Art & the capitalist crisis

direct action presents

art & the capitalist crisis:
creating spaces for a 21st Century Revolution

A Public Forum including these topics:

* Why does so much contemporary art alienate the majority of working people?
* Art as a form of resistance to the capitalist state
* how can art be effective in helping create alternatives to war, poverty and unemployment in the 21st Century?

When: Sat, May 30, 2pm
Where: New International Bookshop, Victoria Trades Hall, Cnr Lygon and Victoria St, Carlton

Speakers include:

Adam Broinowsky
PhD candidate at the University of Melbourne/The Centre for Ideas (2007-).
Adam Broinowski has made documentary (Hell Bento!), independent solo (Vivisection Vision: animal reflections, Gherkin) and group performances (Know No Cure, Hotel Obsino, The Great Gameshow of Pernicious Influences, H20) and collaborated with many companies (Company B, desoxy, Dramalab, La Mama, Magpie, nyid, Playbox, Salamanca, Snuff Puppets, Stalker, Gekidan Kaitaisha, MONO), touring to South America, Europe, UK, US, Asia and Australia. He gained his MA (Theatre of Body: Ankoku Butoh – Gekidan Kaitaisha 2003) at the University of Melbourne, was a research fellow at the University of Tokyo (2003-2005)

Sarah Rainbird
Visual Arts Manager, Gasworks Arts Park
Editor of new publication called: Harmonic Tremors: Aesthetic Interventions in the Public Sphere

Van Thanh Rudd
Rudd is a visual artist who regularly exhibits around Australia and internationally. Current exhibitions include NAM BANG! at the Casula Powerhouse, and an up-coming exhibition at SLOT space, Redfern, Sydney (july). Controversy has followed much of his artwork including the recent censorship of Economy of Movement - a Piece of Palestine by Connex Melbourne. He is the founder of The Carriers Project and is currently establishing a visual arts collective called The C.E.O.s (collective engagement operatives).
Rudd is also a member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party.

Entry by donation

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"Our aims: the independence of art - for the revolution. The Revolution - for the complete liberation of art!" -Andre Breton and Diego Rivera