Many supporters have organized teach-ins or fundraisers to raise awareness about the case and related issues, including the infringement of civil liberties and civil rights, and the threats to artistic and intellectual freedom. You can easily download and print an informational flyers, signs, buttons, and everything else you need for such an event here. The Defense Fund can help facilitate your event by providing speakers and information about the case. Email us at media@caedefensefund.org
On Sunday April 17, an art auction to benefit the CAE Defense Fund raised $167,700. The auction, held at Paula Cooper Gallery in New York City, featured over fifty artists who donated their work to the cause.
The amount raised was over three times more than had been raised (and spent) in the eleven months preceding the auction. Still, two to three times as much may be needed to successfully defend Steve Kurtz, a
founding member of Critical Art Ensemble (CAE) and Professor of Art at the University of Buffalo, and Robert Ferrell, a Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Pittsburgh, throughout the entire trial process.
Presenting the case : Claire Pentecost with The Yes Men, Jason Skeet, Riccardo Balli, Anjali Sagar, Kodwo Eshun, Brian Holmes, Michel Valensi, and more screenings, discussions, performance and DJs
What Happened to Steve Kurtz?Download FlyerPresented by the Savannah College of Art and Design
7:30pm Friday 4 February
Studio 220
220 W. Factor's Walk
Savannah GA 31401 USA
Live music & performances by:
Alessandro Imperato + Jim Gladman
VJ performance by: his-steria
Entrance donation of $5 (ALL funds go to Steve Kurtz)
Contact: Adrian Parr (aparr@scad.edu)
SILENCING CRITICAL ART Presented by the Tactical Art Coalition & the Alberta College of Art and Design Student Association
Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 8PM
Alberta College of Art & Design
featuring:
Armchair Terrorist
Bent Spoon Trio (formerly the Bent Spoon Ensemble)
Chad VanGaalen
Diamond DeVille
Dick Averns
EMMAX
Joanne Bristol
Pete Meadows
Red Smarteez
tokyosexwhale
Contact: Don Simmons (don.simmons@acad.ca)
Building a Critical Public for the Biotech Century
8 short talks on bio-art, biotech, and bio-politics
Organized by 16Beaver Group
October 29
CAVS at MIT (N52-390)
Contact: 16Beaver Group (www.16beavergroup.org)
BIOFEEDBACK
Music Benefit with Tony Conrad and others
Organized by CAE Defense, Autonomedia, Rhizome and WFMU
Tonic
October 21
New York City
Contact: Brooke Singer (brooke@bsing.net)
View the Flyer
CRITICAL ART ENSEMBLE DEFENSE FUND FUNDRAISER!
THE YES MEN (2004, 80 min., USA)
Thursday, October 21, one screening only at 8 p.m.
Screening with special, surprise guests!
Market Arcade Film & Arts Center, 639 Main Street - Buffalo, NY USA
Contact: Joanna (joanna@hallwalls.org)
Reading Frenzy Presents
Freedom Frenzy!
A Group Art Show to Benefit the CAE Defense Fund
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 4th 7-9pm
Nocturnal -- 1800 E Burnside, Portland, OR
Show runs through September 30th
http://www.readingfrenzy.com
Parallax View: The Political Economy of Images
September 25
Cinematexas, Austin TX, September 24, 25, 26, 2004
http://info.interactivist.net/article.pl?sid=04/07/30/1719235
Contact: Jim Davis (jamesdavisfilm@hotmail.com)
Screenings with Special Guest Speaker Organized by Autonomedia
October 3
Galapagos
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Contact: Jim Fleming (jim@autonomedia.org)
More Information
Fundraiser
September 25, 7 -11 pm
The Quiet Storm Coffehouse
Pittsburgh
Contact: Jude Vachon (judevsinthehouse@yahoo.com)
Fundraiser Performance by Rev. Billy
August 28
St. Mark's Church
New York City
Music Benefit with USAisamonster, Drayton Sawyer Gang and Man in Gray, Organzied by Flux Factory
August 30
Office Ops
Willilamsburg, Brooklyn
Contact: Garrett Ramirez (eztarget@earthlink.net)
Scared Artless
August 24
Consolidated Works
Seattle, WA
Press Release
Bio-Art Benefit to Raise Funds and Awareness for the CAE Defense Fund, Organzied by SymbioticA
August 4
Northbridge, Australia
Fundrasier at Vermont College, Organized by MFA Visual Art program
August 4
Montpelier, VT
Community Forum in Support of CAE at "Art vs. Ashcroft "
