Tagged With: Power
On how JR’s confrontational street art went global
Backdrops to a riot: JR on how his confrontational street art went global Migrants, Mayra, Picnic Across the Border … spanning the US-Mexican border at Tecate, 2017. Photograph: JR-art.net His portraits of his Paris neighbourhood summed up its residents’ anger. Now his subversive installations straddle borders, float on boats and envelop favelas. We speak to … Continuer la lecture
Big Brother’s new name
Amazon’s Ring is the largest civilian surveillance network the US has ever seen by Lauren Bridges / Tue 18 May 2021 13.51 BST One in 10 US police departments can now access videos from millions of privately owned home security cameras without a warran ‘Since Amazon purchased Ring in 2018, it has brokered over 1,800 … Continuer la lecture
Building a better future for Ireland.
Empire shaped Ireland’s past. A century after partition, it still shapes our present. Michael D Higgins Thu 11 Feb 2021 13.00 GM Only by remembering complex, uncomfortable aspects of Britain and Ireland’s shared history can we forge a better future Michael D Higgins is president of Ireland Ireland is currently engaged in a process of … Continuer la lecture
Water crisis in the US, a solution?
The US is in a water crisis far worse than most people imagine by Erin Brockovich Industrial runoff and lax standards have tainted water across the US. Senators and doctors are calling me, asking what to do. Mon 24 Aug 2020 16.31 A sample of tap water taken in Flint, Michigan. Photograph: Garrett MacLean/The Guardian … Continuer la lecture
The History of Bombs : Is it Art ?
‘the brilliance of this intervention lies in the fact that you don’t need to know it’s art to find it interesting’ The Guardian A seductive and terrifying array of fetishised weapons of mass destruction is mapped across the main hall of the Imperial War Museum in this powerful intervention that – like the museum itself … Continuer la lecture
Native Americans fight to be counted in the census
See how and why Native Americans still have to fight to be recognized as fully American citizens https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/15/we-are-still-here-native-americans-fight-to-be-counted-in-us-census
American Democracy vs Wealth Power
Congress forced Silicon Valley to answer for its misdeeds. a very clear analysis from The Guardian of how US Democracy is threatened by wealth power in the hands of a few
Art, money and politics
Is Art a matter of money ? To what extent can art tackle political matters ? https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jul/28/banksy-altered-sea-view-triptych-sells-for-22m-at-auction
The Bio Revolution is transforming it/us all…
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/pharmaceuticals-and-medical-products/our-insights/the-bio-revolution-innovations-transforming-economies-societies-and-our-lives
The power of Music
YoYo Ma wants Bach to save the world See how a very famous Asian-born American considers the power of Music to unite Nations and overcome social inequality and political tensions and divisions.
