Political Posters Events Coming Up
Nadia Khastagir
---VISIONS OF PEACE & JUSTICE---
Slideshow and discussion examining the role of political posters and
graphics as mass communication tools for social justice movements
•Saturday Nov 17, 2007 @ 7:00pm
Berkeley Art Center
1275 Walnut Street, Berkeley, CA 94709
•Thursday Dec 6, 2007 @ 7:00pm
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
featuring:
Multiplicity for the Masses
•LINCOLN CUSHING
author & archivist
Presenting a slideshow and talk on the intersections of fine art and
mass
propaganda that produces the political poster and other heavily
duplicated
art forms.
Communication for Liberation
•FAVIANNA RODRIGUEZ
artist & co-founder of Tumis design
•SABIHA BASRAI &
•NADIA KHASTAGIR
Design Action Collective
Presenting their highly anticipated slideshow, originally given at
the US
Social Forum.The presentation will emphasize the role of political
graphics in community transformation and movement-building. Using
historical and contemporary images, they will examine how political
graphics are powerful living reminders of struggles for worldwide peace
and justice, and play a vital role in countering the propaganda of the
right.
CELEBRATING THE PUBLICATION OF
Inkworks Press’ highly acclaimed book
Visions of Peace & Justice:
30 Years of Political Posters from the Archives of Inkworks Press
1974-2007
*The first 50 people to show up get a free inkworks 2008 calendar