Sound Culture presents
"Greed, Caution"
a performance ritual lament
w/ ramsey sprague, angelique, gabriela lomonaco, tammy gomez
featuring the photographic art of shannon atkinson
(7pm presentation)
open to all / no admission charged / rahr brews in the house -- OPENING IS FROM 6pm to 9pm!!
Please, nuestra buena gente, help spread the word about this serious issue, even if you cannot attend tomorrow.
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buzzworm n : a quaint, western euphemism for a rattlesnake 2 : an insistent, noisy vibration 3 : a warning sign 4 : a metaphor for a natural gas drilling rig.
Opening Reception:
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Fort Worth Community Art Center (Back Gallery)
1300 Gendy Street Fort Worth, Texas 76107
background
In 2006, Fort Worth, Texas, became the first large city in the nation to allow drilling for natural gas in densely-populated areas - as close as 200’ from dwellings. While relatively few may be enriched by this unprecedented event, many others are concerned about the negative impact and far-reaching implications of industrial drilling in their communities.
With drilling either underway or planned for nearly every neighborhood, issues such as safety, air and water quality, property values, destruction of natural habitat, and threats to neighborhood integrity are very real. Gas drilling companies are waging an all-out advertising campaign to win public support. Many residents remain skeptical and ill-at-ease. Many feel powerless and resigned.
Because billions of dollars are at stake, the powerful energy extraction industry, aided by political interests, are trying to control the debate. However, as drilling operations move deeper into residential neighborhoods and parks, many people are turning their apathy into activism.
In the grand tradition of political protest art, and participatory democracy, FWCanDo (Fort Worth Citizens Against Neighborhood Drilling Ordinance), is hosting this art exhibit as an opportunity for artists to publicly express their concerns about these important issues. It also encourages them, and the community, to take a closer look at the facts concerning gas drilling in Fort Worth..
Artists, from Goya to Picasso to Keith Haring, to Anonymous have played a crucial role in bringing awareness and expression to the injustices of their times.
http://www.fwcando.org
2 comments:
I wasn't able to make it, but I heard you were great. Thanks for your work on this issue as an artist / activist.
Advocacy through the arts is the best way i know how to move people to consider ideas and connections that they might otherwise be closed to considering. As Wm. S. Burroughs is said to have said, you gotta hit 'em "below the reality belt". Get 'em in the gut, in the heart--that's where i'm aiming.
Thanks for the thanks, Steve.
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