Join us on April 18th for the opening of our next exhibition
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Everybody’s Got A Right To Live: The Poor People’s Campaign 1968 & Now
Opening reception: Thursday, April 18, 6-9pm; program beginning at 7pm
Exhibition dates: April 18 - June 23, 2019
Join Interference Archive and local leaders and organizers from the NYC Poor People’s Campaign for the opening of Everybody's Got a Right to Live: The Poor People's Campaign 1968 & Now. The exhibition will launch with a special teach-in on the history of the 1968 Poor People's Campaign and current efforts to re-ignite the unfinished business through the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival. Engaging visual materials from the campaign (banners, flyers, books, buttons, photographs) and featuring posters created in solidarity with the Justseeds Collective, we will explore how we continue to move art into action.
About the exhibition:
Described as Martin Luther King Jr.’s “last great dream,” the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) of 1968 was an ambitious movement to make poverty in the world’s richest nation visible and to demand justice for poor Americans. The PPC struggled to define itself as a multi-axis movement while it faced political suppression from the state, ultimately derailing its reform goals and leading some to consider it a failure; however, its spirit and intention has carried on into the present day within a growing resurgence campaign seeking to call attention to the unmet demands of ‘68.
This exhibition provides a look at some of the visual culture of the original PPC, including photographs of marches and rallies, press coverage, and a contemporary public response to a mural in Resurrection City called the ‘hunger wall,’ in addition to showcasing the efforts of the new PPC and a portfolio of Justseeds posters created in solidarity with their actions. Read more on our website.
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Radical Playdate presents: Let’s Make Posters!
FRIDAY, April 26, 3-5pm
Recommended ages: 10 and under
Join us for a session of stamp and stencil posters with (kid-safe and washable) stamp pads and spray markers. We’ll have poster prompts made with three fantastic Audre Lorde quotes to get our thought wheels turning. At the end we’ll print an edition our finished posters on the Risograph printer and everyone can take a copy of each poster we make! Visit our website for more details.
Suggested donation for materials: $5 (but no one will be turned away!)
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MAY DAY! A Propaganda Party for Labor & Housing Justice
Sunday, April 28th, 1:30-5pm
Join Interference Archive and local labor and housing activists fighting gentrification and displacement in Gowanus, Industry City, and beyond for a May Day! Propaganda Party. We’ll gather at Interference Archive to create posters, t-shirts, buttons, and more with messages promoting labor and housing justice and denouncing the displacement of local industry and residents from our community. Read more on our website.
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New from Audio Interference: Radical Access 2
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Last week to view Hi-Vis! Stop by before April 14
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Hi-Viz: Australian Political Posters 1979–2019
February 8 – April 14, 2019
Opening reception: Friday, February 8, 6-9pm
From the collection of Alison Alder
HI-VIS: AUSTRALIAN POSTERS 1979–2019 is an exhibition of screen-printed posters that provide a visual commentary of politics and life in Australia over the last four decades. Renowned for their high visibility, particularly in the 1980s with their saturated fluorescent colors, these posters describe the times and events that have engaged socially active artists throughout recent periods of major change.
Many of the topics addressed in these posters remain relevant today including Indigenous rights, gender politics, unemployment, and the environment. Contemporary Australian artists are reinvigorating the screen printed poster as a form of protest and information sharing by pasting the work onto the wall and value adding to its potency by posting on social media. These posters, with their ability to encapsulate ideas into a single image, continue to provoke debate, galvanize ideas into action, and invigorate those working toward an equitable and just society.
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