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June 18, 2008
TONIGHT: Eminent Domain: The American Dream On Sale
New York Public Library - LIVE presents
Wednesday, June 18 at 7:00 pm
Marshall Berman, Mindy Fullilove, Tom Angotti, Brian Berger & Michael Galinsky, moderator
The current exhibition at The New York Public Library, Eminent Domain: Contemporary Photography and the City through August 29, features the work of five contemporary New York–based photographers—Thomas Holton, Bettina Johae, Reiner Leist, Zoe Leonard, and Ethan Levitas—whose works intersect and resonate with current concerns about the reorganization of urban space, and its public use, in New York City. Artist Glenn Ligon offers the literal narrative of his own housing in the city. In addition to proposed regulations that threaten First Amendment rights to photograph in public places thus becoming a form of privatization of public space, questions also arise with the current private/public arrangements that characterize much of modern urban development, particularly the legal power of eminent domain, or the taking of private property for public use.
South Court Auditorium
The New York Public Library
Fifth Avenue & 42nd Street (enter at Fifth Avenue)Length: 1 hr 30 mins
Intermission: None
Seating: General Admission
Posted by lumi at June 18, 2008 6:17 AM