Sounds really great exhibition. Hope could show it in uk? Dave On 10 Apr 2014 10:21, "marc garrett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Group exhibition at Haverford College's Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery: if I > can't dance to it, it's not my revolution > > if I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution is the first exhibition to > investigate on a large scale the political movement of anarchism through > counter-cultural artistic practices in Europe and North America from the > 1960s to the present. > > March 21-May 2, 2014 > > Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery > Haverford College > 370 Lancaster Avenue > Haverford, PA 19041 > > T +1 610 896 1287 > > exhibits.haverford.edu/ificantdancetoit > > Curator: Natalie Musteata > > if I can't dance to it, it's not my revolution is the first exhibition to > investigate on a large scale the political movement of anarchism through > counter-cultural artistic practices in Europe and North America from the > 1960s to the present. > > Taking as its starting point a maxim by the anarchist feminist Emma > Goldman, the exhibition is organized around three interlinked thematic > platforms: Horizontality considers the concept of a de-hierarchized model > of thinking and making; Black addresses the relationship between > insurrectionary tactics, such as "black blocs," and the struggles of > African Americans to gain civil liberties; and Free Love explores a social > movement and philosophy that seeks freedom from any social institution > (such as marriage), state regulation, or creed impinging on relational or > sexual matters. > > Each platform features archival documentation, major installations by > self-identified anarchist artists, and works that at once affirm and > complicate strategies of disruption and resistance. Bringing together > artists and free thinkers who work at the intersection of art and > anti-authoritarian social movements, if I can't dance to it explores the > in-between space of--that is, the tensions that bind, as well as > divorce--aesthetics and political praxis, and the principles of > decentralization, collective authorship, and continual experimentation. > > Publication > The exhibition is accompanied by an illuminating and unusual publication > designed by Project Projects, featuring visual materials and critical > essays by Allan Antliff, Adrian Blackwell, Josh MacPhee, Ernest > Millner-Larsen, Nadja Millner-Larsen, and Natalie Musteata. > > Artists > Elena Bajo, Bernadette Corporation, Adrian Blackwell, Black Mask, Lizzie > Borden, Andrea Bowers & Olga Koumoundouros, John Cage, Christopher > D'Arcangelo, Gayle "Asali" Dickson, Emory Douglas, Sam Durant, Larry Fink, > Claire Fontaine, Luis Jacob, John Jordan & Isabelle Fremeaux & Kypros > Kyprianou, Kanonklubben, King Mob, The Living Theater, Jackson Mac Low, > Sherry Millner & Ernest Larsen, Raymond Pettibon, Carolee Schneemann, Aldo > Tambellini > > Film series at Chase Auditorium, 7pm > - Born in Flames, with filmmaker Lizzie Borden: Thursday, February 27 > - Get Rid of Yourself, with independent scholar Anna Komar: Thursday, > March 20 > - Paths Through Utopia, with filmmakers John Jordan and Isabelle Fremeaux: > Wednesday, April 9 > > Public programs > - Gallery talk, with Natalie Musteata, curator of the exhibition, at > Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery: Friday, March 21, 4:30-5:30pm > - Lecture, "Aesthetics and Anarchy" by distinguished visitor Allan Antliff > (Canada Research Chair in Modern and Contemporary Art, University of > Victoria) in Stokes 102: Tuesday, April 8, 4:30pm > > Presented by the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities in > conjunction with the faculty seminar "The Anarchist Tradition, Revisited." > Additional support provided by the Distinguished Visitors program of > Haverford College. > > Press contact > Matthew Seamus Callinan, Associate Director, Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery and > Campus Exhibitions, [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >
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