What will be the lasting images of the occupation of public spaces in cities as diverse as Cairo, Sana?a, New York, Tel Aviv, Madrid, Istanbul, Rio de Janeiro, and San Diego? How will the democratic urban uprisings from Tahrir Square to the worldwide Women?s March of January 2017 be remembered? Is there a new aesthetics of resistance? How do the recent occupations of public spaces relate to contemporary artistic practices?
Reflecting on the Gezi Park protests of 2013 in Istanbul, Can Bilsel explores the emerging iconography of resistance in public spaces, often depicted as a lone, vulnerable figure in the public square. He will provide a series of readings of this iconography as seen through the intersecting discourses of secularism, body politic, transgender activism, and resistance to urban gentrification in Turkey. San Diego / Tijuana, where the Americas converge, has proved a fraught site of action and art. Sally Yard will consider projects that have been made in contested spaces of San Diego/Tijuana, from Chicano Park to the Border wall.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
1008 Wall Street
San Diego, CA 92037
Wednesday, April 25 - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 454-5872 or visit: www.ljathenaeum.org
Reflecting on the Gezi Park protests of 2013 in Istanbul, Can Bilsel explores the emerging iconography of resistance in public spaces, often depicted as a lone, vulnerable figure in the public square. He will provide a series of readings of this iconography as seen through the intersecting discourses of secularism, body politic, transgender activism, and resistance to urban gentrification in Turkey. San Diego / Tijuana, where the Americas converge, has proved a fraught site of action and art. Sally Yard will consider projects that have been made in contested spaces of San Diego/Tijuana, from Chicano Park to the Border wall.
Admission/Cost: FREE
Location:
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library
1008 Wall Street
San Diego, CA 92037
Wednesday, April 25 - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM
For more information, please call: (858) 454-5872 or visit: www.ljathenaeum.org
