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We cover artists from around the globe whose work explores and realizes social change. Our goal is to provide a narrative about these activist efforts while simultaneously participating in them. Maintained by The Groundswell Collective since 2007.

Groundswell Weekly Review: August 9 – 15, 2009

Groundswell Weekly Review

For the last two months artists have been floating around New York City on the Waterpod, a 3,000-square-foot experiment in community living and artistry. Just don’t call it Burning Man – that happens later this month.

Apropos of the recent discussions of right-wing street art, the LA Times opines about KKK quilts, the veritable antithesis of radical cross-stitch.

Trevor Paglen makes the invisible visible and fashionable.

Critical Network is “keen to promote critical and contextual art, events and discussion,” just like we are. Highly recommended – great work!

Teenage Texans crafted an impressive living newspaper on immigration, and Katie Kurtz put forward the first part of her Proposal Toward Visual Eco-Criticism.

Related posts:

  1. Groundswell Weekly Review: July 26 – August 1, 2009
  2. Groundswell Weekly Review: August 16 – 22, 2009
  3. Groundswell Weekly Review: August 2 – 8, 2009
  4. Groundswell Weekly Review: June 21 – 27, 2009
  5. Groundswell Weekly Review: July 5 – 12, 2009


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