Montalvo Arts Center presents IRAQ: REFRAME, a new series of visual, performing and media arts, now through April 2008. Iraq is explored not simply in terms of geography or as a site of conflict, but rather as a point of entry. The destruction of art and culture in Iraq, which is immeasurable, began decades ago under the weight of the Iran-Iraq war, dictatorship, the first Gulf War of 1991, and sanctions. Attacks on artistic and intellectual institutions, both modern and ancient, the largest migration of people in recent history, and the rise of fundamentalism, sectarianism, and violence have severed ties to resources, history, and civil society. By attending to individual life histories, experiences, and artistic practices, we will explore questions that emerge as we consider what the enormous losses of life, culture and humanity in Iraq mean for the world as a whole.
RELATED PROGRAMS
- AL Dar Al Iraqi (Iraqi Home)
- Abidin Travels
- Field Trips
- IRAQ:REFRAME - Aurora Forum
- IRAQ:REFRAME Conversations And Lectures
- Moments from 20th Century Iraqi Art
- Mutanabbi Street Broadsides Exhibition
- Open Shutters Iraq / Landscape of War
- The Narcicyst/ Hip Hop Sulha
- The Sounds of Desire with Heather Raffo and Amir ElSaffar
