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[Programming & Communications]

x radical rhizome
creative resistance

  9pm   thursday september 19, 2002 
video in   1965 main st.
604.872.8337 www.videoin.ca

3-8$  sliding scale

Info: Jen Weih
exhibit at telus.net
604. 872.8337




Radical Rhizome is a new series presented by Video In that will 
explore the merging of activist and experimental video. The series 
will present work by artists and activists that are innovators in the 
development of communication strategies for complex issues. Motivated 
by the desire to instigate discussion, Radical Rhizome will examine 
alternatives to the simplification and polarization of issues 
common in mainstream media.

creative resistance, the first screening in the series, will present 
local and international works from the last three decades that speak 
to issues through means that create ample space for the viewers to 
interpretation. Through their use of visual language the videomakers 
give the audience the opportunity to be creative in the formation of 
their understanding of the work. In Popsicles, Gloria Camiruaga 
(1984, Chile/USA) simultaneously addresses wonder and violence in the 
culture in which she lives by intertwining children, sacred song, war 
toys and popsicles. Straight Jacket by Kate Craig (1980, Canada) 
looks at the ups and downs of femininity as a luxurious pink satin 
straight jacket. Bad Hair Day by Meesoo Lee (2001, Canada), uses a 
personal encounter with his family over acceptable hair do's to 
investigate cultural difference and social norms. An excellent 
evening for anyone interested in alternative media and social change.

preview copies available upon request.

images attached
credits:
Bad Hair Day, Meesoo Lee, (2001, Canada)
Coyote Cow, Paula Levine, (1994, USA)



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Jen Weih
Exhibitions and Programming Coordinator
Video In
1965 Main St.
Vancouver BC V5T 3C1
exhibit at telus.net
t. 604.872 8337
f. 604 876 1185
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