[Apr 19] Dismanteling Monoculture: Tale of Ants and Economics in the Americas

An evening with the Beehive Collective

The Beehive Collective is a political graphics workshop based in Maine, known for creating accessible, powerful imagery to explain important issues of our time in an easily digestible manner. Since 2001, the Bees have been working on a trilogy of posters on corporate globalization. Parts one and two dealt with the proposed FTAA trade agreement and Plan Colombia, the catchall name for U.S. military and corporate intervention in that South American country. The third poster will focus on PLAN PUEBLA-PANAMA (PPP), a mega-infrastructure development project for southern Mexico and Central America designed to facilitate corporate exploitation of the region, paving the way for the Free Trade Area of the Americas.

With three giant illustrated portable murals, a six foot tall fabric storybook “slideshow”, and an engaging narrative (available in Spanish or English), the Bees will take us on an interactive VISUAL tour of the connections between COLONIZATION, MILITARIZATION, and RESOURCE EXTRACTION in the Americas. Join us they deconstruct the complex and overwhelming issues that are shaping our world, using bioregionally accurate depictions of animals and insects as metaphors to link cultural and ecological diversity.

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 - 7:30 PM
AK Press
674-A 23rd Street
Oakland, CA 94612

This event is free of charge.

For more information call the Chiapas Support Committee 510/866-4981 or email rmflynn79@gmail.com.

www.beehivecollective.org
www.chiapas-support.org
www.akpress.org