Exhibition closing this week!
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Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing
Last chance to visit: exhibit's final day is February 2, 2020
Interference Archive and the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) present the exhibition Building for Us: Stories of Homesteading and Cooperative Housing. Buildingfor Us begins in the 1970s, exploring the history of government disinvestment, widespread landlord neglect, abandonment in New York City and how this gave rise to squatting, urban homesteading, and other forms of self-help housing. The ultimate goal is for tenant associations in this housing movement is to take their buildings out of the speculative housing market and own them collectively and democratically.
Read more here. / Lee mas aqui.
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A special ask for our community
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Support the Museum of Chinese in America Archive Recovery
Last week there was a fire which majorly impacted the archives of the Museum of Chinese in America. Our hearts are with MOCA as they discover the level of damage. The collection holds more than 85,000 items that honor the heart, power, and histories of Chinese Americans.
We are asking our community to donate to their recovery campaign in solidarity. Please give if you can.
There is also a volunteer recovery effort being organized by archivists, with the permission of MOCA, which you can sign up for.
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Coming up at Interference Archive:
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Game On!
Sunday, February 9, 2020
12pm – 7pm
Come hang out at Interference Archive for an afternoon of games, music, and tasty snacks. We’ll bake our favorite treats, put on our favorite tunes, and pull out a few board games from our archive collection — as well as from our collections at home. Feel free to bring your favorite game to teach others!
Suggested donation: $15/adult; $10/kid (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
Read more here.
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Radical Archives Happy Hour
Monday, February 10, 6-8pm
Location: Strong Rope Brewery: 574 President Street, Brooklyn NY
Join us for another Radical Archives Happy Hour at Strong Rope Brewery! There’s nothing we love more than hanging out with folks who love archiving and who want to celebrate the work of radical archives. Join us on Monday, February 10th at Strong Rope Brewery in Gowanus for Radical Archives Happy Hour! Not only do we get to support an amazing local family-owned brewery, but $1 of every drink will go to Interference Archive. And, try your luck on the opportunity to win our whole 2019 Interference Archive poster and publication bundle in a raffle. This includes the risographed catalog from Hi Vis: Australian Political Posters 1979–2019; the screenprinted poster from Everybody’s Got A Right To Live: The Poor People’s Campaign 1968 & Now; the risographed poster and zine from Resistance Radio: The People’s Airwaves; and the catalog and poster from Building for Us.
Read more here.
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A Visual History of Climate Justice
Exhibition Opening: February 20, 2020, 6:30 - 9pm
Exhibition Dates: February 20 – May 24, 2020
Join us for part two of Like the Waters We Rise: Climate Justice in Print, a two-part exhibition created with support from the Nathan Cummings Foundation. The materials mounted at Interference Archive include a collection of archival prints documenting the historical legacies of movements that gave birth to the current climate justice movement, including the Indigenous sovereignty movement, the farmworker movement, Black liberation struggles, and more.
Read more here.
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