The Pavilion for the American Resistance was conceived as an autonomous art event to occur in Venice during the Biennale. As we met to discuss the project, we quickly realized that we were working towards more than a singular exhibition, and that we were in fact building a framework for dedicated exploration of the idea of resistance and its possible forms.
We hope to use the rubric of the Pavilion to carry out exhibitions in the United States and abroad that represent the fruits of our study of this notion of resistance. Given that we all have very different thoughts as to the nature of resistance and what we are resisting, this often takes on a pluralistic nature with many different projects and activities being presented. We are often both the conductors of experiments as well as the subjects of these experiments. We aim to interact with the public as much as possible.
Resistance is a concept that has reappeared and redefined itself throughout history. As artists and citizens of the United States in the present time, we encourage other groups to carry on the process of creating their own pavilion of the American Resistance to convey a more in-depth representation of what it means to be actively resistant in the current culture.
PAR Recruiting Station
"IAM5" Reverse Art Fair
May 6 - May 8, 2005
Parkers's Box
193 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211