July 31
Orlo Gallery
Portland, Oregeon
Benefit for Steve Kurtz/CAE with speakers Claire Pentecost and Faith Wilding followed by BunsonFunk Party
July 22
Buddy! and Big Horse Lounge
Chicago
Fundraiser Organzied by Warren Neidich, Barry Schwabsky, Anjalika Sagar, The Arts Catalyst and ArtsAdmi
DJ sets by Kodwo Eshun and Douglas Benford (Sci-cut)
July 12
London
Benefit Screening Organized by Gary Indiana and hosted by Jack Doroshow, a.k.a. the Flawless Sabrina
June 22
Passerby at Gavin Brown Gallery
New York City
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Past Lectures 2008
Jan 24
Rochester, NY
University of Rochester
Jan 25
Rochester, NY
Screening of Strange Culture
George Eastman House
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Lucia Sommer
Feb 7
Fairfax VA
George Mason University
Feb 19
Pittsburgh, PA
Carnegie Mellon University
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Lucia Sommer
March 10
Oberlin, Ohio
Screening of Strange Culture
Oberlin College
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Lucia Sommer
March 20
Tallahassee, FL
Florida State University
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Steve Barnes
March 20
Gainesville, FL
Screening of Strange Culture
Harn Museum of Art
University of Florida
March 21
Gainesville, FL
University of Florida
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Steve Barnes
March 22
Tallahassee, FL
Screening of Strange Culture
Tallahassee Film Society
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Steve Barnes
March 29
Ann Arbor, MI
Screening of Strange Culture
AA Film Festival
University of Michigan
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Lucia Sommer
April 4
Troy, NY
Benefit Screening of Strange Culture
RPI BioArt Initiative & Sanctuary for Independent Media
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Lucia Sommer
May 29
New York, NY
Eyebeam Art & Technology Center
Panel Discussion: "Art in the Age of Terrorism"
Co-sponsored by World Science Festival & Berkeley Center for New Media
2007
Jan 17
Denver, CO
Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design
(with Steve Barnes)
Jan 18 - 25
Park City, UT
Sundance Film Festival
Screening of Strange Culture
(with Lynn Hershman Leeson)
Jan 25
Eugene, OR
University of Oregon
Feb 7
Hamilton, NY
Colgate University
(with Lucia Sommer)
Feb 15 - 18
Berlin
Berlin Film Festival
Screening of Strange Culture
(with Lynn Hershman Leeson)
Feb 18 - 25
Leipzig
Halle 14
CAE exhibition & performance of Marching Plague
(with Steve Barnes & Melissa Meschler)
March 3
Pittsburgh, PA
The Warhol Museum
March 15
San Francisco
SF MoMA
Screening of Strange Culture
(with Lynn Hershman Leeson)
March 22
Buenos Aries
NegaTech
(CAE exhibition only)
March 22 - 26
Helsinki
Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art
CAE exhibition of Marching Plague
(with Steve Barnes)
April
(tentative)
Portland & Salem OR
Screening of Strange Culture
April 5
Los Angeles, CA
UCLA
Screening of Strange Culture
April 25
Toronto
Hot Docs
Screening of Strange Culture
April 27
MCA Chicago
Screening of Strange Culture
April 28, May 4 & 5
San Francisco Film Festival
Screening of Strange Culture
May - June
Perth
University of Western Australia
(with Lucia Sommer)
June 15
New York, NY
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Lincoln Center
Screening of Strange Culture
Aug 25
Frederick MD
Fort Detrick
Anti Germ Warfare Rally
Sept 3
Copenhagen
Biomedicine and Art: Beyond the Body Conference
Sept 8
Buffalo
Hallwalls & Market Arcade Benefit Screening of Strange Culture
Market Arcade Film & Arts Center
www.hallwalls.org/special/special.html
Sept 17
Alfred NY
Alfred University
Oct 1
New York NY
MoMA
Oct 5
New York NY
Cinema Village
Oct 20
Madrid Spain
Festival Neurotica
2006
Feb 13 – March 10
Athens, Greece
Athens School of Fine Arts
(CAE exhibition only)
Feb 17
Troy, NY
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and
Sanctuary for Independent Media
(with Lucia Sommer)
March 2 - May 28
New York, NY
The Whitney Biennial
CAE exhibition of Marching Plague
March 2-4
Newcastle, UK
Newcastle AV Festival
(with Steve Barnes and Lucia Sommer)
March 11-20
Syndey and Adelaide, Australia
