Amplifier

Amplifier We are a design lab dedicated to reimagining and amplifying the voices of social change movements through art and community engagement.

The most powerful stories of resistance were never meant to survive. Not in textbooks. Not in official records. They sur...
05/22/2026

The most powerful stories of resistance were never meant to survive. Not in textbooks. Not in official records. They survived through art, community and the people who refused to forget.

During AAPI Heritage Month, we reflect on the legacies of Queen Liliʻuokalani, who defended Hawaiʻi’s land and people against colonial overthrow, and the student activists at San Francisco State who coined the term “Asian American” as an act of solidarity and resistance.

Their message still echoes today:
✨ Land is sacred.
✨ Visibility is power.
✨ Solidarity is resistance.

To celebrate that spirit, we’re releasing new fine art prints from AAPI artists across the diaspora — including Koy Suntichotinun, Nisha Sethi, Michelle Kato, Rahul Sharma, Tanaya Sharma, and Deggeha — whose work reminds us that beauty can preserve what systems try to erase.

Every purchase this month also includes a free “I Am An American” print by Shepard Fairey featuring activist Amanda Nguyen.
Because remembering is resistance. And art keeps memory alive.

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In 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched unprecedented anti-immigrant enforcement operations flooding ...
04/30/2026

In 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security launched unprecedented anti-immigrant enforcement operations flooding major cities with ICE agents, building new detention facilities, and ultimately deploying 4,000 agents to Minneapolis–St. Paul in what became the largest immigration enforcement operation in U.S. history.

Communities fought back: organizing rapid-response networks, mutual aid, and massive protests to protect their neighbors.

In collaboration with , we created a teaching tool documenting both the psychological terror inflicted on Minneapolis–St. Paul communities and the remarkable humanity of neighbors who refused to let fear win. K–12 students are invited to submit a collage envisioning unity, solidarity, and community care. Selected works will be exhibited to the public during Fall of Freedom’s October activations nationwide.

Youth artists, we want your Blueprints for Love.

This May Day, we remember that the fight for dignity, safety, and the right to exist without fear is not new and we know whose side we are on. Join Fall of Freedom’s May 1st activation and communities gathering nationwide for performances, screenings, exhibitions, and public actions by signing up for the Education Amplifier network and sharing this opportunity with your students.

🗓 Submit collages by September 15, 2026
🔗 Download the Open Call for Art + sign up for the Education Amplifier network — link in bio.

04/24/2026

Ever wanted to put a nuclear warhead on your teacher’s desk? Well, now you can! Class Dismissed is an augmented reality project that places full-scale U.S. nuclear weapons inside K–12 public schools. Point your phone at a desk, a hallway, a library, or a football field and a weapon appears. Then it tells you what that weapons system costs, and what we could have built or hired for your school instead. Thats 200,000 teachers we didn’t hire! Try it at the link in our header.
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04/22/2026

Every day is Earth Day 🔊🔊🔊 Today we are reflecting on all that sustains us. Food. The soil. The hands that tend it. The people who carry its stories.

Last fall, we had the honor of gathering with for the opening of on Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a celebration of community brilliance, community wealth, and community well-being, with people from across Turtle Island coming together in one room.

This is a small glimpse of that day.

Thank you to and for the opportunity, to for helping make this collaboration with possible, and to for your support.

With gratitude to .studio x for bringing the gathering to life with so many thoughtful and innovative touches, and to the dream production team: .

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ENCODED won the (twice)!!! Best AR and Best Community Engagement! This dream of an unsanctioned augmented reality takeo...
04/22/2026

ENCODED won the (twice)!!! Best AR and Best Community Engagement! This dream of an unsanctioned augmented reality takeover of the Met started 4 years ago for when he first started sketching out, 3D scanning, and planning the covering of statues like “Mexican Dying Girl” in the atrium of the American Wing (slide 3). But it never could have happened without the world-class team at , , , co-curator , and the 17 indigenous artists who both challenged and celebrated without asking permission from the : , , , x , , , , , , , , , , , , and our AR team . Check out our pinned post for the full launch video from October to see work from every artist in the show!

Change is inevitable. The question is not whether it will happen, but whether we will take part in shaping it.War and en...
04/21/2026

Change is inevitable. The question is not whether it will happen, but whether we will take part in shaping it.

War and environmental collapse are not parallel crises; they are deeply intertwined, rooted in the same systems that treat land, water, and people as expendable. What we are witnessing is not only ecological breakdown, but a broader unraveling of how we value life itself.

As we witness the rising tide of war, extraction, and violence shaping this moment—on our cell phones and in our communities—we continue to hold our focus on what must be protected and what is still possible. As the great writer and activist James Baldwin said, “The world will change because it has to change.”

Artists, educators, organizers, and everyday people continue to show up, not only in resistance, but in relationship. Relationship to land, to community, and to future generations. This is where real change takes root, not just in opposition, but in the act of remembering our interdependence.

