9.28.14: Cake and Eat It: Look at these Fucking Artists 3PM-8PM

3PM-8PM

The art world often trades in exclusion. It’s easy to feel talked at rather than in dialogue. Continuing the conversations broached at the first LATFA, held at the 2012 Anarchist Bookfair, discussions will include: art world exclusion, careerism, racism, gentrification, pandering, elitism, labor exploitation, complicity with colonialist regimes and generally how and if art can be used to dismantle the police state and capitalism. In hopes of reducing immaterial labor in the prep for these talks, instead of formal presentations, the emphasis will be on vibrant, healthy, non-oppressive dialogue and snacks. Come by and join in the conversations or just hang out at the bar!

Conversations with:
Amitis Motevalli
Annie Shaw
Isaac Ledesma
Gloria Galvez
Gelare Khoshgozaran
Adam Overton
Anna Mayer
Sandra de la Loza
Pedro Joel Espinosa
Shabina Toorawa
James Franco
Vlad Gallegos
Tony Carfello
Joaquin Cienfuegos
Stephen van Dyck
Matt Weathers
Bianca Uli Estrada
Jason Ahmadi
James Bigelow
Chris Cuellar
Veronique d'Entremont
Christina Sanchez Juarez
Steph McGuinness
Heather M. O'Brien
Tracy Jeanne Rosenthal

Select Topics:
“Careerism and Pandering” 
“Israeli Boycott” 
“Appropriation”
“Can Art Even Address the Police State?”
“Moving Beyond Empty Art Activist Critiques to Something More”
“Constant Art Gentrification”
“Art School Artists Who Aren't Doing Shit but Critiquing Other Artists' Work and Vision Just Because They Didn't Go To Art School”
“Art Labor Exploitation”