[mobglob-discuss] Fw: PROTEST/MEDIA show in January (fwd)

[Paul Browning]

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From: "d.s." <dsaracen at sfu.ca>
To: <daveflem at hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 1:00 PM
Subject: PROTEST/MEDIA show in January (fwd)



hey all,
great art opening in early january.
be there or be square.
d.
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Subject: PROTEST/MEDIA show in January

Hi Everyone:

You're invited to "Protest/Media: Paintings, Prints & 1 inch Buttons
by Chris Bentzen" opening January 8 @ 7pm - w/ DJ Niall (Mondays @
The Morrissey) spinning 80's punk and new wave.

spaces gallery, 148 alexander street, vancouver bc
spacesvancouver.com

Contact me for more info 604.253.0197
or Chris at 604.764.2266.

Can't wait to see you there!
Erin

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About The Show
The relationship between protesters and the media has always been
difficult. On the one hand, the protester wants his or her cause to
be known while on the other, he or she doesn't want to be portrayed
as an ignorant fool unaware of how the world works. More often than
not, the media focuses on the more aggressive members of a protest
while the majority goes unnoticed and so the message is lost. Think
about the APEC protest at UBC or the WTO protest in Seattle and most
people will remember pepper spray and fences falling at UBC and
smashed Starbucks and McDonalds windows in Seattle. The media
certainly didn't focus on the bigger picture as well as they did on
more violent aspects of the protests despite the supposedly
objective, almost invisible role they're meant to play.

In Protest/Media, Chris Bentzen explores the relationship between
protesters and the media. The media is represented as outlined
figures, transparent yet visible reporters and cameras fill the
landscape. The protesters are hidden in the background, unless of
course they're wearing balaclavas - a dead giveaway that something
newsworthy will happen (just keep the cameras rolling!).

>From 6-foot canvas down to 1-inch buttons, Protest/Media also
contrasts scale. Larger than life reporters and protesters vie for
your attention while the smaller works may be overlooked. The small
scale is where the message is, on the sweater of the protester or in
the corner of the gallery; sometimes only the bigger picture is
noticed. Smaller scale works also comes together in a larger
context: small individual prints depicting reporters are placed
together to become a large-scale work, in opposition to a single
protester.

Overall, this show utilizes the vernacular of the street: a
stencil-graffiti style, punk rock buttons, an unpolished aesthetic.
There is no effort made to be realistic: in the same way the news
about protests isn't always realistic and in the same way protests
are always a little rough around the edges.

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