Projects tagged "North Africa"

Colombian Hip Hop Goes up a Stage in Morocco
Practitioner:
Fabrica of Rimas International Festival
Date:
Dec 21 2013
The Colombian hip hop had an outstanding representation with the C15 group in the Fabrica of Rimas International Festival, a gathering of urban cultures, sponsored by Morocco, Colombia and Spain.
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"From Wall Street to Cairo", featuring Fire in Cairo
Practitioner:
Matthew Conners, Photo Journalist by John Otis, Reporter
Date:
Apr 6 2016
Matthew Connors spent much of 2012 in Lower Manhattan making portraits of the protesters in the Occupy Wall Street movement. But a chance encounter during the course of that project made him do a 180-degree turn after meeting some Egyptian activists who had participated in a different uprising: the Jan. 25 revolution that led to the ousting of President Hosni Mubarak. They convinced Mr.
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Nana Van
Practitioner:
Artist Marisa Jahn and the National Domestic Workers Alliancem
Date:
May 2 2013
The Nanny Van is a public art initiative run by REV- and the National Domestic Workers Alliance. This project aims at shorting distances, gaps and obstacles between domestic workers and the proper information of their rights. Therefore, Nanny Van is a smartphone app every person can download in order to access information about the legal conditions and state any kind of questions or claims.
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All in the Family Parts 1 & 2
Practitioner:
IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell
Date:
Apr 14 2016
The link between early trauma and ill health later was untilled soil in the world of medicine. But the possibility of a connection captured the interest of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. And it was the beginning of a 25-year odyssey for Vincent Felitti when he teamed up with researchers to study the health of 17,000 members of a preventive care program at Kaiser Permanente, a private insurer.
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STYLELIKEU
Practitioner:
Elisa Goodkind & Lily Mandelbaum
Date:
Jan 26 2009
Elisa and Lily chose to create StyleLikeU as an alternative to this disempowering status quo. In 2009, the duo picked up a home video camera and launched their "Closet" series, documenting diverse individuals who were challenging fashion industry norms in their style.
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Mexico Burns Effigies of Donald Trump in Easter Celebrations
Practitioner:
Yuri Cortez, Photographer; Linda Kriegman, Reporter
Date:
Mar 27 2016
MEXICO-US-HOLY-WEEK-TRUMP Credit: YURI CORTEZ / Stringer
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AmplifyHER and AnimateHER
Practitioner:
Ten One Films
Date:
Sep 1 2015
Amplify HER is a visually dynamic, character driven feature documentary that offers intimate access into the lives of numerous emerging female artists. By combining ecstatic energy and feminine artistry, these talented young women in the global electronic music scene are harbingers for the emerging paradigm.
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‘Calligraffiti’ Artist El Seed Makes Tunisia His Canvas
Practitioner:
eL Seed
Date:
Mar 1 2014
The minaret of the Jara Mosque in Gabes towers over its surroundings. Formed of golden brick, it jolts up from the flat, sand-colored cityscape around it, all the better to broadcast the call to prayer across the coastal city.
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Big Bossa
Practitioner:
Wajiha Jendoubi
Date:
Jan 1 2012
Wajiha Jendoubi is an actress and one of Tunisia's best-known comedians. To be a woman comedian in this North African nation can be a challenge, but the country's gender gap is narrowing for the first time in almost a decade and Wajiha sees Tunisia as a country that stands for women's rights and supports it.
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Project Catalyst
Practitioner:
Artel Great
Date:
Apr 9 2014
Project Catalyst specializes in designing culturally rich entertainment experiences that re-imagine the empowering possibilities of cinema and media from a multicultural perspective. Project Catalyst exemplifies the efficacy and essential value of art and cinema at the intersections of social justice and the modern technologies of everyday life.
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Tunisian Human Rights Activists Take to the Streets with Art
Practitioner:
Fanni Raghman Anni
Date:
Feb 1 2015
Post revolution Tunisia is all too familiar with protest – usually through demonstrations - but one group of activists are using the power of street art to get their message across. Calling themselves “Fanni Raghman Anni” (Arabic for “My Art in Spite of Myself”), the group simply scouts the streets of Tunisia bringing theater and drama to random passers-by.
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The Last American Indian On Earth
Practitioner:
Gregg Deal
Date:
Apr 17 2013
"The Last American Indian on Earth", a performance art piece by Gregg Deal,a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe originally based in northwestern Nevada.The project documents what happens when an unsuspecting public is confronted with the flesh-and-blood version of a stereotype, one that for most is the only authentic expression of what it means to be an Indigenous person of the American continent.
