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Dyke Action Machine!
Practitioner:
Carrie Moyer & Sue Schaffner
Date:
Jan 1 1999
Taken from the website: Dyke Action Machine! (DAM!) is a two-person public art project founded in 1991 by artist Carrie Moyer and photographer Sue Schaffner. Between 1991 and 2004 DAM! blitzed the streets of New York City with public art projects that combined Madison Avenue savvy with Situationist tactics.
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Art Not Oil: Ending Oil Industry Sponsorship of the Arts
Practitioner:
Art Not Oil UK
Date:
Apr 3 2016
On Sunday April 3rd, Art Not Oil coalition member group BP or not BP? occupied the Great Court of the BP-sponsored British Museum with a 'disobedient exhibition'. Called 'A History of BP in 10 Objects', the exhibition featured artifacts submitted by frontline communities around the world who are fighting back against the impacts of BP's operations.
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UK Brandalism Campaign
Practitioner:
Various Artists
Date:
May 12 2014
From Glasgow to Brighton the streets of the UK looked a little different the morning of Monday 5/12/14. In 10 cities around the UK guerrilla install crews have been swapping over 300 ads with art works, creating the largest advertising takeover in world history.
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SPEAK
Practitioner:
various groups around the world
Date:
Mar 25 2013
Last night I attended an Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault Speak Out, where people across campus from the LGBT community and coalitions of color came together in one sacred space to share their stories with strangers. For many, including me, it was the first time we spoke out publicly. It was empowering. It was liberating. Rarely do I let myself shed tears over my repressed memories, yet I cried over every
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Beyonce's Formation
Practitioner:
Beyonce
Date:
Feb 6 2016
Please see link from The New York Times discussing the activist components of Beyonce's new release "Formation".
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"Migration is Beautiful"
Practitioner:
Favianna Rodriguez, Jose Antonio Vargas, Rosario Dawson, Voice of Art
Date:
Jan 14 2013
Artist and activist Favianna Rodriguez recently teamed up with Pharrell Williams' I Am Other YouTube Channel to create a moving new documentary series titled "Migration is Beautiful." Addressing the debate surrounding immigration policy in the United States and the overall perception of immigrants, the three-episode project focuses on the growing influence of artists in the political realm.
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Nadia Plesner v Commercialism
Practitioner:
Nadia Plesner
Date:
Feb 6 2013
Danish 26-year-old art student Nadia Plesner designed this T-shirt depicting a Darfurian child holding a Louis Vuitton handbag as commentary on global disparity as it relates to war, developing nations, commercialism, and media. In 2006, the fashion house sued Plesner for her appropriation of their trademark. The case was subsequently dismissed.
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Santa Claus Army
Practitioner:
Solvognen
Date:
Dec 25 1974
In the lead-up to Christmas 1974, an army of about seventy Santa Clauses, male and female, paraded through the city of Copenhagen, singing carols, handing out sweets and hot chocolate, and asking everyone what they wanted for Christmas.
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Young Boricua & Proud
Practitioner:
Castorillo / Pedro Lugo Vazquez
Date:
Mar 6 2016
Boricua artist Castorillo discusses the crisis, diaspora, and the enduring significance of the Young Lords Party for Puerto Rican social movements today using illustrations:
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"Superheros" Occupy the NYC Halloween Parade
Practitioner:
Occupy Wall Street, Occupy
Date:
Oct 31 2011
No matter how nuanced current superhero comics may be, to the general public they are still fairly simple. Superheroes are the good guys, supervillians are the bad guys, and it’s easy to see who is who. That’s why kids like to dress up as superheroes on Halloween — and why should they have all the fun?
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Petition against John Galliano's Class
Practitioner:
Parsons-New School Students
Date:
Apr 25 2013
Fashion designer and former head designer of Dior, John Galliano, in the past few years has failed to rise to his former glory in fashion. In 2011, a videotape of John Galliano shouting anti-semitic statements went viral, thus leading to his dismissal at Dior and the irreparable defamation of his fashion career.
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Pink Chaddi Campaign
Practitioner:
Consortium of Pub-going, Loose, and Forward Women
Date:
Feb 2 2015
In late January 2009, a group of 40 members of right-wing Hindu group Sri Ram Sena attacked women and men in a pub in the Indian city of Mangalore. They were upset with the women for engaging in behavior they found immoral, claiming that the girls were disrepecting traditional Indian values. Video footage of the event spread across Youtube in India, sparking outrage among many at the attack on innocent women.
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Fat Barbie
Practitioner:
Plus-Size-Modeling
Date:
Nov 29 2013
For those of you unfamiliar with the wonderful Worth1000, it’s a website that hosts creative contests of all kinds, most notably for photoshoppers who are outstanding at what they do. Hell, just look at the first question on the site’s FAQ list and you’ll have a basic idea of how good some of these people are at making terrific photoshops.
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Help Staten Island Save Mount Manresa (Art Intervention and Rallies)
Practitioner:
Save Mount Manresa
Date:
Dec 15 2013
Ongoing efforts to Save Mount Manresa:
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Natural Intervention
Practitioner:
Zonenkinder
Date:
Jan 1 2006
German Forests Come Alive Through Creative 'Natural Intervention '
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Abused Goddesses
Practitioner:
Save The Children India, Taproot India
Date:
Feb 1 2010
The bruised and beaten faces of these beautiful Hindu goddesses have an important point to make -- that despite the reverence for women that is a part of Hinduism, India's most populous religion, the country has become extremely unsafe for its female citizens.
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MyPolarIce
Practitioner:
Artists
Date:
Apr 22 2012
MyPolarIce sells small pieces of polar ice at a popup store in Museum Square Amsterdam.
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Spent: A Game about Surviving Poverty
Practitioner:
Urban Ministries of Durham, McKinney
Date:
Aug 1 2011
Spent is an online in-browser game designed by ad agency McKinney as part of a partnership with Urban Ministries of Durham, NC, calling attention to the problem of poverty and educate people about homelessness. In the game, players are challenged to live on $1000 over a month, often having to decide between essentials and utilize outside options in order to survive.
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Reverse pay-per-view!
Practitioner:
Farm USA
Date:
May 10 2012
Since summer 2011, FARM’s activists have been paying people $1 each to watch a 4-minute video depicting the inherent cruelties of raising animals for food. This tactic, known as “pay-per-view,” has led 80% of participants to reduce meat consumption, sparing tens of thousands of animals from abuse and slaughter.
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Artists Activists
Practitioner:
Tegan Bukowski
Date:
Jan 1 2011
ArtistsActivists is a youth empowerment and advocacy organization started in 2011 by graduate students at Yale University. Through the various ArtistsActivists programs, artists and designers share their skills with young people around the world. Since more people are joining our team bringing with them certain skills and project ideas, the Artists Activists mission is constantly evolving.
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