This course takes the student on a historical journey through different art and activism movements starting in the 19th Century with women fighting for the right to vote and ending with the Black Lives Matter movement of the recent past. We will examine various creative avenues by which artists strive to bring about social changeβperformance art, street art, tech art, participatory art, controversial art, subversive art. Significant attention will be paid to understanding the dynamic between the artist, the work, the media, and the publicβs perception of the work. In conjunction with this historical survey, students will also create activist work for a βreal-lifeβ non-profit organization chosen by the instructor. This course functions as both historical survey and contemporary workshop with the ultimate aim of giving students the knowledge and experience they need to direct their creative practice towards supporting causes of their choosing.
- πΌ Artwork
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- π Podcast
- π Article or book chapter
- π₯ Website
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- π Emmeline Pankhurst
- π Susan B. Anthony
- π¦ Sojourner Truth
- π¦ Ida B. Wells
- π Alice Paul
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- π¦ Art 21: Sound Suits
- π¦ Great Big Story: How Police Brutality Inspired These Works of Art
- π¦πΌ Nick Cave Soundsuit Student Invasion! UCLA
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦πΌ Carry That Weight
- π Hyperallergic: Two Weeks Into Performance, Columbia Student Discusses the Weight of Her Mattress
- π New York Times: In a Mattress, a Lever for Art and Political Protest
- π¦ National Day of Action - Carry That Weight
- π New York Times: Accusers and the Accused, Crossing Paths at Columbia University
- π¦ Creative Time Summit NYC: Statement: Emma Sulkowicz
- π The Cut: Did Emma Sulkowicz Get Redpilled? At the very least, sheβs found a new social set
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦πΌ 3 Weeks in May
- π¦πΌ Between the Door and The Street
- π Wikpedia
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- πΌ #whyididntreport, by former SVA students Ha Jung Song and Bowook Yoon
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- πΌ The murals
- πΌ And their defacement
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- πΌ The monument
- πΌ And its defacement
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- π¦ Style Wars (1983)
- π¦πΌ Subway Therapy
- π¦ Exit Through The Gift Shop
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦πΌ Piss Christ
- π The Guardian: Attack on 'blasphemous' art work fires debate on role of religion in France
- π Andres Serrano op-ed: Protecting Freedom of Expression, from Piss Christ to Charlie Hebdo
- π¦πΌ The Residents of New York
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- πΌ 160 cm Line Tattooed on 4 People
- π¦πΌ 7 forms measuring 600 Γ 60 Γ 60cm constructed to be held horizontal to a wall
- π¦πΌ La Quema Del Ninot
- πΌ The Guardian: A protest against the banalisation of the Holocaust
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦πΌ The Holy Virgin Mary
- π Chris Ofilli, The Holy Virgin Mary by Dr. Allison Young
- π New York Times: Giuliani Vows to Cut Subsidy Over Art He Calls Offensive
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π Sichuan Earthquake, 2008
- π Investigative journalism: The Numbers
- π¦πΌ Documentary: So Sorry
- πΌ Installation: Straight
- πΌ Installation: Remembering
- π The Guardian: Ai Weiwei: The artwork that made me the most dangerous person in China
- π¦ Never Sorry [trailer]
- π¦ The Fake Case [trailer]
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦ Emmett Till, Age 14, Abducted and Murdered, Aug. 28, 1955
- πΌ Open Casket
- π¦ Vice News: Interview with Parker Bright
- π Artist Hannah Black's Open Letter to Whitney Museum demanding the removal and destruction of Open Casket
- π Open Letter to ICA Boston in support of exhibiting Open Casket
- π Schutz responds in Art News and the New York Times
- π Wikipedia
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- π Art21 Magazine: The βBlack Gash of ShameββRevisiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Controversy
