Economy

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  Op-Ed

  What Is the “New Normal”? Ask Denmark’s Danske Bank

  December 11, 2012 - 

  Artist Thierry Geoffroy questions the motives of Denmark’s largest financial institution’s ad campaign, which defines the “new normal” as Occupy protesters, children reading iPads and factory workers.  More

  By Thierry Geoffroy

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  Uprisings

  Spain: The Nameless Force Behind the Protests

  November 30, 2012 - 

  With 25 percent of the population unemployed and hundreds evicted from their homes every day, Spain’s economic crisis continues to deepen. Leonidas Martin contextualizes the country’s recent anti-austerity protests in this history of a new activist spirit.  More

  By Leónidas Martín

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  Op-Ed

  Superstorm Sandy: Seeing Beyond the State

  November 20, 2012 - 

  What will recovery from Sandy look like in the Rockaways and other devastated areas? For MTL, the solutions won’t come from official relief agencies, but from local activists building “autonomous zones for community and solidarity.”  More

  By MTL

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  Photo Gallery

  Mecca: Artificial Light

  October 26, 2012 - 

  This week, approximately three million Muslims are making a pilgrimage to Mecca for the 2012 hajj. Here, Saudi artist Ahmed Mater shares his photographs of and reflections on the recent developments around Islam’s most sacred sites.  More

  By Ahmed Mater

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  Podcast: Forms of Life

  Time as Currency: Alternative Economies for the Future

  October 17, 2012 - 

  In this episode of Forms of Life, Creative Time’s Chief Curator Nato Thompson speaks with Anton Vidokle, artist and co-founder of the international art network e-flux, about alternative economies, the mutability of money and the prospects for a new “.art” internet domain.  More

  By Nato Thompson and Anton Vidokle