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2016
Creative Baggage

Weird Favorite 

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Gallery Projects

Human Genitals Dinner
Practitioner
Mao Sugiyama
Date
Apr 13 2012

In a private Tokyo dinner party artist Mao Sugiyama served his genitals to five of the events guests. Several months prior to the event he chose to have his genitals surgically removed. He released invitations to the event on social media, 70 paid attendees were present for the event.

Self-identifed as asexual, Sugiyama stated that he intended to raise awareness for "sexual minorities, x-gender, asexual people."

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Nihilist subway performances
Practitioner
Kalan Sherrard
Date
Apr 30 2014

The latest episode in Nicolas Heller's documentary web series "No Your City," as published by Gothamist, features the arguably pretentious, inarguably earnest street performer Kalan Sherrard, who was recently arrested during his peaceful anarchist puppet show. Functioning as a video manifesto for his peculiar ways, the clip is at least compelling.

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Miss Landmine
Practitioner
Morten Traavik
Date
Apr 2 2008

A beauty contest for landmine victims challenges normal concepts of beauty. The search for beauty takes many forms. The traditional beauty pageant might be thought to be one of the less acceptable, concentrating as it does on conventional ideas of female perfection. Miss Landmine is a challenge to normal concepts of beauty. It is a beauty pageant held in Angola, a country ravaged by war and its aftermath, for women who have lost limbs from landmines.

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The Realist
Practitioner
Asaf Hanuka
Date
Feb 27 2015

Asaf Hanuka is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Tel Aviv, Israel. His illustrations span the themes of technology, revolution, war, Judaism, and depictions of family life and the individual in modern day society.

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Loophole for All
Practitioner
Paolo Cirio
Date
Feb 18 2013

Loophole for All is a service to democratize offshore business for people who don't want to pay for their riches. It empowers everyone to evade taxes, hide money and debt, and get away with anything by stealing the identities of real offshore companies.

Loophole for All exploits tax and legal accountability loopholes available by registering a company in countries considered
offshore centers.

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Pam Geller Wanted Us to Draw Muhammad. So We Did. #DM2015
Practitioner
Muslim Girl, Mohammed Barakat
Date
Apr 27 2015

Pam Geller doesn’t know much about Islam or Muslims, that much is clear. What she does know, however, is how to rally the troops to incite racism. From funding Islamophobic bus ads to maximizing offensive Muslim stereotypes, it’s clear that there’s only one thing on her agenda — and that’s hate.

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Vaginal Knitting
Practitioner
Casey Jenkins
Date
Nov 27 2013

"Vaginal Knitting" Is the New Thing in Activist Performance Art
by Adam Weinstein

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Shoot
Practitioner
Chris Burden
Date
Nov 19 1971

"I had an intuitive sense that being shot is as American as apple pie. We see people being shot on TV, we read about it in the newspaper. Everybody has wondered what it's like. So I did it." - Chris Burden

In light of his recent death, I wanted to bring one of Chris Burden's pieces, Shoot, to Actipedia.org. Not just to honor the artist, but to also remind us of our country's insane fascination with guns and violence.

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Looping! Finding Your Inner Child in Your Underwear on the Streets
Practitioner
Matthew Silver, Fritz Donnelley
Date
Jan 1 2014

What is looping? Somewhere in between art, activism, and wackiness is this liberating experience. Matthew Silver and Fritz Donnelley, two New York City based performance artists got lonely acting silly in their underwear in public. Knowing that there were enough free spirits to join them, they started "Looping" and invited everyone to join them.

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