Date: 7/23/2009 (Thursday)
Time: 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Location: Eastwing, Building 944

Ticket Info: FREE Admission

Often, the image of a subversive political act can have as deep an impact on society as the act itself. In turn, powerful images often inspire activism. This program brings together interdisciplinary artists Fallen Fruit (AIRs '09) and filmmaker and video artist April Martin (AIR '09) to interrogate the relationship between art, democracy and activism as it relates to their current work. Fallen Fruit uses the model of collective art practice to engage with communities around the importance of reclaiming public space in an effort to grow, harvest and consume fruit. Their project points to the challenges of self-sustainable food production in urban areas, and the imagery they create underlines this effort as an inherently political act. Martin's activist art practice includes her first documentary film as well as a recent video she created for the clemency hearing of an Ohio prison inmate on death row. Fallen Fruit and April Martin will present works-in-progress and consider the effects and uses of activist art.

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