[van-announce] Radical Rhizome :INDIGENOUS MEDIA ARTS GROUP

[Programming & Communications]

Radical Rhizome presents

INDIGENOUS MEDIA ARTS GROUP
March 25, 2003
Video In 1965 Main St.
8:00pm   0-5$

Indigenous Media Arts Group (IMAG) will present this Radical Rhizome 
evening of independent media. The evening will include video, 
speakers and acts of de-colonization that address the vital need for 
media produced by indigenous communities for indigenous communities. 
The discussion will include various forms of independent media 
production, including print, (Red Wire Native Youth Magazine) and 
radio.

Media activism is a vital force in stopping mainstream media 
propaganda which is frequently stereotypical and biased against 
indigenous rights and perspectives. Video footage of native activists 
will be shown to illustrate how strategically important it is to have 
access to media resources. Other examples of indigenous media will 
also be presented. The evening will focus on the power of taking 
control of our own images in film and video and venturing in to world 
of new media.

Speakers will included members of the Indigenous Media Arts Group, 
Redwire Native Youth Magazine, and guest speaker Keyway of the West 
Coast Warriors who is presently in litigation of the protection of 
the West Coast Fishery in defiance of DFO regulations.

Radical Rhizome is a series presented by Video In that explores 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 examines alternatives 
to the simplification and polarization of issues common in mainstream 
media.


IMAG is an aboriginal organization which believes in the philosophy 
of self determination and cultural autonomy for our communities. 
IMAG is a Vancouver based non-profit organization, which began in 
1998 and is comprised of local media makers.  IMAG's activities 
include an annual film and video festival, training and other media 
related events in which to disseminate aboriginal production


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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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