{"id":3429,"date":"2017-04-18T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3429"},"modified":"2017-04-18T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2017-04-18T23:20:09","slug":"forceresistance-exhibit-continuing-the-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2017\/04\/18\/forceresistance-exhibit-continuing-the-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cForce\/Resistance\u201d Exhibit: Continuing the Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Montana Bass \u201919<\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently on display at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the \u201cForce\/Resistance\u201d exhibit speaks to the relationship between power and violence, particularly as demonstrated through tensions between U.S. police use of force and citizen protest. The exhibit features the work of artists Floyd Tunson, Dareece Walker, and Walter and Bunky Echo-Hawk, along with the film, \u201cForce\/Resistance: From Standing Rock to Colorado Springs,\u201d produced by CC\u2019s own Arielle Mari \u201912, Han Sayles \u201915, and Dwanna Robertson, assistant professor of race, ethnicity, and migration studies.<\/p>\n

The installation comes at a time of national tension surrounding perceived infringements on citizens\u2019 civil rights by government policies and law enforcement. As complementary pieces, the still works focus particularly on highlighting the humanity of protestors in the Black Lives Matter movement, and the documentary tells the story of self-proclaimed \u201cwater protectors\u201d who have been opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline for the past year. Curator Jessica Hunter-Larsen says a series of campus conversations coordinated by the Butler Center about police violence, as well as the Race, Ethnicity, and Migration Studies program\u2019s spring series \u201cRace and Terror\u201d inspired her to put the installation together.<\/p>\n

She says she hopes the exhibit provides members of the Colorado Springs community, including CC students, a place to contemplate and discuss challenging issues. \u201cAn opportunity to practice radical empathy is necessary to begin to make real change in the world,\u201d says Hunter-Larsen. \u201cThe exhibition is at its core about speaking truth to power, through visual images and through the narrative format that the film offers. Ideally, then, the gallery becomes a forum for discussion about the various ways in which power is used, abused, and resisted.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was Hunter-Larsen who reached out to the producers of the documentary, Mari, Sayles, and Robertson, about exploring a connection between Standing Rock and Colorado Springs. The result, as Mari explains, is an expansion on the idea of protest. Their documentary not only reports the high stakes of the Standing Rock conflict, but also the incredible community created through the act of resistance. Interviewees speak with deeply moving conviction, often sharing very similar sentiments regarding their experience. \u201cI think it speaks to the unity of the Standing Rock movement that they responded in such similar ways,\u201d says Mari.<\/p>\n

The inspirational exhibit offers an effective compilation of powerful artwork that calls viewers to take accountability for their communities. \u201cI think the call to action speaks for itself,\u201d Mari adds. \u201cWhen Dwanna [who is featured in the film] says, \u2018What is the price of doing nothing?\u2019 That has stuck with me since January.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cForce\/Resistance\u201d<\/a> is on view at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center through September 9. Catch a screening of the 45-minute documentary “From Standing Rock to Colorado Springs\u201d Monday, May 1<\/strong>, 5:30 p.m. in the Cornerstone Screening Room. A panel discussion with documentary subjects will follow the screening.<\/p>\n

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By Montana Bass \u201919 Currently on display at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the \u201cForce\/Resistance\u201d exhibit speaks to the relationship between power and violence, particularly as demonstrated through tensions between U.S. police use of force and citizen protest. The exhibit features the work of artists Floyd Tunson, Dareece Walker, and Walter and Bunky Echo-Hawk, … <\/p>\n

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