Tonight! Leonidas Martin at Harvard School of Design

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Monday, April 1

12:00 – 2:00 PM

Stubbins (Room 112), Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA

A visual tour of some of the most creative art/activist interventions performed in the context of the counter-globalization movement, and in contemporary urban struggles in Spain, including Las Agencias, Yomango, Pret a Revolter, and New Kids on the Black Block. Leo explores the relationship between art and activism, how creativity can be a powerful tool for social transformation, how we can have fun while fighting back, and why direct action is one of the fine arts.

Leónidas Martín is a professor at Barcelona University where he teaches New Media and Political Art. For many years, he has been developing collective projects between art and activism, some of them well known internationally (Las Agencias, Yomango, Prêt à Revolter, New Kids on the Black Block…). He writes about art and politics for blogs, journals and newspapers, has created several documentaries and movies for television and internet, and is a member of the cultural collective Enmedio (www.enmedio.info).

http://leodecerca.net

Contact: events@gsd.harvard.edu

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