Projects tagged "Arts & Culture"

Why protesters disrupted London Fashion Week
Practitioner:
Extinction Rebellion protesters
Date:
Feb 21 2020
Protesters from Extinction Rebellion disrupted London Fashion Week last weekend (15 February). The group called on the industry to change its approach to protecting the planet: “We are asking not for sustainability but a complete reinvention of this industry in a way that regenerates the environment,” Extinction Rebellion spokesperson Sara Arnold said.
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Inside Out Project
Practitioner:
Jean-René
Date:
Mar 2 2011
After winning the TED Prize on March 2, 2011, the French-artist JR launched the Inside Out Project, in his first TED Talk. Using his own artistic practice as inspiration, this participatory platform helps individuals and communities to make a statement by displaying large-scale black and white portraits in public spaces. Through their “Actions,” communities around the world have sparked collaborations and conversations.
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Female Pressure
Practitioner:
Electric Indigo, Andrea Mayr
Date:
Jan 1 2013
female:pressure is an international network of female artists in the fields of electronic music and digital arts founded by Electric Indigo: from musicians, composers and DJs to visual artists, cultural workers and researchers. A worldwide resource of female talent that can be searched after criteria like location, profession, style or name.
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Health Care Not Wealth Care: Posters on Health Activism and Social Justice
Practitioner:
Center for the Study of Political Graphics and the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
Date:
Jul 1 2019
The Center for the Study of Political Graphics and the Esperanza Community Housing Corporation have combined forces to bring 75 powerful and engaging poster works on broad issues of health care to audiences traditionally excluded from the art world in Los Angeles and elsewhere. Both organizations have been in the forefront of social change for three decades.
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