New Location Grand Opening and Exhibition Opening
Thursday, January 18, 7-9pm

Join us on January 18 for the official re-opening of our new location. We are so thrilled to be up and running in our new home, and we’d like to take this time to recognize the community that keeps Interference Archive alive and that helped us with this big move. We’ll have multiple reasons to celebrate, as we also recognize the opening of no. NOT EVER. at Interference Archive. Visit our website for more information.

no. NOT EVER. at Interference Archive
Exhibition Dates: January 18 - April 15, 2018
Exhibition Opening: Thursday, January 18, 7-9pm

Interference Archive is partnering with the Seattle-based collaborative If You Don’t They Will to host their installation of no. NOT EVER. alongside a curated selection of material from Interference Archive’s collection.

no. NOT EVER. is a multi-media, interdisciplinary, immersive installation that provides an anti-racist, anti-fascist framework for understanding the rise of white nationalism in the current moment. This video-based “living archive” depicts a wide-range of rural and suburban organizing strategies from the 1980’s and 1990’s that say “no. NOT EVER.” to white nationalism in the Pacific Northwest.

In response to the Northwest Territorial Imperative, a late 1970’s call to (re)create a white homeland in the Pacific Northwest, a network of 120 rural and suburban grassroots groups organized to counter white nationalist attacks on their communities. Some of these groups consisted of a few people, some were formalized non-profits with a board of directors, some were only around for five years, and some still exist today. The activists interviewed developed invaluable creative and resourceful ways to differently counter a variety of white nationalist assaults in and on their communities. Their strategies break down isolation, provide networks for resource and research sharing, and challenge urban assumptions and stereotypes about rural and suburban organizing.

no. NOT EVER. is an installation that combines video footage from archival interviews, interactive research stations and a community resource guide. This dynamic “living archive” functions as a participatory teaching tool and as an intergenerational bridge to support ongoing efforts to say no. NOT EVER. to white nationalism in a wide range of communities and contexts.

If You Don’t They Will is a Seattle-based collaboration that provides concrete and creative strategies to counter white nationalism through a cultural lens.

For the Brooklyn installation of no. NOT EVER., Interference Archive will draw from its collection to provide an additional lens into the history of anti-fascist organizing. The exhibition will present posters, newsletters, buttons, and vinyl albums from campaigns and organizations from the 1960s to the present. Visit our website for more information.

Audio Interference 44: Update from Close Rikers

“People have made this false equivalency between punishment and safety, and so I think in the work that we’re doing, always, we’re trying to put the emphasis on health. We’re trying to put the emphasis on freedom.” – Imani Brown

In this episode, we catch up with the organizers of the Close Rikers campaign, featured in episode 28. Louise Barry speaks to Imani Brown, Organizing Coordinator at the Katal Center for Health, Equity, and Justice, about changes to the campaign since Mayor Di Blasio announced his plan to close Rikers Island. Visit our website to listen.

Radical Playdates are back!

Want to check out Interference Archive, but think it’s not a space for kids? Think again! We’ve got Radical Playdate.
Kids can hang out and play, while you browse radical materials. All ages are welcome. We have storybooks and toys for little ones, and stencil-making and drawing for older kids. Bring a book, bring a snack, or just bring yourselves!

We have three Radical Playdates planned for this winter:
Saturday 1/20, 2-4pm
Saturday 2/17, 2-4pm
Saturday 3/17, 2-4pm

Visit our website for more info

Film Screening: At The Top of Grasshopper’s Hill
Thursday, January 27, 7pm

With filmmaker Suneil Sanzgiri; discussion to follow with Carla Herrera-Prats

Organized in three chapters, this essayistic film examines overlapping narratives in Mexico City surrounding the Second French Empire’s invasion in Mexico in 1861 and the 1968 state-sponsored student massacre at Tlatelolco, tracing the densities and accruals of time, history, and memory, and the power structures and technologies that produce them as such.

This short film uses a mix of archival footage of hollywood-esqe films and 16mm footage from the military combined with re-stagings and digital interventions to chart the visual permutations across experiences within the National History Museum, the site of the 1968 student massacre, and the National Archives of Mexico– a former a prison. The work questions how the remnants of national memory and cultural heritage can be mobilized, co-opted, and diffused through images and their circulation. Visit our website for more info.