#xmap

[measuringbliss]

I wish Charles Xavier told me to go back to bed...

[brooklynmuseum]

Be sure to RSVP to today’s free virtual event with For Freedoms on art's potential to strengthen democracy and imagine new possibilities for liberation and joy. Join us on November 17 from 6–7 pm for conversations with Jess Brown and Mary Beth Meehan on the movement for reparations in Rhode Island and a conversation with Cassils on In Plain Sight a skywriting project that aims to fight migrant detention by sharing messages over detention centers, immigration courts, and borders.⁠ 

Register now and tune in at 6pm!

Photos: Patrisse Cullors. CARE NOT CAGES #XMAP : Los Angeles County Jail, shot from Griffith Observatory: July 3 by Chris Mastro, photo courtesy Cassils ⇨ Mary Beth Meehan in Newnan, Georgia. Photo: William Widmer. ⇨ Jess Brown, a member of the For Freedoms / Wide Awakes artist network Photo: Stephanie Alverez Ewens⁠

[18kgold]

Eighty artists and activists unite in attempt to ‘pierce through electoral politics’

Over the course of a number of weeks, these messages will be delivered to the sky by two fleets of five planes. [... T]he work will live on via the free Augmented Reality app 4th Wall: users will be able to see the messages floating in the sky above key locations they visit.

The hashtag #XMAP directs viewers to the accompanying website, xmap.us, allowing viewers intrigued by the heavenly messages to see, via geolocation, the detention facilities in their town. They will also be able to donate to local bond funds and engage with the 17 immigrant justice organisations involved – such as ACLU Southern California, RAICES, and Freedom for Immigrants – and their work being done on the ground.

In Plain Sight will continue in July, weather permitting. Visit xmap.us or follow @inplainsightmap on Instagram for updates.  

[juliosalgado83]

#FreeThemAll #LibertadParaTodos "We’ve been working with powerful visionaries across the country for this artistic intervention. 11 actions/sites, 12 cities, 6 states in collaboration with 20+ orgs and 80 artists, including #undocuartists . Tbh: This work shouldnt have to exist, but this country that supposedly has a fucken “Independence” Day this weekend continues to cage our communities. And make no mistake: When we say #AbolishICE, we also mean #DefundThePolice (Full Stop, as @osopepatrisse has said)." @sethernandezr #InPlainSight #XMAP #LookUp #FreeThemAll #AbolishICE #DefundHate #prisonindustrialcomplex #resist #closethecamps #AbolishPolice #Abolition #stopicetransfers 📷 by @jorgerh2o https://www.instagram.com/p/CCPCDw_Fwvf/?igshid=15d4nx9txqe5u

[juliosalgado83]

Fairness, freedom, opportunity, and respect for human rights should be at the core of our immigration system. This so-called “Independence Day” 80 artists and immigrant rights organizations are joining together to launch @inplainsightmap – a stunning effort to make visible the injustices of the largest immigration detention system in the world. In Plain Sight's collective of artists – representing an array of ages, gender presentations and subjective lived experiences that have come together in solidarity to help abolish immigrant detention. ICE detention is the practice of incarcerating immigrants–from those who have just arrived to those who’ve lived in the U.S. for years–while they await a determination of their status or potential deportation. Various reports detail horrifying conditions. The federal government wastes more than $25 billion each year on ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to profile, detain and deport immigrants. YOU CAN HELP END IMMIGRANT DETENTION: *Join* the movement #FreeThemAll Campaign + #AbolishIce. *Donate* to the National Immigration Detention Bond Fund [link in bio - link to: https://www.aplos.com/aws/give/CIVIC/GivingTuesday]. #InPlainSight #XMAP #LookUp #FreeThemAll #AbolishICE #DefundHate #HomeisHere #HeretoStay #WithDACA #sisepuede #prisonindustrialcomplex #resist #closethecamps https://www.instagram.com/p/CB3wCbplbF6/?igshid=17sq2jw5e75ix

[changoplambus]

the x men??? ? dont you mean

[sodrippy]

im still not sure if i should see the xma. were the kids good??? that's honestly all i care abt at this point

hey! i really liked it, but full disclosure im a bit blindly enthusiastic when it comes to things i love haha. i really liked it overall, the characterization of the characters were quite good in this movie i think, i mean listen, i even liked mystique despite jlaw like,,cmon. 

okay so i wont spoil anything from the movie, but im gonna just give you a quick little run-down of some general thoughts i had about the xkids under the cut

the xkids were great overall imo!

i wish we saw more of jubilee and wish we got more character/personality driven bits for jean and ororo, but jean, kurt, and scott were very central to the whole movie which was fantasticthey had a really great dynamic, and some really strong moments!kurt was done so right he was precious and funny and importantscott was given the leadership quality and role he deservesobviously we didnt get too much from ororo except her horseman role but that was expectedwe get to see everyone use their powers in an important way which was great too, but we also got a lot of light-hearted moments as well+ peter was, as usual, really great, he had solid funny moments but also was given some emotional depth in this movie which i really loved

bonus: erik isnt villainized in this movie, he has a good arc i think, which is also great!