“Life After Death and Elsewhere” Exhibition
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organized by
Robin Paris and Tom Williams
Life After Death and Elsewhere will focus on designs by the prisoners for their own memorials, which take various forms such as drawings, photographs, paintings, models, and text-based pieces, or, alternately, they will submit works that address their refusal to memorialize themselves. These projects represent a response to Tennessee’s recent efforts to move forward on executions after a hiatus of over five years. A state that has executed only six people since 1960 has recently scheduled over ten executions. As individuals on death row, and imminent victims of that state-sponsored violence, these prisoners are reduced to the “bare life” described so powerfully by philosophers, and their projects are an effort to make this experience and these conditions visible. The prisoners contributing to this exhibition have, during the past few years, participated in a number of unusual partnerships with artists, writers, and educators in Nashville. Through courses, publications, and exhibitions, they have endeavored to address the realities of the death penalty and incarceration, and they have aspired to bring their voices to a public beyond the walls of prison. This exhibition will be the latest contribution to this ongoing effort.
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Schedule
from September 10, 2015 to October 24, 2015
Opening Reception on 2015-09-09 from 18:00 to 20:00