- π National Endowment for the Arts: Controversies in Free Speech
- π The Washington Post: Behind the rightβs loathing of the NEA: Two βdespicableβ exhibits almost 30 years ago
- π The Washington Times: Life without the arts? Top 10 crazy grants given by the NEA and NEH
- π¦ BBC Documentary: How Santiago Sierra approaches art making
- π¦ Ai Weiwei documentaries Never Sorry and The Fake Case
- π The Start podcast: Ai Weiwei on how he got his start
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦πΌ Analysis of Tear Gas in Plaza de La Dignidad I
- π¦πΌ Chemical Attack in al Lataminah
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦πΌ Capture
- π Hyperallergic: Massive Protests Sparked by Proposed Ban on Publishing Photographs of French Police
- π New York Times: Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦πΌ A Study of Invisible Images
- π Wikipedia
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- π Introduction
- πΌ No Ban No Wall
- πΌ Impeach Him
- π Wikipedia
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- πΌ The Black Monuments Project
- πΌ Ice Spy, Kyle McDonald
- πΌ Follower, Lauren McCarthy
- π¦πΌ The Optimization of Parenting, part 2, Addie Wagenknecht
- πΌ URME Surveillance, Leo Selvaggio
- πΌ Data Pools, Adam Harvey
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- π¦ Marshall McLuhan - Digital Prophecies: The Medium is the Message
- π Technology and Women's Voices: Washing, seems it's all we do
- π The New Inquiry: Invisible Images (Your Pictures Are Looking at You), by Trevor Paglen
- π₯ forensic-architecture.org
- π₯ Leaders in Software and Art: Previous presenters list
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- π¦ Introduction
- π List of Confederate monuments and memorials
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Vice News: Interview with Unite the Right leader Christopher Cantwell
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- π¦ Mayor Mitch Landeau, "We Must Recognize Significance Of Removing Confederate Monuments"
- π¦ Watch feature film Glory
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- π¦ Introduction
- πΌ Publicar
- πΌ The Commons
- πΌ Public Trust
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦πΌ Monument for the living
- π¦πΌ Homeless
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦πΌ Rumors of War [sculpture]
- πΌ Rumors of War [paintings]
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Columbus Day Protests, 2016
- π¦ Columbus Day Protests, 2017
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction to Shirly Chisholm
- πΌ Shirly Chisholm monument designed by Amanda Williams and Olalekan Jeyifous
- π₯ She Built website
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- π New York Times: Is a Planned Monument to Womenβs Rights Racist?
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- π Podcast: Monument Lab
- π New York Times: For Three Suffragists, a Monument Well Past Due
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦ Shepard Fairey on Steven Colbert
- π Where it [OBEY] all started
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦πΌ Truth Booth, Kickstarter video
- π₯ Truth Booth, website
- π Wikipedia
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- πΌ The MAGA hat
- π Fast Company: The Worst Design Of 2016 Was Also The Most Effective
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦ Facebook ad
- π¦ DIY Documentation
- π¦ Project website: maketrumptiny.com
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- π¦πΌ Subway Therapy, Matthew Chavez
- π¦πΌ AIDS Quilt
- π¦πΌ In America, Susanne Brennan Firstenberg
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- π Hate symbols database
- π¦ Washington Post: Deconstructing the symbols and slogans spotted in Charlottesville
- π¦ New York Times: Decoding the Far-Right Symbols at the Capitol Riot
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- π₯ Matt Furie, πΌ Boys Club Comic, and π Pepe the Frog
- π¦ Pepe: The Frog that Broke the Internet
- π¦ Save Pepe campaign
- π New York Times: Hong Kong Protesters Love Pepe the Frog. No, Theyβre Not Alt-Right.