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Arts Meets Environmental Activism in "The Crossroads Project"
Practitioner:
Laura Kaminsky, Rebecca Allan
Date:
Feb 9 2014
This month’s blast of arctic air may have roused climate-change skeptics. But the composer Laura Kaminsky and the painter Rebecca Allan were unfazed. Holed up in their apartment in Riverdale in the Bronx on one of the coldest days in decades, these longtime artist-activists were doing what came naturally: fighting the planet’s warming.
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Negrotown
Practitioner:
Key & Peele
Date:
May 6 2015
The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg58d8opQKA From Flavorwire: “Another world is possible!” — so goes the popular activist chant at rallies and marches. Yet one of the most difficult aspects of sustaining a grassroots political movement can be imagining that other world and persisting even when it seems far away.
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Can Graffiti Remake Egypt?
Practitioner:
Women on Walls
Date:
Feb 15 2014
Last week, a dozen of female artists turned the walls of a downtown parking lot in Cairo into a street art gallery. Colourful group murals carrying personal stories and spreading messages to increase women’s visibility, and positively affect public consciousness.
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Emojis to stop teen drinking and drugs
Practitioner:
Partnership for Drug-free Kids
Date:
Jul 16 2015
The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids, a national nonprofit dedicated to reducing substance abuse among adolescents, launched a new multimedia campaign for teens that uses emojis to communicate the challenges of negative influences, empowering them to live Above the Influence.
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MAY DAY MARCH- "TRUMP UNWANTED"
Practitioner:
MAY DAY MARCH Community
Date:
May 1 2016
GAME ON! Its gonna be a good Spring!" Connie Bacon. Activists and the politically aware will march with the message that Donald Trump and his beliefs are "UNWANTED".
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Break-dancing for social justice in Tunisia
Practitioner:
Art Solution
Date:
Feb 1 2017
In Tunisia, a country gripped by economic uncertainty and still in the midst of rebuilding its identity after the Arab Spring, hip-hop culture is viewed as part of an ongoing dissident movement. Just a few events, such as the recent Mafia Wallitili Festival in the heart of downtown Tunis, offer the local hip-hop community an opportunity to share their values with the broader population.
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In Drones We Trust
Practitioner:
Joseph DeLappe
Date:
Nov 13 2014
In Drones We Trust, 2014 - Joseph DeLappe Crowd Sourced, Participatory Rubber Stamp Currency Intervention FOR FULL PROJECT DOCUMENTATION VISIT: http://indroneswetrust.tumblr.com/
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Tactical Urbanism
Practitioner:
Street Plans Collaborative
Date:
Jan 1 2012
"Improving the livability of our towns and cities commonly starts at the street, block, or building scale. While larger scale efforts do have their place, incremental, smallscale improvement efforts are increasingly seen as a way to stage more substantial investments. This approach allows a host of local actors to test new concepts before making substantial
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Tunisians dance in defiance
Practitioner:
Art Solution
Date:
Dec 1 2012
The flashmob ‘’I will dance despite everything’’ was organized in Tunis's old medina on December 2012 by “Art Solution", a Tunisian group aiming to promote street art as a form of resistance.
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Imagined Realms
Practitioner:
Julie Dillong
Date:
Jun 29 2015
Julie Dillon is a critically acclaimed illustrator, having been nominated and won multiple awards, including two Hugos and a Chesley. Her work often deals with science fiction and fantasy stories, and her work in the field has made her aware of the lack of diversity in this optimistic speculative fiction.
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Fake lives matter!
Practitioner:
Stu Tanquist
Date:
Sep 26 2017
The kidnapping and enslavement of African people was the life-blood of transnational corporations like the "Royal African Company." In law, these human resource corporations were called "artificial people." Their human cargo was called "cargo."
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Jay Shells Drops "Rap Quotes," His Most Site-Specific Street Art Project Yet
Practitioner:
Jay Shells
Date:
Mar 25 2013
JAY SHELLS DROPS “RAP QUOTES,” HIS MOST SITE-SPECIFIC STREET ART PROJECT YET By Aymann Ismail | March 25, 2013 - 12:30PM After schooling New Yorkers on etiquette via numerous unsanctioned interventions, artist Jay Shells channeled his love of hip hop music and his uncanny sign-making skills towards a brand new project: “Rap Quotes.”
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Do Not Talk About Climate Change
Practitioner:
Franke James
Date:
Oct 15 2013
Franke James put up "Do Not Talk about Climate Change" posters around cities to raise people's awareness on climate change issues.
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