Oct 25th 2018

Baghdad in No Particular Order (2003)

@ The Block Museum

40 Arts Circle Dr, Evanston, IL 60208

Opening Thursday, October 25th, from 7PM - 9PM

In 2002, artist Paul Chan was working as a member of the Iraq Peace Team, formed by the activist group Voices in the Wilderness, which was on the ground in Bagdad to protest the imminent Iraqi war. Chan captures the calm before the storm in this “ambient video essay,” with his focus on the routine work and leisure of the Iraqi people. Among the details that are exotic to western eyes, he reveals a shared humanity, one that is under threat of destruction.

With Joe Proulx of Voices for Creative Nonviolence in person

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

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