Uprisings
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Breaking “OFF”: An Interview With the Organizers of a New Grassroots Biennale in Budapest
June 22, 2015 -
In this month’s Editor’s Letter, Marisa Mazria Katz interviews the founders of Budapest’s OFF-Biennale, who are carving out a space for artists working outside the government-funded scene. More -
From Breadlines to Bling: Romania, 25 Years After the Revolution
December 16, 2014 -
In December 1989 street protests toppled Romania’s Communist regime, establishing a liberal democracy in the place of Nicolae Ceaușescu’s notorious dictatorship. Dan Perjovschi’s witty drawings depict the bittersweet transition from poverty and scarcity to a consumerist society. More -
Occupying Empty Houses and Airwaves to Fight Foreclosures in Boston
July 1, 2014 -
As members of the Boston-based community group City Life/Urbana Vida moved a homeless couple into an empty house, a collective of artists and activists including John Hulsey set up a pirate radio station inside the house and organized conversations about housing equity using the frequency of a recently shuttered radio station. More -
25 Years After the Tiananmen Crackdown
June 2, 2014 -
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown, Creative Time Reports presents reflections on China’s 1989 democracy movement from artists involved in the historic exhibition “China: June 4, 1989,” in partnership with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. More -
Comrade Kots:
A Poem by Kirill MedvedevMay 6, 2014 -
On the anniversary of massive protests in Moscow ahead of Vladimir Putin’s third presidential inauguration, the writer and labor activist Kirill Medvedev shares a poem whose title derives from a nickname he was given by Russia’s secret police agency, the FSB. More