Jafar Panahi is a filmmaker in Iran who was arrested after making a film that criticized how women in Iran are treated. He was arrested under the pretense that he was campaigning against the Iranian government. While we are free to make movies and films that raise awareness to controversial
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Cvltnation is a hipster website dedicated to all things dark. It is a good place to find lists like ’10 best black metal cassette releases of the year’ or culty footage of bands like ‘never before seen video of 1980 live Joy Division performance.’ It’s basically click-bait for people who
This video from the 1957 captures a major law enforcement victory: one of the most horrific criminals of the time finally got arrested. His name was George Metesky, and he had terrorized New York City for 16 long years. Metesky, better known as the Mad Bomber, managed to plant at
For those of you who don’t know what The Hunger Games is, then you might not understand the article. However, for those of you who have at least seen the movie, then you’ll be able to make the connection. In North Korea, they are raising children to work to death
This is the story of the violin stolen in Milwaukee (for ful story visit: https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/the-case-of-the-stolen-stradivarius). This was no ordinary violin, in fact it is a famed Stradivarius. For those who do not know the Strad is supposedly one of the best designed violin, with its old nature creating deep rich
DISCLAIMER: Video is graphic, although censored, does display partial nudity. This is Milo Moire, a Swiss performance artist. She is a feminist that promotes that women choose when and how they should be touched, which is what motivated the piece above. In London she was arrested (Full Article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3657439/Controversial-performance-artist-arrested-inviting-strangers-touch-naked-breasts-genitals-Trafalgar-Square-women-s-rights.html) for
This is a photo I recently took in Tijuana, Mexico. The mural on the left side depicts an authoritarian governmental figure that exploits the general public despite the public’s objection. Murals like the ones depicted and even those that do not communicate political messages are often painted over with grey
The Ecce Homo Painting is a botched restoration by Cecilia Jimenez. She saw that the picture of Jesus was fading, so she decided to take it upon herself to restore the painting. As you can see, she did a terrible job and many people accused her of vandalism. She later
Banksy is a well known, elusive artist, known for his artistic pranks. He travels to random, well-known areas to display (basically vandalize) his art in grandiose fashions. For example, he would paint beautiful murals in areas without permission, but since they’re so pretty, the owners of that wall would keep
Performance art often skirts the line between criminal and art and Milo Moiré was a little too much on the criminal side and was arrested by the London police for public indecency. Moiré’s newest work, Mirror Box, allowed the public to touch her breast and vagina in this mirror box