[Englmajors] Save the Date! March 13th Beehive Collective at UW Seattle

[Melissa Wensel]

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Subject: 	[Litgeeks_mailman] Save the Date! March 13th Beehive
Collective at UW Seattle
Date: 	Thu, 12 Mar 2009 19:44:38 -0400
From: 	eitak07 at centurytel.net
Reply-To: 	eitak07 at centurytel.net
To: 	litgeeks_mailman at u.washington.edu

BRCIOLAGE PRESENTS:


Save the Date! FRIDAY MARCH 13th, 5-7: Beehive Collective in Seattle
The BEEHIVE COLLECTIVE is coming to UW Seattle!

Friday March 13, 2009, from 5-7pm
Ethnic Cultural Center @ 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE

In eager anticipation of the new life spring promises the* Beehive
Collective is coming to UW Seattle to present their new graphic
campaign, The TRUE COST OF COAL.

We'd love to see you there! March 13, 5-7pm,* with snacks to keep our
energy up till evening!
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Here's some information about the Current Campaign:

The Beehive's newest graphic - the TRUE COST OF COAL (in the works,
nearly complete!) - uses mountaintop removal in Appalachia as a lens
through which to understand the historical and contemporary story of
ENERGY, RESOURCE EXTRACTION, and of AMERICAN EMPIRE accelerating
throughout the world. It seeks to expose the DECEPTIONS of CLEAN COAL
technologies and bring to light the ensuing CLIMATE CHAOS facing the
world today. This graphic also looks to the future, raising questions
about RESISTANCE, REGENERATION, and REMEDIATION while celebrating
stories of struggle from mountain communities. (More info at
beehivecollective.org <ttp://beehivecollective.org/">)

The Beehive Design Collective- a non-profit, volunteer driven, political
arts organization based in eastern Maine is headed this way.  The
group’s mission is to “cross pollinate the grassroots” through the
creation of images as an effective medium for deconstructing and
educating the public about complex geopolitical issues.

Most interesting is their methodology.  The bees create collaborative,
hand-illustrated posters of dizzying intricacy which are patchwork
“quilts” of personal stories related to them in their travels.  Before
setting pen to paper, the hive does extensive touring and field
research.  Interviewing community members about the effects of
globalization on their situation is a crucial component of the
collective’s investigative process.  “We feel it’s extremely important
to gather our  information from as close to the source as possible,” an
anonymous worker bee says.

The Collective uses narrative imagery to weave a Graphic Trilogy focused
on corporate globalization in the Americas. With giant portable murals
the Bees take audiences on an interactive VISUAL tour of the connections
between COLONIZATION, MILITARIZATION, and RESOURCE EXTRACTION. With a
gigantic portable mural-in-process teeming with intricate images of
plants and animals from the most bio-diverse temperate forest on the
planet, the Bees will share (and seek) stories of how coal mining and
Mountaintop Removal affect communities and ecosystems throughout
Appalachia and beyond.
















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