Projects tagged "debt burden"

The Grace Period Blog/Performance
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The Grace Period Blog: 7 Anonymous Artists/Activists
Date:
Nov 21 2013
“The Grace Period” is a live blogging platform with seven anonymous contributing bloggers called: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Through, videos, writings, and visuals they present multiple perspectives of landing/creating a meaningful job after school in a country where personal and national debt is high and jobs are few. In this environment, will our creative spirits be resilient?
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kelli rae adams: Forever in Your Debt, an Exhibition at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
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kelli rae adams
Date:
Jul 1 2023
Student loan debt in the US today totals over 1.7 trillion dollars and is collectively borne by more than 44 million Americans, including artist kelli rae adams. With her installation Forever in Your Debt, adams converts this abstract burden into a tangible volume. She has crafted hundreds of wheel-thrown vessels, sized to collectively hold the average individual student debt —$37,000—in the form of coins.
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