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In the previous post we showed a publicity campaign which manipulates pictures. In this one, we show a video which reinterpret a classic film. Oxfam America, for its campaign on land grabs, decided to copy and at the same time, to modify a famous scene in “Glengarry Glen Ross” (1992). Glengarry Glen Ross, adapted from [...]
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Damon Albarn, a bunch of other producers, and an array of local musical talent in DRC kick up a storm over fives days to produce an album for Oxfam. Better than Band Aid? You betcha. Release day 3 October.
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Even if you haven’t heard of the French street artist JR you have probably seen some of his work at one time or another. The video below is well worth 20 odd minutes of your time if only to get your creative juices flowing. Art and activism can be a dodgy marriage but JR seems [...]
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Watch this… …and tell me what this initiative is supposed to achieve? Slick animation – tick – creative concept – tick – and the aim is? To ‘End Genocide’, apparently. However, at no point is it explained how this symbolic ‘mass grave’ will contribute towards this admirable goal. Maybe this video is just a ‘teaser’ [...]
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A couple of weeks ago I went to see ‘Episode 3 – ‘Enjoy Poverty’ (2009, 90 min) by the Dutch artist Renzo Martens who spent two years filming in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The film was screened at the Tate Modern and was followed by a discussion between the artist, T.J. Demos and Tamar [...]
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Salwa is the image of the first campaign against sexual harassment in Lebanon. The League of Independent Activists – IndyACT has launched this campaign with the aim of combating ‘all forms of sexual harassment, physical and verbal abuse against children, girls, and women’. This is in particular a response to a drastic increase in such [...]
Filed under: Art, Cartoons/Animation, Video | Tagged: immigration, Israel/OPT, Lebanon, Middle East&North Africa, women | Leave a Comment »
I love comics, graphic novels and animation so am well happy that Ctrl.Alt.Shift have recognised their potential in social activism. I posted recently that they were running a competition in collaboration with Lightspeed Champion, well now you can check out their exhibition at the Lazarides Gallery on Greek Street in Soho, London. I am just [...]
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OK, it may look like Ctrl+Alt+Shift are paying me today but it is just that I haven’t checked them out for so long, and they are such a breath of fresh air. Anyway, this is a bit late but worth a mention as you don’t see many comics for social activism. They are running a [...]
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An interesting post on the Politics, Theory & Photography blog that looks at how the photographic piece ‘Esclarecimiento‘ (‘Clarification’) by Guatemalan photographer Daniel Hernandez-Salazar has be used and appropriated in social activism. From the polyptch’s use on the cover of the Catholic Church’s report for the recovery of historical memory (marking the violations of the [...]
Filed under: Art, Campaigning | Tagged: Americas, armed conflict, Caribbean&Central America, disappearances, Guatemala, human rights, photographers | Leave a Comment »
The human rights violation of ‘disappearances’ has attracted a great deal of photographic interest and work. To mark the International Day of the Disappeared (30 August) here is a small selection of photographic work on the issue. Marcelo Brodsky’s ‘Buena Memoria‘ – on returning to Argentina Brodsky organised a 25th anniversary reunion of his class [...]
Filed under: Art, Photography | Tagged: Algeria, Americas, Argentina, Asia, Central America, Chile, disappearances, Kashmir, Mexico, Middle East&North Africa, Nepal, Pakistan, photographers, South America, South Asia | Leave a Comment »
