art borderlands screening and discussion
Tuesday, November 17, 2020 at 4pm
RSVP here for the link.
North Seattle College Art Gallery and Wa Na Wari are partnering to screen Art21: Borderlands with a post-screening discussion.
Individuals will need to register to get the zoom link for this event!
About Art21:
The first and only nationally broadcast public television series to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States and around the world, Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century introduces audiences to a diverse group of established and emerging artists working today and to the art they are producing now.
About these Art21 episodes, Borderlands:
A vast geography encompassing open deserts and densely populated metropolises, the borderland between the United States and Mexico has long been a site of not only political conflict and social struggle but also intense creative ferment. Taking a new curatorial and filmmaking approach, Art21 connects and juxtaposes a group of acclaimed artists as they work along the U.S.-Mexico border, interweaving their stories to chronicle the creative responses to one of the most divisive moments in the history of this area. From an epic interactive searchlight installation along the El Paso–Juárez divide to a deeply personal performance at the Tijuana border wall, these artists consider the border as an open wound, a theatrical stage, a political podium, a studio, and a contradictory landscape that features both ugliness and beauty. This episode explores how contemporary art can reveal the new and unexpected, asking viewers to question their preconceived notions of a place seemingly made familiar by mass media. Ultimately, the artists featured in this hour challenge themselves and audiences to embrace a more empathetic view of one of the most contested areas in North America.
RSVP here for the link.
North Seattle College Art Gallery and Wa Na Wari are partnering to screen Art21: Borderlands with a post-screening discussion.
Individuals will need to register to get the zoom link for this event!
About Art21:
The first and only nationally broadcast public television series to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States and around the world, Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century introduces audiences to a diverse group of established and emerging artists working today and to the art they are producing now.
About these Art21 episodes, Borderlands:
A vast geography encompassing open deserts and densely populated metropolises, the borderland between the United States and Mexico has long been a site of not only political conflict and social struggle but also intense creative ferment. Taking a new curatorial and filmmaking approach, Art21 connects and juxtaposes a group of acclaimed artists as they work along the U.S.-Mexico border, interweaving their stories to chronicle the creative responses to one of the most divisive moments in the history of this area. From an epic interactive searchlight installation along the El Paso–Juárez divide to a deeply personal performance at the Tijuana border wall, these artists consider the border as an open wound, a theatrical stage, a political podium, a studio, and a contradictory landscape that features both ugliness and beauty. This episode explores how contemporary art can reveal the new and unexpected, asking viewers to question their preconceived notions of a place seemingly made familiar by mass media. Ultimately, the artists featured in this hour challenge themselves and audiences to embrace a more empathetic view of one of the most contested areas in North America.