1968/2008

http://www2.high.org/main.taf?p=3,1,1,6,2
Not sure if we can call this a like-minded effort per se, but it is about a more complex understanding of legacy - not just nostalgia.

A show featuring poster art from May 68 Paris opened at the Hayward Project Space in London on May 1.
According to Hayward:
“The posters of the Paris uprising of May 1968 comprise some of the most brilliant graphic works ever to have been associated with a movement for social and political change. This selection of original […]

REVOLUTION I LOVE YOU at Centre for Contemporary Art Thessaloniki 5 May - 14 June 2008
@ Centre for Contemporary Art Thessaloniki
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Revolution I Love You
1968 in Art, Politics and Philosophy
5 May- 14 June 2008
Curators Maja and Reuben Fowkes
Opening reception:
Monday 5 May, 2008 7pm
Opening speech by Syrago Tsiara
Revolution, I Love You” is a slogan from May “68 […]

Berkley’s Pacific Film Archives is currently hosting a “Clash of 68″ film festival. Thanks to Amanda Ault for passing the information along. At the same time, the British Film Institute is hosting “Pop Goes the Revolution: French Cinema and May 68.” Descriptions of both are below.

This massive cultural event in London is a city-wide exploration of the legacy of 68. The program states: “All Power to the Imagination! 1968 and Its Legacies marks the creative resistance of a remarkable year, while placing its lessons in the context of our own times. From April to June and across London, this major […]

This is an announcement for an exhibition looking at several different historical moments through the lens of artists engagement with politics. A review in Artforum is here.
Forms of Resistance
Artists and the desire for social change from 1871 to the present
From 22 September 2007 through to 6 January 2008
The exhibition Forms of Resistance reflects on art […]