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Insurgent Imagination explores creative arts through a revolutionary lens. We dive into works of radical storytelling to explore how art inspires and supports the Movement for collective liberation and how the Movement informs artists. We examine work from the past, present, and future, and reflect on their meaning with artists and revolutionary organizers from around the world. Hosted by Katie Petitt and Mayuran Tiruchelvam
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Episode 5: A Well Worn Path
In this episode, we talk to and receive meditation from Jesse Littlebird, a multidisciplinary artist of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, and talk to Kat Lo, founder and president of Eaton Workshop, and Emmelia Talarico, of No Justice No Pride, about the Another World is Possible film festival and the film “No Justice No Pride” produced by Eaton and Current Movements. No Justice No Pride provides housing to the most marginalized members of the community, trans women of color, who face the greatest discrimination when looking for housing in DC. Emmelia says they're the largest trans adult housing provider in the city.
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Episode 4: Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public
In this episode we talk to and receive a drum meditation from Richael Faithful (they/them), a multidisciplinary folk healing artist and healing justice practitioner rooted in the African diasporic tradition of conjure, and continue our discussion with Katie Loncke (they/them), co-director of Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Katie trains groups nationwide on combining Buddhist ethics with concrete, creative skills for nonviolent resistance.
For more info, see show notes: https://currentmovements.com/ii-show-notes/insurgent-imagination-episode-4-justice-is-what-love-looks-like-in-public-show-notes
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Episode 3: Asking as We Walk
Our third episode of Insurgent Imagination is live! In this episode of insurgent imagination, we’ll be receiving an offering from Doris Duke Performing Artist, and ritual jazz theatre creator Sharon Bridgforth and we speak to artist Mia Eve Rollow about her solo exhibition, The Sailing Stones Act, currently on view at VisArts in Rockville, MD, and her work with EDELO [Where The United Nations Used to Be].
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Episode 2: Love and Rage
In this episode, we’ll be talking about love and rage, and the creative art of direct action with Katie Loncke of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship; acclaimed independent filmmaker, Sundance Institute Native and Indigenous fellow and creative producer at the NDN collective Willi White; and poet/author of “It Ain't Over Until We're Smoking Cigars On The Drill Pad: Poems from Standing Rock and the Front Lines,” Mark Tilsen.
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Episode 1: Film & Rebellion
In our first episode, we talk about community organizing and revolutionary struggle as depicted in two films about rebellion, The Wind That Shakes The Barley and BPM (Beats per Minute).
This episode’s Threshold guest is Sanam Emami, an artist and cultural organizer invoking heart-centered change with The Omi Collective, a group of artists creating in collaboration in the DMV area.
Insurgent Imagination is written by Mayuran Tiruchelvam and Katie Petitt, and produced by Imgard Rop and Joshua Gamma
This live broadcast event is in partnership with our friends at Transceiver Radio and is part of a Fall 2020 series of radio broadcasts for VisArts in Rockville, MD. Visit www.transceiverradio.org for more info.
See Show Notes here.
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Customer Reviews
Refreshing take on revolutionary storytelling
This show introduced me to artists and revolutionary activists who are deeply engaged in community organizing + healing. I learned a lot about movements and ways that artists work to be accountable to communities they make art about. The hosts bring a compassionate and supportive energy to their interviews - they're funny and have a natural report, but nothing is forced. Can't wait to hear more.
Smart and thoughtful!
Love this! Smart and thoughtful. Can’t wait to see what else they have coming.