more interested in people than it is in profits. If you've got some mad dance skills, or even just some mediocre ones, you can purchase a variety of goods at The Merit Shop in San Francisco.
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Three Weeks in May
Practitioner:
Suzanne Lacy
Date:
Jan 6 2012
In May of 1977, artist Suzanne Lacy mapped every reported rape in LA for a period of three weeks. This project, aptly named "Three Weeks in May", was part of an extended performance which Lacy utilized as a means to expose LA's problem of violence against women. As a centerpiece for this project, Lacy used a large map where she recorded every reported rape in the area with the word RAPE.
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"STAND UP FOR SOMETHING" Oscars 2018
Practitioner:
Common, Andra Day & Special Guests
Date:
Mar 4 2018
The American rapper’s performance of 'Stand Up for Something' with singer Andra Day has gone down as one of the highlights of this year’s Academy Awards. Common used his Oscars performance to condemn Donald Trump’s “hate” and the National Rifle Association. The American rapper’s performance of “Stand Up for Something” with singer Andra Day has been held up by many as one of the highlights of this year’s Academy Awards.
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Getting Your Sh*t Together/GYSTInk
Practitioner:
Karen Atkinson and the GYST Team
Date:
Mar 7 2013
"Making Life Better For Artists" (on ongoing project) http://www.gyst-ink.com
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