Projects tagged "Activism"

Sudanese Activist Artist Breaks Down Borders
Practitioner:
Elshafei Dafalla Mohamed
Date:
Mar 29 2012


VOA NEWS  March 29, 2012  By Nico Colombant  

WASHINGTON--A Sudanese artist from the restive Blue Nile region is using art and activism to promote the plight of people caught between borders and conflict.

In an audio montage of memories from refugees, the sounds of gunfire and explosions mix with crying babies. Narrator Michelle Orecchio describes how to reverse war's grip on so much of humanity.

AIDS Memorial Quilt
Practitioner:
Cleve Jones
Date:
Nov 1 1985

In June of 1987, a small group of strangers gathered in a San Francisco storefront to document the lives they feared history would neglect. Their goal was to create a memorial for those who had died of AIDS, and to thereby help people understand the devastating impact of the disease.

Hundreds of anti-bull fighting protestors stage a dramatic rally in Mexico City
Practitioner:
Anima Naturalis
Date:
Feb 6 2012
By Jill Reilly, The Daily Mail, UK


March to Close Slaughterhouses in France
Practitioner:
A coalition of animal advocacy groups
Date:
Jun 2 2012
By Judy Molland

If you thought that France was a nation of meat-eaters, think again.

Civil disobedience in support of animals to progress social change
Practitioner:
The University of Melbourne
Date:
May 10 2013

By Dr. S. O'Sullivan and C. McCausland

"Hail to the Thief" : political art or creative activism?
Practitioner:
The Goodman Gallery
Date:
May 20 2012

Established Cape Town based artist Brett Murray returns to Goodman Gallery Johannesburg with Hail to the Thief II. This body of satirical work continues his acerbic attacks on abuses of power, corruption and political dumbness seen in his 2010 Cape Town show Hail to the Thief.

Thousands march against amendment to Animal Protection Law
Practitioner:
The Animal Party
Date:
Sep 30 2012

Thousands of animal rights activists marched against a draft law on Sunday that would make changes to Turkey's Animal Protection Law No. 5199, seeking to introduce practices currently used in other countries such as collecting stray animals from the streets and euthanizing members of the “excess” population.

Weekly protest at the slaughterhouse
Practitioner:
Toronto Pig Save
Date:
May 10 2012
By Catherine Porter

I spent an hour Wednesday morning talking pigs and Leo Tolstoy on a traffic island outside the Princes' Gates.

Anita Krajnc and her group call this “Pig Island.” They come here most weeks to watch and photograph the pigs en route to their death at nearby Quality Meat Packers.

Mental Health Care Revolution: FEEL IT!
Practitioner:
The Babyfacedassassin, Are You A Messenger Movie Project
Date:
Feb 1 2013

Artistic Activist, Charlotte Claire, is at the forefront of initiating revolutionary change in mental health care. Her project, The Babyfacedassassin, is dedicated to improving mental health care and inspiring people to care for their mental health.

smArt Action
Practitioner:
Puerto Rican and New York based Students and artists
Date:
May 14 2012

Smart Action 


 – english – 

 smArtAction is a collaborative art exhibition organized by a group of University of Puerto Rico and New York University student-activists. The exhibition will showcase artwork created during the 2010-2011 UPR student strikes or in conversation with the student movement. 

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