April 27, 1972, University of Pennsylvania
2015
Vox Populi Gallery
Philadelphia, May 1-31, 2015
The installation rebuilds and re-imagines one of the entrance barricades erected by students, who, angered by army recruitment on campus during the Vietnam War, occupied College Hall overnight at the University of Pennsylvania on April 27, 1972. Such a material visualization of the space of past protest movements in the present is always threatened to become fetishized as a consumable commodity, posing questions about the value and political efficacy of artistic and intellectual labor in the twenty-first century.
Photos by Jessica Earnshaw.
2015
Vox Populi Gallery
Philadelphia, May 1-31, 2015
The installation rebuilds and re-imagines one of the entrance barricades erected by students, who, angered by army recruitment on campus during the Vietnam War, occupied College Hall overnight at the University of Pennsylvania on April 27, 1972. Such a material visualization of the space of past protest movements in the present is always threatened to become fetishized as a consumable commodity, posing questions about the value and political efficacy of artistic and intellectual labor in the twenty-first century.
Photos by Jessica Earnshaw.
AP Wire Source photo used as inspiration for this installation.
This project was only made possible with the help of Jim Christensen, whose design and fabrication assistance were crucial for its realization, and through funding generously provided through a Vice Provost for the Arts Grant from Temple University.