Sep 30th 2022

Belarus: Faces of Resistance: CLOSING EVENT

@ Southspace

1109 E 55th St, Chicago, IL 60615

Opening Friday, September 30th, from 7PM - 9PM

In the summer of 2020 a revolution took place in Belarus. President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s fraudulent reelection to a sixth term in office ignited unprecedented peaceful protests throughout the entire country and across virtually all socio-economic sectors. Through innumerable acts of incredible bravery, ordinary citizen made their hopes clear. While diversity of opinion abounds within the opposition, most Belarusians dreamt of a free, fair, and truly democratic Belarus. This exhibition seeks to honor their struggle by confronting the public with the faces of resistance. The French philosopher Emmanuel Levinas considered the face-to-face encounter as the origin of responsibility.“[The face of the other] is not simply a plastic form, but an immediate commitment, an appeal to me, an order for me to be at the service of this face.”

The works of nine Belarusian photojournalists, artists, and filmmakers capture the experiences as well as the faces of political prisoners, pensioners and children marching in the streets, and of the victims of the regime’s unprecedented cruelty. This material will serve as an open invitation to a personal encounter with defiance. Images, both captured and represented, depict prison cells, assaults by riot police, and scenes of profound solidarity and hope. Each viewer’s encounter with these faces will be unique, but each face will issue a private appeal. It is the hope of this exhibition that such appeals will not go unheeded.

Southspace is an art and technology exhibition and creative learning space. Our goal is to provide exhibition space for artists and groups of artists and art/technology experiential learning for youth and young adults. Southspace focuses on exhibiting youth artists, art students, art educators, and emerging artists.

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