New Constellations, MCA
and Media State Forum
April 100
Ithaca, NY
Cornell University
(with Lucia Sommer)
April 29
Los Angeles
The Getty Museum
Aesthetics of Risk-SoCCAS Conference
May 19-20
Zurich
tentative
May 24
New York
Eyebeam
Marching Plague Booklaunch with
Peggy Ahwesh, Gregg Bordowitz, and Paul Chan
June 30 - July 2
Baltimore, MD
Mid-Atlantic Radical Bookfair
tentative
July 29
London
ICA
Tentative
(with Steve Barnes and Lucia Sommer)
Oct 30 - Nov 5
Aarhus Denmark
On the Edge International Digital Art Festival
(with Steve Barnes and Lucia Sommer)
Oct 7
Chicago
Mess Hall
(with Lucia Sommer and Claire Pentecost)
Oct 9
Champaign-Urbana
University of Illinois
(with Lucia Sommer and Ryan Griffis)
Nov 20
Harrisonburg, VA
James Madison University
Dec 4
New York
Cooper Union
(with Lucia Sommer)
2005
Jan 15
Toronto
Interaccess Media Center
(with Gregg Bordowitz)
Feb 4-6
Berlin
Transmediale
(with Claire Pentecost)
Feb 7
London
Royal Institute
(with Claire Pentecost)
Feb 18
State College, PA
Penn State University
March 4
New York, NY
CUNY
(with Rebecca Schneider)
March 11
Boston
Museum School
(with Natalie Jeremijenko)
March 30 - April 3
Providence
Performance Studies Conference
(with Rebecca Schneider)
May 10
Winnipeg
Mondragon Bookstore
(with Lucia Sommer)
June 1-10
Stavager and Oslo, Norway
Pnek and Atelier Nord
(with Steve Barnes)
July 6-10
Barcelona
INnMotion Festival
Barcelona Contemporary Art Center
(with Steve Barnes and Lucia Sommer)
Sept 23-26
Berlin
New Society for Visual Art
(with Steve Barnes)
Oct 20-23
Minneapolis
National Association of Artists Organizations
Nov 6
Tucson
University of Arizona
Nov 17-24
Beirut
HomeWorks III
Other Related Events
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Screenings of Strange Culture
(Watch the Trailer: strangeculture.net)
2008
February 18
Champaign-Urbana
School of Art & Design
University of Illinois
March 20
Gainesville, FL
Screening of Strange Culture
Harn Museum of Art
University of Florida
March 22
Tallahassee, FL
Screening of Strange Culture
Tallahassee Film Society
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Steve Barnes
April 4
Troy, NY
Benefit Screening of Strange Culture
RPI BioArt Initiative & Sanctuary for Independent Media
Q&A with Steve Kurtz & Lucia Sommer
2007
June 15-28
New York, NY
Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
Walter Reade Theater, Lincoln Center
Q&A with Lynn Hershman Leeson & Steve Kurtz
Aug 15-20
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Film Festival
Aug 17-23
Buenos Aires
2nd Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
August 21-23
Albuquerque NM
The Guild Cinema
Aug 24-30
Chicago IL
Facets Cinema
Aug 29-30
Northampton MA
Maine Street Media Festival
Sept 8
St. Louis MI
Global Fusion Conference
Q&A with Lucia Sommer
Sept 8
Buffalo NY
Hallwalls & Market Arcade Benefit Screening
Market Arcade Film & Arts Center
www.hallwalls.org/special/special.html
Discussion with Steve Kurtz
Sept 7-13
Buffalo NY
Market Arcade
Sept 16-20
Pittsburgh PA
Regent Square Cinema
Sept 14-19
Seattle WA
NW Film Forum
Sept 21-27
San Raphael CA
California Film Institute
Sept 21-27
San Francisco CA
The Roxie Theatre
Sept - TBA
Waterville ME
Railroad Square Cinema
Sept / Oct - TBA
Oklahoma City
Museum of Art
Oct 1
New York NY
MoMA
Q&A with Lynn Hershman Leeson & Steve Kurtz
Oct 5-18
New York NY
Cinema Village
Q&A with Lynn Hershman Leeson & Steve Kurtz
Oct 10-14
Woodstock NY
Woodstock Film Festival
Nov 8
Philadelphia PA
First Person Arts
Q&A with Lucia Sommer
Nov 8
Location TBA
First Person Festival of Memoir & Documentary Art
Nov 22
Toronto
A Space Gallery
Reception with Steve Kurtz
Nov 22 - FREE EVENTS
Reception: A Space Gallery
Screening of Strange Culture: Price Family Cinema, York University
Q&A with Dr. Kurtz
Nov 5
New York NY
NYU
Q&A with Gregory Sholette
Nov 17-18
Portland ME
Human Rights Watch Traveling Film Festival
SPACE Alternative Arts Venue
Q&A with Claire Pentecost
www.space538.org
207-828-5600
TBA
Los Angeles CA
Laemmle Theatres
2008
Jan 25
Rochester, NY
George Eastman House
Q&A with Steve Kurtz
For more information please visit:
strangeculture.net
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