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- π Signs of Resistance, by Bonnie Siegler
- π The Swastika and Symbols of Hate: Extremist Iconography Today by Steven Heller
- π RadioLab podcast: Truth Trolls
- π¦ Feels Good Man Documentary
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- π New York Times: Eric Reed: Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee
- π¦ Nate Boyer on suggesting Colin Kaepernick kneel instead of sit during anthem
- π¦ ABC News coverage
- π¦ CBS WJZ news coverage
- π¦ Colin Kaepernick 'Just Do It' Ad Sparks Nike Boycott
- π¦ How a black power salute at the 1968 Olympics changed two menβs lives
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π₯ erikarothenberg.com
- π Wikipedia
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- πΌ Slaveholder stamp
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- πΌ Steal This Book
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- π¦πΌ Unbranded
- πΌ Unbranded images
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- πΌ Poster Boy images
- π Wikipedia
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- π Milton Glaser's The Road To Hell or π¦ in video format
- π¦ Watch Network, 1976 Best Picture Oscar winner
- π¦ Watch The Trial of The Chicago 7 on Netflix, which details the phase in Abbie Hoffmanβs life before he wrote Steal this Book
- π Read all or parts of Steal this Book by Abbie Hoffman
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- π¦πΌ Introduction
- π¦πΌ Cut Piece
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦πΌ Rhythm 0
- π¦ Life and Works
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦ G8 Don't Drown Venice action
- π New York Timse: Peru Is Indignant After Greenpeace Makes Its Mark on Ancient Site
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦ Hollywood Walk of Fame
- π¦ The Show Must Go On
- π¦ Shoot Cops
- π Wikipedia
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- π The Guardian: Reappearance of statue's missing hand reignites colonial row
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Rolling Stone Magazine: Indecline: The Art of Protest
- π¦ Chris Burden documentary, Burden
- π Wikipedia: Vandalism of Art
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- π¦ Art 21: Video introduction
- π¦ TED Talk: Theaster Gates: How to revive a neighborhood: with imagination, beauty and art
- π₯ Rebuild Foundation website
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Introduction
- π¦ Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman interview
- πΌ For Freedom: billboards
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ TED Talk: Take back your city with paint
- π¦ Swiss Pavilion at the 14th International Architecture Biennale in Venice 2014: Anri Sala, Edi Rama, Freek Persyn, Hans Ulrich Obrist - A stroll through a fun palace
- π Wikipedia
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- πΌ Images of Stolperstein
- π The Guardian: 'Stumbling stones': a different vision of Holocaust remembrance
- π Wikipedia
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- π Read βThe Real Estate Artist,β a long read profile of Theaster Gates in the New Yorker
- π¦ Watch βDammi i coloriβ by Albanian artist Anri Sala, a video that documents the changes Tirana underwent, which is now in the Tateβs permanent collection (15β24β)
- π¦ Watch Theaster Gatesβ TED talk on how to revive a neighborhood (16β56β)
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- π¦ The Yes Men Are Revolting, trailer
- π¦πΌ Bhopal Disaster - BBC
- π¦ Aftermath: Bhopal Disaster - Channel 4/BBC
- π¦πΌ The Yes Men Fix the US Chamber of Commerce
- π¦ Aftermath: The Yes Men vs. the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
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- π¦ Who Is America [trailer]
- π¦πΌ Kinder Guardians
- π¦ Joe Walsh explains how he was pranked by Sacha Baron Cohen
- π¦πΌ Mosque proposal in Kingman, AZ
- Washington Post: Sacha Baron Cohen made an Arizona town seem racist. The Kingman mayor is taking it seriously
- π¦πΌ BrΓΌno mexican furniture scene with Paula Abdul
- π¦ Paula Abdul's reaction
- π¦πΌ This is America: Jason Spencer
- π Georgia lawmaker who came under fire after yelling βn-wordβ on βWho Is America?β says heβll quit
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ New York Times Special Edition Video News Release - Nov. 12, 2008
- π¦πΌ Steve Lambert and Andy Bichlbaum on CNN about NYT Special Edition
- πΌ New York Times: Special Edition (archived)
- π¦πΌ Capitalism Works For Me! True/False
- π¦πΌ What do people say about capitalism in Times Square?
- π Wikipedia
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- π¦ Watch The Yes Men Are Revolting, a documentary on the last few years of their work
- π¦ Watch Cohenβs series βWho is America.β
- π¦ Watch Cohen's speech (24β43β) at the Anti-Defamation League criticizing Silicon Valley elites such as Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey for the harm their social media products have brought to society.
- π¦ Watch βWhat Would Jesus Buy,β Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Choirβs full length movie and their attempt to avert the βShopocalypseβ