Did you miss the original shut-down of the WTO in Seattle in ’99?
Allan Sekula and Christopher DeLaurenti bring it to life again in their upcoming exhibits at the Henry Art Gallery in October.
Allan Sekula’s photographic series Waiting for Tear Gas documents the widespread protests set off by the World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference held in Seattle from November 29 to December 3, 1999. The exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect upon this historic moment and the nature of globalism today.
Opening October 8th and running until Jan 31st 2010
For more information: http://www.henryart.org/exhibitions/show/1111
Seattle-based artist Christopher DeLaurenti: , patrolled the front lines of the WTO protests recording the sounds of the drums, slogans, chants, and violence churning around him. Christopher DeLaurenti: N30, Live at the WTO Protest November 30, 1999 is his four-channel sound installation which couples his footage with police transmissions made on that same day. The work emphatically reasserts the range of emotions felt during those five chaotic days.
Opening October 29th and running until – January 31, 2010
For more information: http://www.henryart.org/exhibitions/show/1117
