http://www.riotart.com/blog art and politics as inspiration Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:44:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The inmates of Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center, Cebu, Philippines, exercise by performing massive choreographed dances for the publics. An innovative approach to rehabilitation and prison management as a whole. http://www.riotart.com/blog/2008/08/19/rehabilitation/ The Devil Came On Horseback - Directed by Ricki Stern and Anne Sundberg Exposing the blatant rising genocide in Darfur with an unflinchingly open and uncensored look at the crimes against humanity plaguing the Black African people in the region, the hard slap in the face The Devil Came On ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/10/07/the-devil-came-on-horseback/ "Art no longer contests anything, if it ever did." -Jean Baudrillard "It is essential that the minority advocate the necessity of going on an 'active art strike' using the machines of the culture industry to set it in total contradiction to itself. The intention is not to end the rule of ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/09/06/art-strike/ "Curated by postage stamp artist Michael Hernandez de Luna, the work in AXIS OF EVIL speaks directly and bluntly about present day issues, such as the war in Iraq, September 11, American foreign policy ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/31/the-secret-history-of-sin/ Amidst the many historical sites in Ridgefield—including a Revolutionary War battleground and a Colonial tavern, Magnusson’s markers will arrest viewers with contemporary facts such as “ON THIS SITE STOOD, RY BRAUER, TYPICAL AMERICAN TEEN. BY THE AGE OF 18, HE HAD WITNESSED OVER 30,000 MURDERS ON TV.” The ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/29/on-this-site-stood/ At Monday's Anti-Bush protest in Ottowa, peaceful protesters, including Union president Dave Coles, squared off along the line with three masked men who seemed fairly intent on turning things violent. At one point Coles, suspicious of their intent, accuses the men of being police officers. The men freeze like deer ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/22/provocateurs/ "A couple arrested at a rally after refusing to cover T-shirts that bore anti-President Bush slogans settled their lawsuit against the federal government for $80,000, the American Civil Liberties Union announced Thursday." Via: http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/wireStory?id=3489979 http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/18/feds-pay-80000-over-anti-bush-t-shirts/ Holding torches, some 2,000 people form the sign of peace during an antiwar and anti-violence rally in the Heroes Square in central Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday evening, March 20, 2005. The rally was organized by the Humanist Movement of Hungary to mark the second anniversary of the US-led invasion of ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/12/budapest-hungary/ The 4th year thesis of Mark Daye, a graphic design student. (Toronto) Instead of rebranding a product, or service for my 4th year thesis project I chose to represent a local population that usually gets overlooked. I re-coded official signage and affixed 30 of them to poles in the downtown core ... http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/12/homeless-awareness/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBRhnMKWNYg[/youtube] Black Flag's Henry Rollins describes his first visit to Walter Reed Hospital to visit wounded veterans on behalf of the USO. http://www.riotart.com/blog/2007/08/11/this-is-how-i-protest-the-war/