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Protests have gripped Turkey for the past two weeks, transforming public space in the minds of the country’s inhabitants. Istanbul-based artist Can Altay explores the role of art and humor in the uprising, writing, “Imagination expands slowly and strikes suddenly.”
In this episode of Forms of Life, Creative Time’s chief curator, Nato Thompson, speaks with award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras about her trilogy of documentaries centered on post-9/11 America.
The trial of Bradley Manning begins today, three years after the 25-year-old Army whistleblower’s arrest. Manning faces a life sentence for “aiding the enemy,” but artist Molly Crabapple argues the soldier only betrayed his institution out of loyalty to humanity.
On Friday, Iran is set to elect a new president to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, four years after the country’s last elections triggered widespread protests and a brutal crackdown. An anonymous artist pays tribute to the Green Movement, its creative forms of subversion and its imprisoned protesters.
World-renowned artist Ai Weiwei grapples with his 2011 arrest and continual censorship, expressing skepticism that the Chinese Communist Party will ever relax its control over civil society, and cautious hope that people are nonetheless beginning to imagine change.
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Rachel Mason
New York, NY, USA
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Mexico City, Mexico
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Oakland, CA, USA
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New York, NY, USA
Stephen F. Eisenman
Chicago, IL, USA
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Billionaires and Politicians: Rand Paul
June 17, 2013 —
Investigating the corrosive effects of massive financial contributions to political campaigns, Michelle Marozik’s drawing series “Billionaires and Politicians” profiles elected officials and their wealthy patrons. Here, she shares her portrait of libertarian Congressman Rand Paul. More -
Tax Loopholes for All!
June 16, 2013 —
As the G8 discusses the widespread use of offshore tax havens, media artist Paolo Cirio, whose website Loophole4All.com invites visitors to hijack the legal certificates of corporations registered in the Cayman Islands, advocates for more participatory tax reforms. More -
Here We Are: The Imagination of Public Space in Gezi Park
June 14, 2013 —
Protests have gripped Turkey for the past two weeks, transforming public space in the minds of the country’s inhabitants. Istanbul-based artist Can Altay explores the role of art and humor in the uprising, writing, “Imagination expands slowly and strikes suddenly.” More -
Fitna and the Iranian Elections
June 12, 2013 —
On Friday, Iran is set to elect a new president to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, four years after the country’s last elections triggered widespread protests and a brutal crackdown. An anonymous artist pays tribute to the Green Movement, its creative forms of subversion and its imprisoned protesters. More -
Speak Mouthless
June 3, 2013 —
In a video channeling the revolutionary struggle in a rebel-held town in Syria, Lebanese architect Tony Chakar questions the Western injunction to tell the story of the Arab Spring, asking, “Why do you want to know?” More