Wages for Housework: A Conversation with Silvia Federici
Friday, February 9, 7-9pm

How do we understand and value our own reproductive labor? How can we organize around this work in a way that is transformative both of our own lives and builds a collective opposition to a global capitalist system?
Throughout the 1970s the Wages for Housework movement developed an analysis of women’s reproductive labor. Silvia Federici was a cofounder of the movement, working within the New York Wages for Housework Committee from 1972 to 1977. Interference Archive invites you to join with Federici for a slideshow and lecture addressing the movement in historical context and analyzing its contemporary relevance, followed by breakout groups to address key questions raised and a group discussion. Visit our website for more info.

Join us this week at Tisch School of the Arts:
INTERFERENCE ARCHIVE: CULTURAL PRODUCTION AND OPEN ACCESS
Wednesday, January 31, 6:30pm

This illustrated lecture—led by Interference Archive volunteers Jen Hoyer and Monica Johnson—will trace the history and current work of Interference Archive, sparking discussions about the nature of archives and collection management, and exploring the role of video in the current no. NOT EVER. exhibition.

This event is free and open to the public. We hope you'll join us! Visit the Tisch website for more info.

Film screening and discussion: video activism from the 1960s to the present
Saturday, February 17, 7pm
with author Chris Robé

Video plays an increasingly important role among activists in the growing global battles against neoliberalism. Subjectivity itself becomes a key terrain of struggle as capitalism mines it through social media sites, cell phone technology, and new “flexible” work and living patterns. As a result, alternative media production serves a central location where new forms of collective resistance can be cultivated. Using short-form videos and films, Chris Robé will weave a visual essay that documents the rise of video activism from the 1960s to the present.
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Take Back the Fight in Santa Cruz

We are excited to announce that our 2017 exhibition, Take Back the Fight: Resisting Sexual Violence from the Ground Up, will travel to Santa Cruz, CA this winter. Take Back the Fight will open at Felix Kulpa II Gallery on February 2, 2018, and will be on display through February 28. This exhibition, a collaboration with Lesbian Herstory Archives, focuses on organized responses to gender and sexual violence, highlighting the ways individuals and communities have developed creative and powerful grassroots and non-institutional justice and healing practices.

We'll also be taking the exhibition to the University of Illinois in Chicago this April--stay tuned for more details.

no. NOT EVER. at Interference Archive
Exhibition Dates: January 18 - April 15, 2018

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.

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