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Gallery Projects

Pothole Party!
Practitioner
Contemporary Art Center
Date
Jul 1 2012

“Potholes!” That’s what Nikola Pisarev, a co-founder of the Contemporary Art Center (CAC) in North Macedoniona responded with when asked what sort of impact creative activism can have. Nikola went on to explain what he meant, describing a series of actions that they had staged in small towns and municipalities across the nation. As is the case in many countries, Macedonia is plagued with official corruption.

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Napalming a Dog!?
Practitioner
Kiyoshi Kuroma, Bill Arthrell
Date
Apr 10 1968

In 1968, with the US war against Vietnam raging, anti-war veterans and the anti-war movement as a whole in the US increasingly put the spotlight on the US use of napalm. Napalm is burning jellied gasoline dropped on humans engineered to stick to skin and cause horrible burns. According to the wikipedia page on napalm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napalm "388,000 tons of U.S.

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Operation First Casualty (OFC)
Practitioner
IVAW: Iraq Veterans Against the War
Date
May 31 2007

Monday June 18, 2007 marked history with Operation First Casualty (OFC) – part IV, Chicago, Illinois. As IVAW members were coming into town, organizers were finishing last minute details. Participating IVAW members were from Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, DC and Indiana.

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Daniel Defoe's "The Shortest Way with Dissenters"
Practitioner
Daniel Defoe
Date
Jan 1 1702

"The Shortest Way with the Dissenters;" Or, "Proposals for the Establishment of the Church" is a pamphlet by Daniel Defoe, first published in 1702. Defoe was prompted to write the pamphlet by the increased hostility towards Dissenters in the wake of the accession of Queen Anne to the throne.

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"Si 8 Do" Seville Poop Project
Practitioner
Seville Activists
Date
Jan 1 2000

In the Si 8 Do project, Seville activists convened in a neglected barrio during the Euromediterranean Conference on Sustainable Cities, which was taking place in Seville.

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Coal for the rich
Practitioner
The Yes Men, Greenpeace, Colombia College
Date
Apr 4 2011

Students from Colombia College teamed up with Greenpeace and The Yes Men to take on the Chicago coal industry in an elaborate, multi-layered hoax. The group created a scheme to announce that a new coal plant was planned—but instead of going in a poor neighborhood (like the two coal plants that already exist), this one would be built in a rich one.

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