Projects tagged "Film, Video & Photo"

Artist's self record of a Chinese marriage market
Practitioner:
Yingguang Guo
Date:
Aug 1 2015
A photography project on China's marriage market has recently reignited the debate about marriage in China, and the phenomenon of women deemed too old to marry, or "leftover women" in the country.
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Reclaiming the Monument
Practitioner:
Black Lives Matter
Date:
Jul 28 2020
Text by Jessica Stewart - In Virginia, one artist is helping his community reclaim a controversial monument in the name of Black Lives Matter. The Robert E. Lee Monument now stands as the only remaining Confederate statue on Richmond's historic Monument Avenue. While litigation ties up the statue's removal, light projection artist Dustin Klein is using his art to change the meaning of this contentious monument.
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Art in Exile: Women Without Men
Practitioner:
Shirin Neshat
Date:
May 31 2009
For third world artists who are forced into exile, the creativity process could be greatly challenged due to displacement in language, community and history. Many filmmakers in exile tend to look at their connection to the homeland in strictly political terms, or give up making films overall.
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Transforming Mental Health and Feminism through Art
Practitioner:
Sravy Attaluri
Date:
May 13 2021
She seeks to utilize her feminist art to spread awareness on mental health issues. Sravy is a nomad in her own right, and throughout her experiences in Asia she has noticed that there are stimas surrounding women's autonomy and how they handle mental health struggles.
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LEGOVC
Practitioner:
iancooketal
Date:
Feb 22 2018
LEGOVC is a fictional, made up, 100% fake, plastic, 'pantomime villain' Vice Chancellor of a fake British University struggling as his utter managerial brilliance crumbles in the face of sustained strike action by his staff after their pension scheme is slashed.
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This Photograph Put a Face on the Epidemic of Domestic Violence
Practitioner:
Donna Ferrato
Date:
Jan 1 1991
Photographer Donna Ferrato helped bring awareness to the epidemic of domestic violence in the United States through her raw and often graphic portraits of survivors of violence. But she fell into the work by accident after witnessing domestic violence firsthand.
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Every Step You Take
Practitioner:
Nino Leitner
Date:
May 20 2008
With an estimated four million surveillance cameras, Britain is by far the most-watched nation on earth. Every Londoner is on camera about 300 times a day. How could this come about in George Orwell’s mother country? What were the ignition sparks for this development? Why haven’t other nations copied the schemes if they really are as successful as the Home Office and the police are saying?
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Yes, the Climate is Changing
Practitioner:
350.org
Date:
Sep 20 2012
Yes, the Climate is Changing Video: People around the world show how climate change is already affecting their lives. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mgaxuYhI_9E" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
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"Your body is a battleground"
Practitioner:
Barbara Kruger
Date:
Jun 30 1989
A woman’s head is bisected by a line that splits her face into positive and negative halves. Over the image, a commanding text, stated in the second person, reads: “Your body is a battleground.”
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WeiweiCam
Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei
Date:
Apr 3 2012
WeiweiCam is a self-surveillance project by artist Ai Weiwei that went live on April 3, 2012, exactly one year after the artist's detention by Chinese officials at Beijing Airport.[1] At least fifteen surveillance cameras monitor his house in Beijing[2] which, according to Ai, makes it the most-watched spot of the city.[3] He described his decision to put himself under further surveillance as a symbolic way to increase transparency in the Chinese g
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Citizen Video for Journalists: Finding the Story
Practitioner:
Witness
Date:
May 10 2013
There are so many videos coming out of Syria every day. Whose videos do you feature on Watching Syria’s War?
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Rebel Music: Native America
Practitioner:
Frank Waln
Date:
May 26 2013
Frank Waln, a 25 year old Native American hip hop artist, tours the country and Canada performing and teaching motivational workshops to students across the country. He took to rap at a young age when he found a cd (Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP) on the side of the road. Growing up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation of South Dakota, he realized that the hip hop music genre was an outlet for expressing pain and frustration.
