Projects tagged "Media"

LezFem's Diary
Practitioner:
LezFem
Date:
May 17 2014
The current cultural and political context in Macedonia marginalizes lesbians and women in general, and the dominant political party forces the traditional role of the woman, where she is a mother, a housewife, and of course, heterosexual. Furthermore, the major TV stations are flooded with Turkish soap operas, where traditional values are the leitmotif of the show.
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SARS
Practitioner:
Emily Shinada and Haley SIlverman
Date:
Apr 19 2008
A video collaboration betweenHayley Silverman and Emily Shinada. Using clips from a Japanese pornography film, the video highlights fears of interpersonal connection and explores the objectification of women.  It was on view at Alogon Gallery for theWomen Get Fucked exhibition.
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FESPACO
Practitioner:
The Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television
Date:
Dec 2 2017
Fespaco is a meeting place put to good use to promote the development of black cinematography. From 1973, topics of discussion are introduced at each edition.
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Surf China’s Censored Web at an Internet Cafe in New York
Practitioner:
李玉瑾 JOYCE YU-JEAN LEE, Dan Phiffer
Date:
Mar 1 2016
It may have been a while since you’ve set foot in an internet cafe, but a pop-up one on the Lower East Side offering free tea on top of free wifi is well worth a visit for a lesson in online freedoms.
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Always 'Like a Girl' Says the Female Emojis Are Terrible
Practitioner:
Aways
Date:
Mar 2 2016
Most brands have expressed eternal love for emojis in recent years, as they try to talk the talk of young people today. Not so fast, says Always' "Like a Girl" campaign, which points out in a new ad that the images of women in the standard Unicode emoji set are woefully stereotypical.
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#IfTheyGunnedMeDown
Practitioner:
CJ_Musick_Lawy
Date:
Aug 11 2014
#IfTheyGunnedMeDown Shows How Black People Are Portrayed in Mainstream Media. The hashtag demonstrates that the narrative the media continues to portray regarding black people isn’t always truthful.
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Land Minds: spreading internet freedom and privacy
Practitioner:
Minds.com
Date:
Jan 27 2016
In the past few years we have seen a growing awareness and concern with Internet freedom and privacy, fuelled by Edward Snowden’s revelations of the vast U.S.
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China's censors tested by microbloggers who keep one step ahead of state media
Practitioner:
Weibo
Date:
Apr 15 2012
The Guardian By Tania Branigan In the opaque world of Chinese censorship, a few red lines shine through the murk. One of the clearest is: no gossip about top political leaders, their families or internal party affairs.
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New Prints / Newsprints * Black Male / Blackmail
Practitioner:
Adam Void, Chelsea Ragan
Date:
Jun 7 2013
The prints exhibited June 2013 at Firestorm in Asheville NC, will comprise two separate bodies of work; Chelsea Ragan’s combination screen print / woodblock print / painting / drawings graphically detail police shootings of young black males from across the country, and Adam Void’s hand-painted screen prints state the facts of important national news stories that have been swept under the rug of mainstream corporate media.
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Threads of Resistance
Practitioner:
Artist Circle Alliance
Date:
Jul 15 2017
A juried exhibition of fiber art created by the Artist Circle Alliance to protest the Trump administration’s actions and policies. This is a traveling exhibition to 13 venues across the U.S. All work in the exhibition, as well as the nearly 560 pieces submitted for jurying, are shown on our website.
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Xuexi Qiangguo
Practitioner:
Chinese Government
Date:
Apr 4 2019
If there’s one thing we know for certain about China in 2019, it’s that people there love their apps. They use WeChat to talk with friends; they spend hours battling virtual enemies on PUBG; they binge-watch short videos on Douyin. And so why shouldn’t the Communist Party get in on the action?
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The Guerrilla Girls and the "HORROR ON THE NATIONAL MALL!"
Practitioner:
Guerrilla Girls
Date:
Apr 22 2007
“The Washington Post” asked the Guerrilla Girls to create a full page for their section on feminism and art, which was published on April 22, 2007. The Guerrilla Girls’ page contains an image of a fake tabloid, called “NOT OK! The Guerrilla Girls’ Scandal Rag,”. The tabloid’s cover features a sensational headline and some statistics, which highlight the fact that national museums rarely feature female artists and artists of color.
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Faces of the Movement
Practitioner:
Faces of the Movement
Date:
Feb 12 2015
Faces of the Movement is a daily-release photo project that highlights the stories of everyday people who have joined together to fight for justice against police brutality in the United States.
