I am forwarding this to the list in hopes someone may have suggestions for
Dawn. Thank you.
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> From: Dawn M. Davis <ddavis6@uic.edu <mailto:ddavis6@uic.edu> >
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> Subject: HELP!!!
> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:18 AM
>
> I am taking part in a graduate seminar at the Department of Art of
the
> University of Illinois at Chicago which is being taught by Mindy
Faber
> (from the Video Data Bank) and Bea Santiago-Munoz (from Women in
the
> Director's Chair). Part of the class work is to research,
organize, and
> promote a collection of videos, cd-roms, and web-sites on and
around the
> problematic of post-colonialism and neo-colonialism. We will put
together
> a program which will be screened in May both at the University and
at
> another site in Chicago. For the works chosen, artists will
receive
rental
> fees.If all goes well, we may develop this project into a touring
package.
>
> We're looking for new experimental, and/or activist work (produced
within
> the last two years) dealing and arising from the problematic of
> post-colonialism, neo-colonialism, diaspora and migration,
occupations
> (physical or otherwise), language, suppressed histories, and life
in the
> imperial metropolis. We are especially interested in work from
areas such
> as Mexico, the Carribbean, Africa, Southeast Asia, Central and
South
> America, India, the Middle East, the Balkans and Eastern Europe in
> addition to the U.S. We are also particularly interested in work
produced
> byindigenous peoples from around the world.
>
> Any ideas of new works or names of film/videomakers you could pass
on
> along with their phone numbers or email addresses?
>
> I would welcome suggestions of makers as well as of curators or
festival
> programmers familiar with this kind of work...
>
> This is a large and complex project...I am very grateful for
whatever
> suggestions you may have.
>
> Many Thanks,
>
> Dawn M. Davis
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