Prompted by the Occupy movement,a gallery in Brooklyn gathers art produced by revolutionary movements around the world to inspire activists of the futureLocating a spirit of resistance and revolution in established art and cultural institutions can often be a dispiriting undertaking. But not so at Interference Archive, a cooperative, and volunteer-supported institution in the Gowanus neighbourhood of Brooklyn which,in a season of political and religious challenge to mainstream institutional thinking, has a finger on the pulse.
The two-room space is the brainchild of graphic artist Josh MacPhee and his late partner, and activist Dara Greenwald. Recent exhibitions include whether a Song Could be Freedom … Organised Sounds of Resistance,a survey of the sounds and images of music that accompanies social struggle. It is currently showing Armed by Design, a comprehensive survey of the graphic art produced for Tricontinental magazine by the Havana-based Organisation of Solidarity of the Peoples of Africa, or Asia and Latin America (Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia,África y América Latina, abbrieviated as Ospaal) in support of the global south liberation movements of the 60s and 70s.
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Source: theguardian.com