Projects tagged "Politics"

Practitioner:

Marcelo Denny, Marcos Bulhoes, Desvio Coletivo

Date:

Jan 12 2013

A troupe of approximately thirty women and men of various ages, sizes, ethnicities and performance backgrounds marched through the performance art space of SESC-Vila Mariana in Sao Paulo and then through the streets of downtown Sao Paulo, silent, blind folded, dressed in business attire, and covered completely with a gray mud. The performances walked slowly in unison at turtle's pace.

Hip Hop Caucus

Practitioner:

Hip Hop Caucus

Date:

Sep 1 2004

MISSION

The mission of the Hip Hop Caucus is to organize young people to be active in elections, policymaking and service projects. We mobilize, educate, and engage young people, ages 14 to 40, on the social, issues that directly impact their lives and communities.

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Lies for Less: Vermin Supreme for President

Practitioner:

Vermin Supreme

Date:

Jan 26 1988

Vermin Supreme is an American performance artist, anarchist and activist who is known for running as an alternative candidate in various local, state, and national elections in the United States since 1988. Supreme is known for wearing a boot shaped hat and carrying a large toothbrush. Vermin Supreme's four-plank platform is simple, yet elegant:

1) Mandatory tooth-brushing laws.

2) Zombie preparedness.

Nowhereisland

Practitioner:

Alex Hartley and Situations

Date:

Jul 25 2012

Nowhereisland was an island which journeyed from the High Arctic region of Svalbard to the south west coast of England in summer 2012. As it made this epic journey, it travelled through international waters, whereupon it became the world's newest nation - Nowhereisland - with citizenship open to all.

Existe Amor em SP

Practitioner:

Existe Amor em SP

Date:

Aug 21 2012

São Paulo went through a process of privatization of the public spaces. The local government implemented several rules that beneficiated the real state speculation, the city is expensive, and it's not for the poor.
Besides that, in october the elections were a hard game for the progressive party, PT, since two conservative candidates had big shares.

Big street barbecue for the distinct people

Practitioner:

“Gente Diferenciada”

Date:

May 14 2011

In São Paulo, just like in many other metropolitan regions, public transport is not as effective as it could be. Buses and trains usually run overcrowded, late and on limited hours, so that owning a car increases a lot one’s comfort. But not everybody can afford to have one, so a clear and recurrent class distinction occurs: public transport is mostly used by poor people.

The Scream: 21st Century Edition

Practitioner:

Jim Costanzo

Date:

May 1 2007

"The Scream: 21st Century Edition" was created by New York-based artist Jim Costanzo in response to the Iraq War. The piece is directly inspired by Edward Munch's painting, "The Scream." Costanzo expresses anger and frustration at the illegal American war and the attack on our civil liberties.

Lambrakis LivZ

Practitioner:

Stefanos Mondelos, Spyros Zoupanos, Nafsika Tzanou

Date:

Oct 20 2012

The performance, “Lambrakis LivZ”, concerns the re-enactment of the political speech of Grigoris Lambrakis given in Athens in 1962. Grigoris Lambrakis was a peace-activist, assassinated by a paramilitary plot on June 1963 at Thessaloniki, Greece.

Howitcouldbedifferent.org - a wikipedia of ideas for improvement and social change

Practitioner:

Hicbd

Date:

Apr 24 2013

Have you ever wanted to see current or potential innovations for poverty or the environment without having to do a lot of researching or reading? Have you ever thought of an idea and wanted to tell the world about it and get feedback? Howitcouldbedifferent.org was founded for these purposes - to enable people to easily see, share, and suggest ideas in different categories.