Projects tagged "Online"

The Arte Útil Archive
Practitioner:
Asociación de Arte Útil
Date:
Dec 15 2013
The Arte Útil archive presents a growing archive of over two hundred case studies that imagine, create and implement beneficial outcomes by producing tactics that change how we act in society.
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Memetro
Practitioner:
Memetro
Date:
Jan 1 2010
Memetro is a non-profit cultural organisation, which has developed a web application for smartphones for all people who have a transitory memory upset. The term ‘memetro’ is a merging of two concepts‘Meme’ from the Spanish expression, and the film ‘Memento’. People with TMG (Transitory Global Memetro) very often forget to validate their ticket of public transport, especially on the subway.
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War Drags You Out
Practitioner:
Saint Hoax
Date:
Jan 1 2014
War Drags You Out is a project by artist "Saint Hoax" looking at the similarities between defining characteristics of Drag Queens and Political Leaders. Text from St. Hoax's website: "After attending a drag show for the first time, I was struck by the richness of this glamour oriented culture. I took a minute to actually look at the faux queens and deconstruct their main components.
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"WE STAND AS ONE"
Practitioner:
Vanilla Chi
Date:
Apr 14 2021
The New York-based artist has created a free-to-download poster in support of the ESEA community. Produced in response to the Covid-related surge in anti-Asian hate crimes, it can be used in a variety of ways to raise awareness and support the cause.
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Black People Love Us
Practitioner:
Jonah Peretti
Date:
Jan 1 2005
This satirical website ridicules hipster racism and black tokenism, using two fictional white characters - Sally and Johnny - who have many black friends. The webpage is fairly simple and features fictional testimonies by black people celebrating the stereotypes and innocuous, but prejudiced behavior of Sally and Johnny. There is also a section of submitted testimonies and hate mail/fanmail.
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Israeli Protest Song Banned from Army Radio
Practitioner:
Izhar Ashdot, Alona Kimche
Date:
Oct 15 2012
There was once a time when Israeli songs like A Matter of Habit were routinely written, aired and became hits. These were songs of political commentary or protest, songs of hope and idealism. They represented the aspirations of Israel's secular liberal (generally Ashkenazi) elite. But that was long ago.
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Untitled - Ongoing series
Practitioner:
JillisBlack
Date:
May 7 2018
Sarcastic delivery spoken to black people talking about issues regarding black "progress" , media, consumption among other things https://www.instagram.com/jillisblack/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/p/Bb3Y-bQFc2a/?hl=en&taken-by=jillisblack
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Toilet Strike: Matt Damon (Water.org)
Practitioner:
Matt Damon, Water.org
Date:
Feb 12 2013
For the launch of a new organization fighting to end the water crisis, Matt Damon, Co-founder of Water.org, has produced a video using humor to shed light on the issue of access to clean water. In the spoof, he holds a press conference at which he announces that he will "not go to the bathroom until everyone has access clean water," calling for a "toilet strike." 
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Artists Across Myanmar Are Making Protest Art to Share Their Struggle for Democracy With the World
Practitioner:
Artists in Myanmar
Date:
Feb 1 2021
Myanmar has been engulfed in protest since February 1, when Burmese army general Min Aung Hlaing seized control of the government in a military coup, refusing to accept the landslide election victory of the National League for Democracy and its leader, Aung San Suu Kyi.
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FAITH is the Vaccine to calm down TURBULENCE-Brave Voices@70
Practitioner:
Mbizo Chirasha-Publisher/Projects Curator, Francis Otole-Guest Editor, Rebecca Robinson-Artist in Residence
Date:
Jun 29 0020
BRAVE VOICES POETRY JOURNAL is the scripture of FREEDOM religion, with her twin’s doctrine of justice and resilience. It comprises two Testaments. (1) the old testament of precolonial Africa; from Genesis of civilization through Exodus to slavery. From kings; Mansa,Tshaka , Selassie…through Psalms; Senghor, Diops,Okara,Brutus.
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The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action
Practitioner:
Artists and Activists
Date:
Aug 1 2020
The Amplification Project: Digital Archive for Forced Migration, Contemporary Art, and Action (https://theamplificationproject.com) is a community-led participatory public digital archive to which any artist and activist can document, preserve and share their work inspired, influenced, or affected by forced migration.
