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"The Language of Swine and Freedom"On November 16, 2005, Rose City Copwatch presented our very first ART SHOW in collaboration with the 2 Gyrlz Enteractive Language Festival. "The Language of Swine & Freedom" was held at the Backspace Annex in downtown Portland and showcased local art inspired by the dual themes of police violence and community power.
[painting by Shane Ingersoll] The show featured noted direct action photographer Bette Lee, incendiary mixed-media work from anarcho-maestro Alex Lilly, video from the Ubergay Cabaret, multi-media collages by Beth Reddy, specially-commissioned work from muralist Robin Corbo, pen and ink drawings by Kieran McGuire, comic-book art by Shane Ingersoll (above), and a sculptural installation by Elizabeth Cartozian, Karolina Puk and Jamie Sulcher, and more... The members of Rose City Copwatch also debuted an interactive performance piece entitled "Authoritron 2K6." The Authoritron is an interactive language machine that approximates and highlights the way language and symbols are manipulated to serve power in police-civilian encounters. Guests were identified for common but "suspicious" behavior and directed to report to the Authoritron for questioning and processing. The Authoritron utilized verbal techniques employed by police officers during the interrogation process and guests recieved a "police report" at the end of the process that demonstrated how seemingly innocuous conversations with police can provide pretext for legal detention, searches, arrest, and criminal charges. Selected artworks from "The Language of Swine & Freedom" will be on display in December 2005 and January 2006 at Beulahland Coffee and Alehouse, 118 NE 28th Avenue in Portland. For more details about the show, see our press release. "The Language of Swine and Freedom" was part of 2gyrlz Performative Arts' "Enteractive Language Festival 2005." |
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