Behind Enemy Lines: The Politics of Choice
Russell Aldo Murray Art Gallery
460 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
Behind Enemy Lines is a Pop Up Art Show
and community event curated by BaJa Ukweli and fayemi shakur
featuring presentations by
Former Political Prisoner Ojore Lutalo,
The Black August Organizing Committee, The Jericho Movement,
& American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch
(Bonnie Kerness & TJ Whitaker)
artwork by
Ojore Nuru Lutalo
Ana DelMar Belacqua
Dmitry Gubin
Serron
BaJa Ukweli
& a spoken word peformance by Hakim Green
Hosted at Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District’s RAM Gallery
The purpose of this exhibit is to display art expressing political, social or cultural injustice, oppression, truth and imprisonment (physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual).
What are some of the ways we are imprisoned in society? What are some of the ways we imprison ourselves? What does speaking truth to power look like? What does oppression look like? What tools can we use or create to liberate ourselves? What are some of the ramifications of silence and/or confrontation? What does freedom look like? What is the purpose of the prison industrial complex? Is torture a common practice in U.S. prisons? What is a political prisoner? How does the need for proper education reform impact the school to prison pipeline?
Artists and participants will share their insights on these questions.
Event also featuring screening of short video by AFSC and a sneak peek into "School's Out: Forever" - an edgy documentary film focusing on the current New York City public school crisis that brought to life an explosive grassroots movement. Co-directed by Dmitry Gubin and Ebony Hatchett, currently in production.
460 Washington Street
Newark, NJ
Behind Enemy Lines is a Pop Up Art Show
and community event curated by BaJa Ukweli and fayemi shakur
featuring presentations by
Former Political Prisoner Ojore Lutalo,
The Black August Organizing Committee, The Jericho Movement,
& American Friends Service Committee Prison Watch
(Bonnie Kerness & TJ Whitaker)
artwork by
Ojore Nuru Lutalo
Ana DelMar Belacqua
Dmitry Gubin
Serron
BaJa Ukweli
& a spoken word peformance by Hakim Green
Hosted at Lincoln Park Coast Cultural District’s RAM Gallery
The purpose of this exhibit is to display art expressing political, social or cultural injustice, oppression, truth and imprisonment (physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual).
What are some of the ways we are imprisoned in society? What are some of the ways we imprison ourselves? What does speaking truth to power look like? What does oppression look like? What tools can we use or create to liberate ourselves? What are some of the ramifications of silence and/or confrontation? What does freedom look like? What is the purpose of the prison industrial complex? Is torture a common practice in U.S. prisons? What is a political prisoner? How does the need for proper education reform impact the school to prison pipeline?
Artists and participants will share their insights on these questions.
Event also featuring screening of short video by AFSC and a sneak peek into "School's Out: Forever" - an edgy documentary film focusing on the current New York City public school crisis that brought to life an explosive grassroots movement. Co-directed by Dmitry Gubin and Ebony Hatchett, currently in production.
