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Practitioner:

Date:

Jun 1 2012

Beautiful Trouble is a book, web toolbox and international network of artist-activist trainers whose mission is to make grassroots movements more creative and more effective.

No Hate Crimes (Reported)

Practitioner:

Bill Fisher

Date:

Jan 30 2012

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Trump's old Iowa campaign bus turned into satirical art – stripper pole and all

Practitioner:

Mary Mihelic and David Gleeson

Date:

Jan 31 2016

The campaign bus was attracting funny looks. On its side was the by now all-too-familiar last name of the Republican presidential frontrunner. Somewhere inside the castle-shaped hotel next door, Donald Trump was holding court, as hundreds awaited another rally of bombast and branding.

Wrinkles of the City

Practitioner:

JR & Jose Parla

Date:

May 7 2013

I think this is a very interesting project that is intended to pay hommage by showcasing portraits of survivors of the Cuban revolution. They are displayed in the streets of Havana and, as the artists explains, this is a place that lacks commercial advertising/ billboards in the streets. So they are displaying the courage and strength of those, people who should be admired, earned their place in a sense.

Operation Paydirt

Practitioner:

Mel Chin

Date:

Jan 22 2007

"Operation Paydirt is a multidisciplinary, artist-driven project advancing a solution to the devastating problem of lead (Pb) contaminated soil that puts thousands of children at risk for severe learning disabilities and behavioral problems. The goals of the project are to raise awareness of the issues of lead and to create a model for making cities lead-safe across the United States.

Real Life Barbie

Practitioner:

Nickolay Lamm

Date:

Jul 4 2013

We have learnt that Barbie’s body is literally unattainable, but in a role reversal, Pennsylvania-based artist Nikolay Lamm shows us what Barbie would look like if she had the body of a real woman. Using the measurements of an average 19-year-old woman, Lamm created a 3D model, which he photographed and compared next to a standard Barbie doll. According to the Daily Mail, it reported that Lamm’s 3D model looked “a lot more natural”.

Xincun

Practitioner:

Birdhead(Song Tao& Ji Weiyu)

Date:

Jan 1 2010

Song Tao and Ji Weiyu, established their collaborative named Birdhead in 2004. Both natives of Shanghai, their work is deeply rooted in their hometown and its evolution amid China’s growth into a global power. The duo takes diaristic snapshots, highlighting their everyday lives in the quickly changing city.

"HEAR for ALL _Activism through Prints" Exhibition

Practitioner:

Mika Aono, The Art Gallery at Umpqua Community College

Date:

Jan 9 2017

Open Call for Artist: "Hear for All | Activism through Prints" Exhibition The Art Gallery Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Oregon hearforall.wordpress.com

Peng! Collective Slams Shell at their PR event in Berlin

Practitioner:

Peng! Collective

Date:

Dec 11 2013

In 2013, Shell sent out press releases about their upcoming event, the Science Slam, which would aim to “celebrate the company’s responsible oil production” and “showcase ideas for renewable energy by scientists and students.” Essentially, Shell organized this event in the hopes that it would allow the multinational oil company to appear as if it is actually concerned about the environment and finding alternatives to oil.

"Food Fight of the Century"

Practitioner:

Elliot Crown

Date:

Oct 12 2013

MonsterSanto extolls the virtues of GMO's while his Money Head Clones offer the crowd free samples. President Bomblast entertains the crowd attempting to juggle Peace, Jobs, and Truth. A food fight breaks out.

Feminist Apparel and Anti-Street Harassment Week

Practitioner:

Feminist Apparel

Date:

Apr 16 2015

Attention catcallers: the streets of New York City do not welcome you.

White Walls Say Nothing (Film)

Practitioner:

White Wall Industries, Grafittimundo

Date:

Feb 27 2013

This film is being produced by White Wall Industries in association with graffitimundo.

Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Practitioner:

Aboriginal Tent Embassy

Date:

Jan 27 1972

In the 1970s, inspired by the Black Power movement in the US, Aboriginal people were politically very active. In Sydney, Australia’s first Aboriginal legal and medical services were founded. Aboriginal people demanded land rights for the areas that they lived on since millennia. Land rights were considered the key to economic independance, and land the base to generate resources and employment.

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.

Between A Rock and A Hard Place

Practitioner:

Bik Van der Pol

Date:

May 13 2013

Between A Rock And A Hard Place is a project consisting of a cleaning performance, a film and a big event on August 18, 2012. From the material recorded on this day, a film and a vinyl record will be made.

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.

Davey Drumpf, Presidential Cousin-At-Large

Practitioner:

Dave Lippman

Date:

Jan 2 2017

DAVEY DRUMPF, The Donald's long-lost third cousin twice removed, makes a family-sized guess on President Shoot-Someone-on-5th-Avenue's chances of Bringing Back Jobs and Making America White Again.

Protest Posters for Fees Must Fall

Practitioner:

Burning Museum and Faith47

Date:

Oct 3 2015

Daniel Hewson describes the use of protest posters and the work of collective, Burning Museum, and artist, Faith47, in the Fees Must Fall movement taking place in South Africa: