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Circling the Square: Maidan & Cultural Insurgency in Ukraine

Thursday June 26, 2014
7 - 9pm

Publication Release, Circling the Square: Maidan & Cultural Insurgency in Ukraine, Cicada Press. Editors Anastasiya Osipova and Matthew Whitley will be joined by curator Olga Kopenkina, along with poet and translator Ian Dreiblatt in a reading as well as a conversation about the historical context of the presented materials, political positions of their left-leaning authors in a present crisis in Ukraine, and art during the revolution vs. artworld war profiteering.

 


The LGBT Struggle in Honduras

Friday June 27, 2014
7 - 9pm

In the wake of the 2009 coup d’etat against Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, peasants, afro-descendants, indigenous peoples, as well as members of the labor, women’s rights, LGBT and other traditionally excluded movements took to the streets in protest. Sexual and gender minorities were amongst the first killed in the state violence that rained down on these protests and public dissent. During his presentation, Honduran activist and academic, Nelson Arambú, will discuss the relationship between U.S. aid, the militarization of Honduran society, and violence against the LGBT community.


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Currently on view at Interference Archive:
We Are Who We Archive
May 9, 2014 – August 3, 2014

We Are Who We Archive brings together a selection of donations acquired over the past two years, gifted by friends of Interference Archive. Rather than focus on a specific movement or idea, We Are Who We Archive serves as a portrait of a growing archive and highlights the role of individuals in preserving collective history.
La Autonomia es la Vida, la Sumisión
es la Muerte
May 22, 2014 – August 3, 2014

La Autonomía es la Vida, la Sumisión es la Muerte (Autonomy is Life, Submission is Death) a graphic art portfolio, produced by Convergencia Grafica MALLA and Justseeds Artists’ Cooperative. This exhibition honors the 520 years of struggle of the indigenous peoples of Mexico against genocide and for self-determination and autonomy through a celebration of the 20 years of the Zapatista movement’s resistance against the Mexican state and global capitalism.

These exhibitions are sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Funding also comes in part from the A.J. Muste Memorial Institute‘s Social Justice Fund.





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