Announcements
Art and Resistance
San Cristobal de las Casas, Mexico
July 19–August 6, 2010
Taught by Diana Taylor, New York University, and Jesusa Rodríguez
This course explores the many ways in which artists and activists use art (performance, mural paintings, gra ti, writing, music) to make a social intervention in the Americas. We begin the course by examining several theories about art and activism (from Plato and Aristotle to Brecht, Boal, Buenaventura, Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Foucault among others) and then focus on issues of agency, space, event, and audience in relation to major political movements (revolution, dictatorship, democracy, globalization, and human rights) as seen in the work of major practitioners. Jesusa Rodriguez will lead an intensive one-week performance workshop as part of the course. Performances, video screenings, guest lectures, and visits to FOMMA, Chiapas Media Project, a Zapatista community and other activist projects will provide an additional dimension to the questions raised by the theoretical readings and discussions. Students are encouraged to develop their own sites of investigation and present their work as a final presentation and paper.
Applications
The deadline for applications is May 1, 2010.
The Hemispheric Institute deeply laments the earthquake tragedy in Haiti. Visit our list of organizations for ways to help. Please contact us to suggest organizations to add to this list.
- Partners In Health–Stand with Haiti
- Partners In Health– Scholars for Haiti Earthquake Relief campaign
- The American Red Cross
- The Center for International Disaster Information
- International Rescue Committee
- Kids In Distressed Situations (KIDS)
- NYC Mayor's Office
- UNICEF
- The White House
- Yele (artist Wyclef Jean’s Haiti Foundation)
EMERGENYC call for applicants
The Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics at New York University is now accepting applications for its third year of EMERGENYC, the Hemispheric New York Emerging Performers Program. This is the second year of Activist Performance (“artivism”) series. As a part of the Institute’s Hemispheric New York initiative, the Emerging Performers Program aims to support the development of New York-based artists ages 18 to 28 through a program of workshops and events that will take place between April 3 and June 18, 2010.
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