2014 July

Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
July 15, 2014
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh stands infront of a wall that has a mural painted on it. She has short hair and is wearing a simple top with trousers. There is also a poster behind her that says "stop telling women to smile"
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia By FELICIA R. LEE APRIL 9, 2014 Tatyana Fazlalizadeh pasted her self-portrait Friday…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)
Artist Sunil Gupta stands infront of a wall which has two framed photos of his family. He has greying hair and is wearing a patterned woolen sweater.
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)

Sunil Gupta is an artist, activist, and a curator, based in London UK. In this interview, he talks to Manak…
By Manak Matiyani
July 15, 2014
Interview: Sunil Gupta (Part II)
Social Media
Photo of Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal Al Shairf. She has black hair and is wearing a black headscarf, and is standing in front of a board that says 'women2drive'.
Social Media

By: Women’s Rights Campaigning Info-Activism Toolkit People are more likely to trust – and act on – messages from people they…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
Social Media
To The Beat Of Activism
photo shows a brown wall which has an illustration of a woman dressed in a red saree and blur blouse. a man sits in fron of the wall, but his face is blacked out. The message written on the wall says, "i don't 'need to be protected'/ What are you 'protecting me' from? / Think / Make That Change #DelhiGangRape #SafeCityPledge
To The Beat Of Activism

The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, left the Indian public consciousness…
By Pattie Gonsalves
July 1, 2014
To The Beat Of Activism
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism
A cartoon showing a scene at a bus stop, where a man seated on a bench ogles a woman that is passing by, and the woman's genitals seem to show him the middle finger.
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism

[slideshow_deploy id=’3075′] I’ve always had a ridiculous cartoon view of the world. It’s natural that most of my life I…
By Liz Hilton
July 1, 2014
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism
Interview – Sunil Gupta
Artist Sunil Gupta stands infront of a wall which has two framed photos of his family. He has greying hair and is wearing a patterned woolen sweater.
Interview – Sunil Gupta

Sunil Gupta is an artist, activist, and a curator, based in London UK. In this interview, he talks to Manak…
By Manak Matiyani
July 1, 2014
Interview – Sunil Gupta
Gallery: Art and Activism
Photo shows a tiled floor lit by yellow lighting. Two different sets of feet stand facing each other.
Gallery: Art and Activism

[slideshow_deploy id=’3228′] OPA|CITY: Gender. Space. Intersections – An Interview For more on Vani Subramanian’s work, please visit her website.  
By Vani Subramanian
July 1, 2014
Gallery: Art and Activism
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन
Photo of activist balbir krishan against a blue background. he is wearing a grey suit and has short black hair and a stubble
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन

बलबीर कृषन भारत के उन समकालीन कलाकारों में से एक हैं जिन्होंने  सांप्रदायिक हिंसा, आपदाओं, जेन्डर आधारित हिंसा, यौनिकता और…
By Ankit Gupta
July 1, 2014
तारशी के अंकित गुप्ता के साथ एक संवाद में – बलबीर कृषन
Finding Your Feet – Journeys within Dance Movement Therapy
A group of women circling each other and dancing while waving colourful streamers.
Finding Your Feet – Journeys within Dance Movement Therapy

This is a good enough place to begin. From inside your own skin. Before we could speak, we moved. We…
By Arpita Bohra
July 1, 2014
Finding Your Feet – Journeys within Dance Movement Therapy
Voices: Poetry
Black and white sketch of two little boys chasing each other and playing with a toy wheel
Voices: Poetry

Boys standing up to their fathers are invitations to patriarchy When boys become men it is marked by celebratory loud…
By Lean Deleon
July 1, 2014
Voices: Poetry
Videos by Breakthrough
Photo of a young female child in a white dress, saying 'who will melt my chains
Videos by Breakthrough

Breakthrough’s video – Mann ke Manjeeré – winner of the Screen Awards 2001 in India and nominated for MTV’s ‘Best…
By Breakthrough
July 1, 2014
Videos by Breakthrough
The Editorial: Art and Activism
In Plainspeak English Audit In Plainspeak English Audit 100% 10 An illustration of a fist raised in the air, against a yellow background Screen reader support enabled. An illustration of a fist raised in the air, against a yellow background
The Editorial: Art and Activism

Art has the potential of reaching out to wide and diverse audiences and speaks to them in different ways. Therein…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
The Editorial: Art and Activism
Art & Activism
Photo of performance artist and theatre personality Maya Krishna Rao. She is wearing black and her left hand raised in a dramatic pose. She has long white hair and there is a red bindi on her forehead.
Art & Activism

Some propositions:  Nothing ‘activates’ like art. (I’ll speak here of theatre). It can touch, stir the senses, the head, the…
By Maya Krishan Rao
July 1, 2014
Art & Activism
In conversation with Sheema Kermani
Photo of performance artist and theatre personality Maya Krishna Rao. She is wearing black and her left hand raised in a dramatic pose. She has long white hair and there is a red bindi on her forehead.
In conversation with Sheema Kermani

Sheema Kermani is a cultural activist, theatre practitioner, theatre director and a known Pakistani exponent of Indian classical dance. She had studied Bharatanatyam…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
In conversation with Sheema Kermani
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