Censorship In Barcelona During a Freedom of Speech Movement: An Interview with Roc Blackblock
As a country, Spain has been recognized as a democracy for 40 years. Despite this, many citizens in Spain, specifically members in the art community have reported mass censorship of ideas and imprisonment for freedom of expression. On February 7th, a group of graffiti artists protested the wrongful ordered imprisonment of rapper Pablo Hasel. Pablo …
Creativity in Action Project In Cairo, Egypt
As part of the Creativity in Action project supported by Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies (DICE) to promote creative and social enterprises; CLUSTER’s ALFABRIKA carried out its first urban shutters workshop on December 25th – 27th 2020 in partnership with DUCO extending for an additional few days and completed by the beginning of 2021. This project builds on CLUSTER’s interest and previous track record …
Change: A Short Film By Doug Gillen Documenting The Work Of The “Void Projects” In Ferizaj, Kosovo
At the end of January, Scottish filmmaker Doug Gillen released his debut short film, CHANGE. The succinct documentary’s press release explains that CHANGE explores “the intersection of culture, activism and social change with art collective Void Projects in Ferizaj, Kosovo.” The film makes use of multiple angles pertinent to its setting—the formerly war-torn country itself …
Is This Modern Society?
In the US, a country honed on individualization and a me-centric culture, it is debatable whether a thing like privacy is a right or a myth. The Social Dilemma, a documentary that debuted on Netflix, explores how the people as users unknowingly become the product. Companies like Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Reddit, etc. keep users glued …
The Joy Of Resilience: Monuments, Migration and Monarch Butterflies
I’ve been reexamining “The American Dream” an ideal that encapsulates the sentiment written on the Statue of Liberty, a prominent symbol of immigration. Emma Lazarus has a poem written on the plaque, “Give your tired, your poor huddled masses, yearning to breathe free.” I have come to find that this is just an ideal, as …
Rest In Peace Hyuro
Every artist destined to impact society does so through radical authenticity — an ongoing conversation with the unique passions driving their work. Argentinian artist Tamara Djurovic, known around the world as Hyuro, painted gorgeous murals that were fruits borne of a rich inner life. Her work, synchronously thoughtful and dynamic, gained fervent traction for its …
Another Mural On Pollution by Murmure Street in Martinique
‘Garbage Tail’ is the latest creation by French duo Murmure Street for the IPAF Festival organized by Milsmurs (in the Terres Sainville district of Fort-de-France) in Martinique. This monumental wall is part of Murmure Street’s ‘Garb-age’ series which centers on dreamlike and poetic twists of the garbage bag. This object is symbolic of our era and …
Know your place citizen – consume!
German street artist LAPIZ doesn’t mince words. He didn’t leave a long career in science for the nagging uncertainty of an artist’s life to lurk around important insights — he wants to drive right at the source. While the world was plunged into lockdown this year, LAPIZ remained active around his native Hamburg, shedding some …
HOXXOH Teams Up With PUZZLES WITH PURPOSE In Support Of the First Responders Children’s Foundation
With the on-going impact of the pandemic resulting in the CDC urging people not to travel or be at large gatherings during the holiday season, it’s not much of a surprise that the 2020 edition of Art Basel Miami as well as other major art fairs, live painting events, and more that happen within the …
Comforting Sounds By Evoca1 In Lynn, MA
There was a time around April or May that I began to sneer at phrases like “now more than ever” and words like “unprecedented,” all of them co-opted by corporations trying to convince me they cared. It is possible my derision distracted me from the true matter at hand. It feels impossible to grasp this …
A Mural By Iena Cruz Addressing How Human Activity Impacts Nature
On October 29th, GreenPoint Innovations, an environmentally-minded technology company based in Brooklyn, NY announced a new mural by street artist Federico Massa a.ka. Iena Cruz, painted at Q404 Hunters Point Campus in Long Island City. A press release by the organization explained that Cruz’s piece, titled ‘High Tide’ is a “thought-provoking mural that addresses how …
A Mural By JDL Street Art Paying Tribute To A Creative Soul
Internationally-acclaimed and notoriously innovative street artist Judith de Leeuw, who goes by the moniker JDL Street Art, recently completed a breathtaking new mural at the Mjölby Central Station in Sweden. Her new work, titled A beautiful pile of trash & connections stands proud amongst all four stories of the facade it occupies, facing the adjacent …