This Earth Day, we are asking you to take one simple, powerful step: bring this work into your world. Purchase an artwork and place it in your window, your classroom, your office, or your community space. Each piece directly supports Amplifier’s rapid-response campaigns, fueling artist commissions, education tools, and cultural interventions in the lead-up to this year’s election.

Every purchase from our shop will directly fuel rapid response and movement work in our communities. And now through the end of April get free art with every purchase. Link in bio.

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Two charts. Same story. The tradeoffs aren’t abstract. They’re the size of your school.The Pentagon gets way more money ...
04/21/2026

Two charts. Same story. The tradeoffs aren’t abstract. They’re the size of your school.

The Pentagon gets way more money than it needs to defend the territory of the US, and we don’t get the great schools, good affordable housing, reasonably priced daycare, and top-notch healthcare we need. That’s crazy. Check out our new Nuclear Tradeoff Calculator for K–12 schools at classdismissed.us and find out how many teachers could be hired for each nuclear warhead we are producing. (Link in stories and our header.)
What can you do besides using our WebAR calculator? Contact your representatives, make it a factor in your vote, and use your platform. The 2026 midterms are coming. Our partners at .us and are making it easy to act. Sign the petition. Tell Congress to stop overkill Pentagon spending and invest in what we actually need.

04/20/2026

CLASS DISMISSED is our latest augmented reality project, and it lets users place full-scale U.S. nuclear weapons components inside K–12 public schools. Point your phone at a desk, a hallway, a library, or a football field, and find out exactly what tradeoffs are getting made to fund potential world-ending weapons instead of education.
We have already spent more than $40 billion in 6 weeks on the war in Iran, and the Pentagon has asked for $200 billion more in emergency funding for the conflict. The White House has also proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for 2027, the largest in modern history, a 42% increase over last year. At the same time they want to cut funding to programs that save lives and educate Americans. Beyond traditional defense spending, the administration is on track to spend nearly $1 trillion on the U.S. nuclear arsenal over the next decade. We decided to help visualize what those weapons budgets could fund in our schools instead, and to help make visible what we value and what we do not. Check out our new Nuclear Tradeoff Calculator for K–12 schools at classdismissed.us. What can you do? Contact your representatives, make it a factor in your vote, and use your platform. The 2026 midterms are coming! Learn more about what actions you can take from our partners at .us and !

We’ve been nominated for two and it now comes down to the public’s vote! ENCODED featured the work of 17 Indigenous art...
04/09/2026

We’ve been nominated for two and it now comes down to the public’s vote!

ENCODED featured the work of 17 Indigenous artists who reimagined the American Wing of the through an unsanctioned exhibition, capturing the public’s imagination and reaching hundreds of millions of people through art, story, and augmented reality.

If you believe in artist-led work that doesn’t ask permission — take 30 seconds to vote. We are up against some big money corporate projects, all the more reason to vote 🔊🔊🔊

Will you give this unsanctioned artist led project your vote? Two voting links can be found in our header.

This exhibition was co-curated by featuring work by: + Lite Brite Neon, Flechas

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Special thanks to the team that worked behind the scenes to bring this ambitious project to life: Aaron Huey (Creative Director, Director of Immersive Design), Alex Neville (Senior Digital Producer), Alison Lucker (Business Director), Beth Koulyras (Developer), Cleo Barnett (Executive Director of Amplifier), Eris Pavaje (AR Technician), Faye Orlove (Graphic Design), Florencia Franceschetti (Production Manager), Isabella Sisneros (Operations Director), Juan Mateo Menendez (AR Animator), Julieta Renteria (Program Coordinator), Keorattana Luangrathrajasombat (AR Technician), Lukasz Karluk (Technical Director, EyeJack), Maribel Gonzalez (Education Manager), Milosz Karluk (Graphic Design), Paige Lester (Production Lead), Stephany Torres (Production Manager), Stu Campbell (Art Director at EyeJack), Thomas Wimberly (Design), Tracy Rector (Co-Curator), Zandie Brockett 张桂才 (Executive Producer).

’s new book Here Where We Live Is Our Country is available for pre-order now 🔊🔊🔊This history of the Jewish Labor Bund te...
04/01/2026

’s new book Here Where We Live Is Our Country is available for pre-order now 🔊🔊🔊

This history of the Jewish Labor Bund tells the story of a radical band of secular, socialist, anti-Zionist organizers. The legacy of their courageous rebellion is acutely relevant in our present day.

If you believe in the power of art, history, and collective memory to shape the future, this book is one to support.

Pre-orders really matter. They help this work travel further and reach more people! Please order before April 7th if you can at the link in bio.

“Solidarity is fragile and frequently betrayed, but it is all we have.
It is the only thing that can save us.” Artwork on bus shelters by the one and only 🗝️✨

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