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YBCA ANNUAL REPORT 06_07public programsARTISTS InSIGHT: SAMPLINGOAKLAND—FINDINGSSep 14Oakland-based artists Sean Fletcher &Isabel Reichert (Death and Taxes, Inc.),Packard Jennings, Sue Mark & BruceDouglas (WE Riders), Luther Thie, andGordon Winiemko collaborated for anevening of short performances andpresentations of conceptual-based art.Part-salon, part-cabaret, this eventfeatured investigations of urban andcranial space, corporate and pop culturalconstructions by Oakland-based artistscurated by Sarah Lockhart and DarrenJenkins of 21 Grand.ARTISTS InSIGHT: “THE WEATHERUNDERGROUND” WITH DAVID DORFMAN& SAM GREENSep 19Idealists. Terrorists. Heroes. Visionaries.Outlaws. Who were the WeatherUndergound? In conjunction with YBCA’spresentation of David Dorfman’sunderground, we screened Sam Green’scelebrated documentary film, The WeatherUnderground, and hosed a post-showdiscussion with Dorfman and Green.ARTISTS InSIGHT: DEFIXIONES & THEDAYDREAMING BOY—A READING WITHMICHELINE AHARONIAN MARCOM ANDSARA MEGHROUNIOct 12Coinciding with YBCA’s performance ofDiamanda Galás’ DEFIXIONES: Orders fromthe Dead, Lannan Foundation AwardeeMicheline Aharonian Marcom in collaborationwith visual critic Sara Meghrouni orchestrateda choir of voices from Marcom’s DaydreamingBoy and Three Apples Fell From Heaven, aswell as from the historic memoir, Vergeen:a Survivor of the Armenian Genocide, byMeghrouni’s grandmother, Mae Derdarian.COMMUNITY CONVERSATION: WHAT’STHE BIG IDEA?—CURATORS ON THEWORLD AROUND THEMJan 16YBCA Executive Director Kenneth Fosterfacilitated a panel discussion on contemporarycuratorial practice with his colleaguesCourtney Fink, Executive Director of SouthernExposure; Hou Hanru, Director of Exhibitionsand Public Programs at San Francisco ArtInstitute (SFAI); Kate Fowle, chair of the MAProgram in Curatorial Practice at CaliforniaCollege of the Arts (CCA); and independentcurator Joseph Del Pesco. Together theyexamined current trends in curatorial practiceand the role of the curator in today’s socialand cultural landscape. This panel wasproduced in collaboration with the 2nd yearCuratorial Practice students at CaliforniaCollege of the Arts.YBCAlive: TOTAL DENIALPOST-SCREENING RECEPTIONMar 2After the screening of Total Denial, theopening film of the Human Rights Watch FilmFestival, attorney Neil Popovic (Earth RightsInternational) and representatives fromHuman Rights Watch and Foundation for thePeople of Burma joined in conversationabout the landmark lawsuit against UNOCALand TOTAL that drew international attention.ARTISTS InSIGHT: BEING WILLIAMPOPE.L—NOTES ON RECENT WORKApr 15What exactly is the Black Factory? How canan object represent “blackness?” And justwho is William Pope.L, the “Friendliest BlackArtist in America?” Audiences were ableto get into the head of the artist in a lively,interactive presentation that explored thecomplexity of community, identity and racewhile he brought the performance, interactivityand exhibition to life.JEFF CHANGCOMMUNITY CONVERSATION SERIES:IS THERE FREEDOM AFTER HIP-HOP?Apr 17Author/journalist Jeff Chang; MarcylienaMorgan, executive director of StanfordUniversity’s Hip-Hop Archive; and TotalChaos contributors journalist Raquel Cepeda,“lit-hop” author Adam Mansbach and poetJo‘l Tan joined in a conversation that brokeapart hip-hop aesthetics and dared to raisethe question: Is there freedom afterhip-hop? This panel was moderated byWeyland Southon of Hard Knock Radio(94.1 FM KPFA) and was produced as partof the Total Chaos Hip-Hop Forum Series(www.totalchaoshiphop.com/tc) and inconjunction with the Hip-Hop TheaterFestival (www.hiphoptheaterfest.org).COMMUNITY CONVERSATION SERIES:IS THERE LIBERATION AFTER HIP-HOP?May 8In conjunction with YBCA’s presentation ofJerry Quickley’s Live From the Front, authorJeff Chang; performance poet Jerry Quickley;Malkia Cyril, Director of Youth Media Council;Troy Nkrumah, Chair National Hip-HopPolitical Convention; and hip-hop activistRosa Clemente raised the question: Is thereliberation after hip-hop? Moderated by DaveyD of Hard Knock Radio (94.1 FM KPFA) andproduced as part of the Total Chaos Hip-HopForum Series (www.totalchaoshiphop.com/tc)in conjunction with the Hip-Hop TheaterFestival (www.hiphoptheaterfest.org).10 • TEXT THE BIG IDEAS_02. WORLD APART