Projects tagged "North Africa"

John Luther Adams: Inuksuit - A Border-Crossing Presentation
Practitioner:
San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Date:
Jan 27 2018
The San Diego Symphony performs John Luther Adams piece "Inuksuit" at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Reflections from Inside
Practitioner:
We Save Lives; Kris Caudilla
Date:
Apr 7 2016
We Save Lives, a non-profit created by MADD founder Candace Lightner, has launched "Reflections from Inside," an online film against drunk driving.
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Putting LSD in Chicago's water supply
Practitioner:
Paul Krassner and the Yippies
Date:
Aug 20 1968
As the Yippies prepared for protests at 1968 Democratic National Convention, Yippie Paul Krassner rattled Chicago leaders by suggesting that the Yippies were planning to put LSD in the city water supply. As Abbie Hoffman said at the Chicago Seven trial: "I read in the paper the day before that they had 2,000 troops surrounding the reservoirs in order to protect against the Yippie plot to dump LSD in the drinking water.
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#YesAllWomen
Practitioner:
#YesAllWomen
Date:
May 15 2014
In May, the horrific mass shooting in Isla Vista, CA, triggered national conversations about violent misogyny. After some Twitter users began using the hashtag #NotAllMen to defensively derail the conversation, the hugely popular hashtag #YesAllWomen emerged, getting tweeted over 1 million times within just a few days.
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Hypothetical Development Organization
Practitioner:
Hypothetical Development Organization
Date:
Dec 1 2010
Members of this organization begin the narrative process by examining city neighborhoods and commercial districts for compelling structures that appear to have fallen into disuse —“hidden gems” of the built environment. In varying states of repair, these buildings suggest only stories about the past, not the future.
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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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Abler
Practitioner:
Sara Hendren
Date:
Oct 4 2012
Sara Hendren is an Enabler. Hendren's writing, research, and "knowledge-building" propels conversations of ability and disability in such a way that activates a creative dialogue as well as provides a scholarly basis for cultural critique.
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12 year old bride in Times Square
Practitioner:
Cody Persin
Date:
Feb 24 2016
In order to raise awareness about the global issue of arranged child marriages, 21-year-old YouTube star Coby Persin decided to push the envelope by asking a 12-year-old 'bride' to pose with a 65-year-old 'groom' in the middle of Times Square. Child marriage is not only legal in 91 countries around the world, but even continues to be legal in the United States - with some having a cut off as low as 12 years of age.
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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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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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The Utopia of 20 Minutes Embrace
Practitioner:
Gao Brothers from China
Date:
Sep 11 2007
On the afternoon of September 11th, nearly a hundred people hugged each other to feel the beauty of the hug on the Paris Square in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, under the leadership of the Chinese artist Gao Brothers. At the beginning of the event, the Germans have not yet adapted to the behavior of embracing strangers, but encouraged by Gao brothers, people have opened their arms and gave the strangers around them a warm hug.
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Graffiti campaigns bring women and children into street art
Practitioner:
Noon El Neswa, Mona Lisa Brigades, etc.
Date:
Feb 18 2013
By Maha ElNabawi It was a landmark day when prominent women’s rights activist Doria Shafiq bravely led a march of 1,500 women to storm the gates of Parliament on 19 February 1951. After several hours of unrelenting protest, Shafiq was finally received inside the office, where the council agreed to consider the demands of Egyptian women.
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Mayday Space
Practitioner:
Mayday Space
Date:
Jan 1 2016
Mayday is a neighborhood resource and a citywide destination for engaging programming, a home for radical thought and debate, and a welcoming gathering place for people to work, learn, drink, dance and build together.
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STICK IT TO 'EM!
Practitioner:
@stickerit2em
Date:
Feb 7 2021
#stickit2em is an all-inclusive, anti-capitalist, & pro-planet justice movement, using the clever medium of stickers!
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Mueller Report Graphic Novel
Practitioner:
Barbara Slate
Date:
May 1 2019
The Mueller Report, important as it is, has not been read by most Americans. While perhaps written in more accessible language than other federal reports, there have been efforts to bring it into other formats: audio books, performances, and The Mueller Report presented in graphic novel form by Barbara Slate.
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eL Seed in the Battle Against Censorship in Tunisia
Practitioner:
eL Seed
Date:
Sep 19 2012
Last week, Tunisia's tallest minaret went under the brush of the country's hottest muralist. On the Jara Mosque in his hometown of Gabes, 31-year-old eL Seed painted a verse from the Quran preaching tolerance, a message meant for Salafist Islamists who protested "provocative" pieces at an art exhibition earlier this summer.
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North Korean Artist Hopes Reverse Propaganda Will Change Lives Back Home
Practitioner:
Song Byeok
Date:
Jan 1 2018
Song Byeok is one of the most acclaimed Korean artists living today. He is from North Korea, where he was a propaganda artist for the North Korean government for two decades. After defecting in 2002, Byeok has turned his prolific creativity into powerful, satirical art using North Korea’s ruling culture as motifs.
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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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Trump's old Iowa campaign bus turned into satirical art – stripper pole and all
Practitioner:
Mary Mihelic and David Gleeson
Date:
Jan 31 2016
The campaign bus was attracting funny looks. On its side was the by now all-too-familiar last name of the Republican presidential frontrunner. Somewhere inside the castle-shaped hotel next door, Donald Trump was holding court, as hundreds awaited another rally of bombast and branding.
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Embarassing Plastic Bags
Practitioner:
East West Market
Date:
Jun 1 2019
East West Market in Vancouver, British Columbia have made it clear that they are very concerned about the effect that single use plastic items have on the environment.
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Rebel Music: Native America
Practitioner:
Frank Waln
Date:
May 26 2013
Frank Waln, a 25 year old Native American hip hop artist, tours the country and Canada performing and teaching motivational workshops to students across the country. He took to rap at a young age when he found a cd (Eminem's The Marshall Mathers LP) on the side of the road. Growing up on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation of South Dakota, he realized that the hip hop music genre was an outlet for expressing pain and frustration.
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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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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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‘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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