Since the 1960s, art has jumped off walls, shattered through screens, and skipped out of galleries. No longer content to represent the world, many artists today are eager to bring about new ways of inhabiting it that might be more exciting, more just, more beautiful, more sustainable, and more fun. Called 'Interventionist Art' by some and 'Tactical Media' by others, this kind of art works inside the cracks and fault lines of our culture to go beyond criticism to actively reinvent parts of our social and political lives.

Trevor Paglen
Experimental Geographer/Artist
Tuesday, March 7, 2006
5 pm, Lawson 101

"In defense-industry and aviation circles, workers refer to the existence of two “worlds”: one of which they call the “white” world, and another called the “black” world. The distinction between these two terms is that the “white” world involves unclassified research, development and spending. It is out the open. The “black” world, on the other hand, signifies all the work that is being done in secret." (Trevor Paglen)

"Tactics and Critics" is a semester-long series designed to bring these contemporary art practices to the Southern Illinois University campus.