Labor Is A Moving Image: Film Screening & Panel Discussion

In partnership with the New York chapter of Artists Against Apartheid we will be screening multiple films throughout the day culminating in a panel conversation featuring working artists and community organizers. The featured films will be centered around workers’ unions and anti-capitalist movements throughout history. Detailed Schedule to come. Part of CUNTRY: Always the Horse, Never the Jockey—a set of musical works, sculptures, and performances presented by Cleo Reed and Assembly, working to protest against the demand of labor and productivity in the US. The never-before released studio album, performance piece, and installation synthesizes field songs, traditional American music genres such as blues, folk, and country, and the Black cultural canon of literature, film, music, and more in order to provoke conversations and create distinct changes in the way these canons are embraced. Exploring systems, labor and the body, we work with musical compositions, wooden sculpture, and fabric arts to deepen the context we hold as inhabitants of cities but descendants of country living. Check out the Recess website for updated programming! Photo by Geoffrey Baptiste More Info below.