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SOPA Blackout
Practitioner:
Wikipedia
Date:
Jan 18 2012
SOPA Blackout: Wikipedia, Google, Wired Protest ‘Internet Censorship’ 
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Falling Fruit
Practitioner:
Caleb Phillips, Ethan Welty
Date:
Jan 1 2013
The Falling Fruit project was born from a passion for food and the environment. It is organised in an open-source database that brings together the entirety of maps made by foragers from the Internet. The database also includes edible species found in municipal tree inventories: databases of street (and sometimes private) trees used by many cities, universities, and other institutions to manage the urban forest.
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One World: Together At Home
Practitioner:
Global Citizen
Date:
Apr 18 2020
Global Citizen arranged a virtual concert to celebrate all those who are working during the COVID-19 epidemic, from the healthcare workers to essential workers. The lineup included Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Jennifer Hudson, and over 30 more artists. The concert took place live on Youtube and ran for around 6 hours.
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Art+Feminsim Wikipedia Edit-a-thon
Practitioner:
Art+Feminism
Date:
Feb 1 2014
On February 1st, 2014, approximately 600 participants, convened in 31 locations in six countries to edit Wikipedia articles on women and the arts. During this day, at least 101 new articles were created, and at least 90 articles improved.
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#DearMe
Practitioner:
YouTube, YouTube users
Date:
Mar 3 2015
From Variety: YouTube launched a campaign with the hashtag #DearMe — encouraging users to upload “video letters” with advice to their younger selves, aimed at helping girls deal with problems — and within an hour it became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter both in the U.S. and worldwide.
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Sad Girl Theory
Practitioner:
Audrey Wollen
Date:
May 1 2016
During a moment when the facade of social media seems to be cracking, it’s easy to look to Instagram stars and wonder what’s real and what’s fake. Last month, Essena O’Neill, the Australian teenager who racked up more than half a million Instagram followers, quit Instagram after claiming that social media is “not real life.”
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Phone Story
Practitioner:
Michael Pineschi
Date:
Jan 1 2013
Phone Story is an educational game about the hidden social costs of smartphone manufacturing. Follow your phone's journey from the Coltan mines of the Congo to the electronic waste dumps in Pakistan through four colorful mini-games. Compete with market forces in an endless spiral of technological obsolescence. You can keep Phone Story in your favorite device as a reminder of your impact on this world.
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Share your water story
Practitioner:
Jacqueline Moreira, Tricia Hogan, Rachel Walsh, John Farragher, Veronica Wagner and Keelin Tobin
Date:
May 1 2020
Share Your Water Story invites every global citizen to participate in a creative conversation around the different ways in which water impacts our lives. The project encourages people to contribute original expression of any kind via online platforms on the global justice issue of water and sanitation.
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"I'm Just a Slave" parody from Black-ish/The Roots
Practitioner:
Black-ish/The Roots
Date:
Oct 3 2017
On Tuesday night, Black-ish, one of the best shows on TV, returned for its fourth season. As expected, the premiere was outstanding. The episode was a history lesson. The subject? June 19, 1865, better known as the Juneteenth, the official end of slavery.
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March For Our Lives Keeps Going, Despite the Pandemic
Practitioner:
March for Our Lives
Date:
Mar 25 2020
The original March For Our Lives event in 2018 formed the largest youth-led protests in American history, with turnout estimated at more than 2 million in 387 districts across the nation, protesting the lack of gun control legislation. Since then, the group that started locally in Parkland, Florida, has expanded, organizing more marches, sit-ins, and bus tours. They’ve become as a disrupting force in the fight against gun violence.
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The Radius Project
Practitioner:
Black Lives/White Light, TableTribes
Date:
Jun 9 2015
"Black Lives/White Light and TABLETRIBES, a D.C.-based tech startup, are coupling art and technology to create The Radius Project, which aims to take conversations surrounding Black Lives Matter beyond newsfeeds and comment sections...TABLETRIBES is a social networking app that allows users interested in similar topics to connect with each other offline...Their goal is to globally scale empathy development by developing opportunities for users to e
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