Electromediascope film series: "Lives on Hold: Searching for Agency and Identity in a Changing World"
When: Fri., Sept. 23, 7 p.m. 2011
Price: free; reservations are required
If we've learned one thing in the decade since 9/11, it's this:
Orwellian is a handy adjective whether or not we've read
1984. In its
Electromediascope film series "Lives on Hold: Searching for Agency and Identity in a Changing World," the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art (4525 Oak, 816-751-1278) presents three short films that examine privacy, security and civil rights in the context of modern technology: Deborah Stratman's
In Order Not to Be Here, a study of suburban surveillance in a quiet community confronting sudden violence; Ursula Biemann's
Contained Mobility, a split-screen essay about how authorities restrict movement and how ingenious citizens circumvent those restrictions; and Jacqueline Goss'
Stranger Comes to Town, which cleverly animates the experiences of six people coming to the United States. Tickets are required for this free screening, which starts at 7 p.m. in the Atkins Auditorium; reserve them online at
nelson-atkins.org.
— Brent Shepherd
816-561-4000
