Often, it is stated that to name something is to limit and constrain meaning.
One can envision the argument that those organizing as representatives of the group Picture New York are speaking in place of New Yorkers who aren’t represented by their group. This type of charge typically follows with the claim that to speak for [...]
http://www.indiewire.com/biz/2007/07/with_deadine_ap.html
by Agnes Varnum (July 30, 2007)
Art, Culture, Politics: Radical Interventions in the Public Sphere
Videos and Panel Discussion at the Brecht Forum
Wednesday, July 11
Videos: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Panel: 7:30 – 9:00 pm followed by a Soiree
Light refreshments will be served.
Although we live in grim times, artists are continuing to provide provocative, even playful critiques to neoliberalism, globalization and environmental destruction [...]
Save film and photography in NYC! Sign the petition at http://www.picturenewyork.org, and make a YouTube video comment. Tag it “picturenewyork”.
A group of filmmakers, photographers, and others concerned about proposed rules by the NYC Mayor’s Office of Film rallied at Union Square on July 27th, 2007. The rules make it difficult for even casual filmmakers and [...]
Gabriele Stabile for The New York Times
Beka Economopoulos wields a cardboard prop modeled on a 16-millimeter Bolex camera, which is to be used in a demonstration.
