The Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery and the Historical Memory Project (HMP) proudly present Bearing Witness: Art and Resistance in Cold War Latin America Closing Event: September 8, 2014, 6-8pm at the Anya and Andrew Shiva Gallery at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY 860 11th Avenue (New Building) Subways: A, B, C, D, 1 to 59th Street-Columbus Circle Join the Historical Memory Project (HMP) and the Shiva Gallery in welcoming a panel of scholars and artists to discuss the content of the exhibition, its sociohistorical context, and the significance of bearing witness. Our esteemed panelists: Jeffrey Blustein, Arthur Zitrin Professor of Bioethics and Professor of Philosophy at City College and the Graduate Center, CUNY Estrellita B. Brodsky, Independent Curator Marcia Esparza, Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at John Jay College, CUNY; Founder and Director of HMP Cyriaco Lopes, Photographer; Professor of Photography at John Jay College, CUNY Iván Navarro, Artist Moderated by Lydia Shestopalova, Adjunct Faculty at Guttman Community College, CUNY; Assistant Director of HMP The panel will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. This meaningful event is the closing of HMPs year-long photographic exhibit commemorating the 40th anniversary of the coup détat in Chile, which took place on September 11, 1973. We celebrate this opportunity to mark the collaboration with visual and multimedia artists through the exhibit and through conversation. The exhibit bridges the power of photojournalism with artistic methods of bearing witness; the stimulating panel discussion will emphasize the importance of memory and put the exhibit in both historical context, as well as link it to the contemporary, political and social realities in Latin America and beyond. This event is free and open to the public. ID is required to enter the building. Light refreshments will be served. Co-sponsored by the Department of Art and Music, John Jay College, CUNY. RSVP to info@historicalmemoryproject, 646.557.4744, or https://facebook/events/371289966359715/ EXHIBIT DESCRIPTION: Closes September 12th! While censorship, kidnapping, torture, and murder became common tactics for repressive governments throughout Latin America during the Cold War, many artists from the region responded by producing poignant works of art that speak out against these atrocities. This exhibition brings together three distinct bodies of work that do so through documentation, poetic subversion and revelation. In an on-going commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Chilean coup d’état that began the brutal and long-lasting civil-military dictatorship of General August Pinochet (1973-1990), HMP is honored to present the work of two photographers documenting the resistance to the combination of state violence and neoliberalism in Chile. Photographers Juan Carlos Caceres immerses himself in the local context in Chile, allowing the viewer to witness and vicariously experience the plight of Chileans under the repressive regime in the 1980s. His photos capture challenging, powerful, and inspiring moments in the prolonged struggle against state violence. Rodrigo Rojas De Négri was a young Chilean photographer who returned from exile to document and participate in the movement resisting the dictatorship. He was viciously killed at the age of 19 by the very powers he opposed. Honored as a member of the Association of Independent Photographers (AFI), his photographs appear courtesy of his mother, Verónica De Négri. Curated by Roberto Visani, Estrellita B. Brodsky, Pierre-Yves Linot, with the assistance of Lydia Shestopalova.
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