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Sad Girl Theory
Practitioner:
Audrey Wollen
Date:
May 1 2016
During a moment when the facade of social media seems to be cracking, it’s easy to look to Instagram stars and wonder what’s real and what’s fake. Last month, Essena O’Neill, the Australian teenager who racked up more than half a million Instagram followers, quit Instagram after claiming that social media is “not real life.”
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Is A Barbie Body Possible?
Practitioner:
Rehabs.com
Date:
Apr 18 2013
With her long slender limbs, small waist and 'flawless complexion' (at least when she has makeup on), it is no surprise that many young girls dream of being just like Barbie. However, it turns out that attaining Barbie’s dream bod is almost close to impossible—as highlighted in an infographic by Rehabs.com.
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Our Bookshelf
Practitioner:
Our Bookshelf
Date:
Mar 27 2012
"Our Bookshelf is a social network where people can share their ebooks as easily as they can share print books. At the moment, most copyrighted ebooks don't allow you to share them. This is because when you buy an ebook you don't own the book the way you own a print book. You own a license to read it on certain devices and most of these licenses prohibit sharing. We plan to create a new license that does
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GreatFire
Practitioner:
Several anonymous individuals
Date:
Jan 1 2015
GreatFire was set up in 2011 by three anonymous individuals to counter the “Great Firewall of China”, the systematic blocking by the Chinese government of any website deemed controversial, including any that touch on news, human rights, democracy or religion.
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General Idea and the AIDS crises
Practitioner:
General Idea Collective
Date:
Jan 27 2017
The Canadian artist collective General Idea found its drive in the AIDS epidemic, becoming aesthetically and conceptually refined in the in the 1970s and ’80s, after long forays into absurdity and performances evocative of Dada and Fluxus.
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Russell Brand Mocks MSNBC News Anchors and the Mainstream Media on Live Television and in Print
Practitioner:
Russell Brand
Date:
Jun 17 2013
On June 17, 2013, Russell Brand (a stand-up comedian and actor) visited MSNBC’s 'Morning Joe' news show to promote his international stand-up tour, 'The Messiah Complex', but he also managed to mock the 'Morning Joe' news anchors, as well as the mainstream media. Clips of this particular interview immediately went viral on YouTube, and one of the videos is linked to this page (see the first link below).
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Ray-Ban's 'Never Hide' Campaign Features Gay Male Couple For First Time
Practitioner:
Ray-Ban
Date:
Apr 26 2012
Eyewear style icon Ray-Ban is being praised throughout the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) blogosphere for a new advertisement that's both gay-inclusive and trendy to boot. Released as part of their "Never Hide" campaign in connection with the company's 75th anniversary, the new ad features two sharply-dressed gay men out for a romantic stroll on a busy sidewalk.
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Guerrilla Girls: Oscar Billboard
Practitioner:
Guerrilla Girls
Date:
Mar 9 2002
THE ANATOMICALLY CORRECT OSCAR...HE'S STILL WHITE, STILL MALE, JUST LIKE THE GUYS WHO WIN!
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FOKAL
Practitioner:
UNESCO, the French Institute, Fondation Culture Création, and Africamérica
Date:
Apr 1 1995
ARTS/CULTURE FOKAL is the hub in Haiti where locals and international visitors from all walks of life -- artists, writers, citizens, activists-- come together to discuss the most pressing nation- and community-building issues, enjoy cutting edge artistic expressions, and share their ideas.
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Emoj:,conned
Practitioner:
Peter Sather
Date:
Apr 27 2018
About a year ago my girlfriend moved to Japan to teach English in Tokyo for two years. (Don’t worry, this isn’t a sob story.) Having spent the greater part of our relationship physically separated, thought it was a challenge we felt prepared for. Like any other self-respecting relationship, we constantly exchange obtuse pop culture references and niche anime memes thanks to text and wifi.
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#EverydayIran
Practitioner:
Everyday Iran
Date:
Apr 6 2016
"Everyday Iran”, inspired by “Everyday Africa”, is the most widespread mobile photography project based on social networks in Iran which started since early in 2014. We in Everyday Iran ask the whole people who live and work in Iran to send us their photos of daily life in the country with #everydayiran. Those photos which are selected by 5 Iranian curators are reposted on our social media pages.
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After escape from North Korea, artist turns from propaganda to pop art
Practitioner:
Song Byeok
Date:
Mar 25 2012
By Paul Ferguson, CNN updated 9:50 PM EDT, Sun March 25, 2012 Atlanta (CNN) -- Song Byeok had every reason to be pleased with his success. A gift for drawing led to a prestigious career as a propaganda artist and full membership in North Korea's communist party. Then the food shortages started.
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