Unite Now » Europe http://www.unitenow.org Empowering the Activist in All of Us Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:43:24 +0000 en hourly 1 SWITZERLAND “JUSTICE” http://www.unitenow.org/human-rights/justice-in-switzerland/ http://www.unitenow.org/human-rights/justice-in-switzerland/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:07:36 +0000 UniteNow http://www.unitenow.org/?p=146 Berne, Switzerland
“Justice”

Part of A Global Day of Action: Over 24 Locations in 24 Hours produced by CIRCLE UP NOW in partnership with AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

On July 12th, 2008, communities in countries throughout the world gathered in celebration and in solidarity around the idea that every human being has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.

In London, Mexico City, Athens, New Delhi, Seoul and two dozen other cities, artists, activists and supporters of Amnesty International “Circled Up” to form more than 24 aerial art images in 24 hours.

Amnesty International teamed up with Circle Up Now to deliver this powerful “visual petition” representing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2008, and consisted of thousands of participants worldwide making an appeal to their leaders to honor and defend basic human rights.

Photo Credit: Adrian Moser

]]> http://www.unitenow.org/human-rights/justice-in-switzerland/feed/ 0 BARCELONA “EXPECTATION” http://www.unitenow.org/politics/expectation/ http://www.unitenow.org/politics/expectation/#comments Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:40:38 +0000 UniteNow http://www.unitenow.org/?p=128 “EXPECTATION” by Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada is a large-scale sand painting portraying the likeness of Barack Obama, located in the Catalan city of Barcelona. It was created before the 2008 US presidential election using a large-scale vector graphic, a GPS topography system and approximately 650 tons of sand.  The work’s grand scale (1 hectare / 2.5 acres) embodies the immense sense of hope felt by Barack Obama’s supporters and raises a mirror to reflect the source of that hope. Obama has awakened an enormous yearning for change that runs deep beneath decades of disaffection with the political establishment.  The outsize scale of EXPECTATION also allowed the artist to allude to the global impact of this election. For people around the world, the symbolic power of an Obama presidency would be without precedent in modern history. Sand painting is the art of pouring colored sands onto a surface to create an image. These sand paintings are used as rituals for healing purposes by Native Americans, Tibetan monks, Indians and Australian Aborigines.

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