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‘Earth Day Sing Out’ supports climate activism, local musicians
Practitioner:
Davis Independent Music Initiative
Date:
Apr 22 2020
The community is invited to join with local climate activists in the “Earth Day Sing Out” from noon to 1 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 22, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The event is designed to call for an economic stimulus to help prevent future climate crisis.
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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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Women are Heroes Project
Practitioner:
JR
Date:
Jan 1 2008
In Women Are Heroes, JR introduces women who sometimes look death in the face, who go from laughter to tears, who are generous, have nothing and yet share, who have had a painful past and long to build a happy future.
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Fuck The Poor Charity Campaign – Creating Engagement In A Crowded Market With A Disinterested Public
Practitioner:
Pilion Trust
Date:
Apr 7 2014
"Small charities of today are in threat. Charitable donations are down. Fewer people are donating. Those that do donate are giving less. Whilst bigger charities are better equipped to deal with this flux (with money to spend on large advertising campaigns), smaller charities are facing a more uncertain future. For the Pilion Trust, a small frontline charity working with homeless and disadvantaged people in London, times are tough.
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Food Inc.
Practitioner:
Participant Media, River Road Entertainment, Magnolia Pictures
Date:
Jul 31 2009
Food Inc. By Peter Travers
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Ai, Rebel: The Art and Activism of Ai Weiwei
Practitioner:
Ai Weiwei
Date:
Mar 12 2025
“Everything is art. Everything is politics.” Globally renowned artist Ai Weiwei (Chinese, b. 1957) is celebrated as a disruptor of artistic canons and a champion of free expression. In his work—ranging across performance, photography, sculpture, video, and installation—he deploys humor and provocation, calling upon his viewers to examine history, society, and culture.
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Arming Sisters
Practitioner:
Patricia Stonefish
Date:
Aug 1 2014
When Patricia Stonefish returned home to the United States from Egypt in 2014, she brought with her a new outlook for conceptualizing women's self defense. Having seen firsthand the benefits and empowerment of Taekwando/ Hapkido/ Gumdo classes for Egyptian women during and after the revolution in 2011, she decided to put her decade of martial arts training to good use on home turf.
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What If We Switch Positions With Whales?
Practitioner:
Rémi Gaillard
Date:
Sep 30 2015
What would it be like if we switched positions with whales in captivity? Nothing like this – but at least prankster Rémi Gaillard had some fun trying to recreate the scenario.
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Waltz with Bashir
Practitioner:
Ari Folman
Date:
Nov 21 2008
He had served in the army, either as a full-time soldier or as a reservist, for 22 years when he finally decided he wanted out. In 2003, Ari Folman, who had just turned 40, asked his commanders in the Israel Defence Forces to release him from the obligation to do a month's military service every year. They agreed - "so long as you go to the army therapist and talk about everything you went through".
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Hogwarts Legacy game vs LGBTQ
Practitioner:
Gamers
Date:
Feb 10 2023
Many people were waiting for the release of the upcoming game Hogwarts Legacy based on the book series Harry Potter. The long antcipated game has been subject to alot of criticism since the game was first announced in September 2020, mostly due to J.K Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, and her outspoken views on the transgender community.
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Photographing Every Disappearing Manhattan Bodega
Practitioner:
Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata
Date:
May 11 2015
"is a conceptual documentary project in which I photographed every Mom and Pop-style cornershop on the island of Manhattan as quickly as possible, as I walked each block in the city ( CLICK FOR A MAP of my route). I fear these veritable microcosms of NYC will be swallowed in the presently swelling wave of corporate homogeny.
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How to Disrupt the Financial Order with Humour, Creativity and a dose of Mischief.
Practitioner:
Leonidas Martin, Enmedio
Date:
Oct 12 2012
Enmedio member Leonidas Martín at Creativetime 2012 (New York). His presentation “How to Disrupt the Financial Order with Humour, Creativity and a Dose of Mischief” is priceless. Watch the video and laugh.
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A Period Coloring Book Now Exists And It’s Bloody Delightful
Practitioner:
Andrea Yip
Date:
Nov 2 2016
A new coloring book is making menstruation easier to talk about, one sex-positive illustration at a time.
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