‘Freedom of Information:The FBI, Indian Country, and Surveillance’
The show will be open to the public from 1:00 – 6:00 pm on the following three weekends:
May 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, and 16. During the week, from May 2 to May 14, the show will be open by appointment, which can be arranged via ahalenia@gmail.com.
March 2010, Staci Golar:
"Three poets and over 15 visual artists will explore the complex and often violent relationship between Native Americans and the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the art show, Freedom of Information The FBI, Indian Country, and Surveillance.
Indian Country has a much more intimate relationship with the Federal Bureau of Investigation than most of America. The Seven Major Crimes Act of 1885 gave the FBI jurisdiction over reservations when dealing with such major crimes as murder – and Indian Country certainly needs law enforcement. However, in the 1960s and 1970s, the FBI also famously launched COINTELPRO, a covert program to undermine activist organizations that the government deemed threatening, and particularly Native American rights organizations. Families, even loosely affiliated with activist organizations, were followed, monitored, and harassed. Ground zero for clashes between the FBI and Native peoples was Pine Ridge, South Dakota, from 1973 to 1975, when hundreds of murders have gone unsolved. [...]
This art show will explore the personal experiences of artists who have been incarcerated, threatened, attacked, or spied upon by the FBI, but also artists who have worked with the FBI as prosecutors and who have been helped by the FBI in investigations. Artists explore the effect of these experiences on their personal lives. We also examine how, due to technological advances, surveillance has become utterly ubiquitous and even accepted in today’s world. Now most photographs and videos are taken by machines, not human beings. What does this lack of privacy mean to us individually and collectively? How does it change our behavior? And where ultimately will it lead us?"
Golar, S. "Art and Activism collide." Native Times. March 22, 2010. http://www.nativetimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3267:art-and-activism-collide&catid=47&Itemid=23
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