Monthly Archives: May 2014

Protesters Stage Intervention at Guggenheim’s Futurist Exhibition

Posted on May 25, 2014 by ellenpolus

Last night’s protest action at New York’s Guggenheim Museum by the Gulf Ultra Luxury Faction (G.U.L.F.) is the group’s fourth intervention and the latest to raise awareness about the labor conditions on Saadiyat Island in the United Arab Emirates. The group … Continue reading →

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Protesters Urge Guggenheim to Aid Abu Dhabi Workers

Posted on May 25, 2014 by ellenpolus

Protesters critical of the Guggenheim Museum’s planned franchise in Abu Dhabi smuggled artworks into the museum on Saturday evening, placing them in an exhibit of Italian Futurism. The art created by the group, Global Ultra Luxury Faction, known as G.U.L.F., … Continue reading →

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NKA 2014 – szégyen

Posted on May 24, 2014 by ellenpolus

Botrányos NKA-döntés a kulturális fesztiválok támogatásáról Számos európai uniós önrészpályázatot elutasított, továbbá a nagy múltra visszatekintő L1danceFestet és a nemzetközi monodráma-fesztivált, valamint mások mellett Magyarország legjelentősebb vidéki függetlenszínházi fesztiválját, a THEALTER-t sem tartotta támogatásra méltónak az NKA Kulturális Fesztiválok Kollégiuma. … Continue reading →

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Jonas Staal: Art. Democratism. Propaganda.

Posted on May 24, 2014 by ellenpolus

There is something deeply propagandistic in the disappearance of the notion of propaganda from artistic discourse. The word only resurfaces bluntly to dismiss certain practices as one-dimensional, as pamphletism, or as ideological and doctrinal. In our capitalist-democratic age, art is … Continue reading →

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Jona Staal: DEMOCRATISM: An introduction to five models of civil protest

Posted on May 24, 2014 by ellenpolus

This booklet comprises a series of public interventions in Tokyo and a context-specific essay, realized by writer Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei and visual artist Jonas Staal during a “Creator in Residence” working period at Tokyo Wonder Site Aoyama, Tokyo, … Continue reading →

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Washingtonból üzentek Orbánnak

Posted on May 23, 2014 by ellenpolus

A Szabadság téri emlékmű megépítésére vonatkozó tervek felülvizsgálatát kérte Orbán Viktor miniszterelnöktől csütörtökön harminc zsidó származású amerikai szenátor és képviselő. Az aláírók a Zsidó Világkongresszus (WJC) honlapján közölt levelükben úgy fogalmaztak: az amerikai kongresszus tagjaként, valamint a két ország partnerségének … Continue reading →

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30 Jewish US Congressmen, senators urge Hungarian PM Orban to reconsider Nazi occupation monument

Posted on May 23, 2014 by ellenpolus

Representative Eliot L. Engel, chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians (ICJP) and leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, was joined by 29 other Jewish senators and representatives in calling on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban … Continue reading →

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