Rehearsal for Revolution
Rehearsal for Revolution is a set of monoprints created for the Detroit Artist Market's "Now and Then" show remembering the 1967 Rebellion in Detroit. The show opened in April 2017 and featured a variety of local artists. My artist statement for the show is as follows:
"The truth is that mass demonstrations are rehearsals for revolution: not strategic or even tactical ones, but rehearsals of revolutionary awareness." - John Berger
riot: a violent disturbance of the peace by a crowd.
a violent public disorder; specifically : a tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons assembled together and acting with a common intent
rebellion: an act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
demonstration: a public display of group feelings toward a person or cause
revolution:
a : a sudden, radical, or complete change
b : a fundamental change in political organization; especially : the overthrow or renunciation of one government or ruler and the substitution of another by the governed
c : activity or movement designed to effect fundamental changes in the socioeconomic situation
d : a fundamental change in the way of thinking about or visualizing something : a change of paradigm the Copernican revolution
memory: the power or process of reproducing or recalling what has been learned and retained especially through associative mechanisms