Contemporary Slavery

  • Type: event
  • Location: Exit Art, 475 Tenth Avenue, New York , Manhattan , New York, 10018, US
  • Starts: Jun 3 2011 at 7:00PM
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CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY 
June 3 - August 5, 2011 
Exhibition Opening Friday, June 3, 2011/ 7-9pm 
One Day Symposium Saturday, June 11, 2011 / 10am-6pm 
SEA Poetry Series, June 14, 2011 / 7-9pm
Preview of DIGIMOVIES, Tuesdays starting July 5, 2011 
CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY, a project of SEA (Social Environmental Aesthetics) and the second annual ECOAESTHETIC exhibition, investigates various forms of contemporary slavery—from human trafficking and the sex trade; to the exploitation of farm and domestic workers, immigrants and prisoners; to sweatshop, bonded, and child labor—through a bombardment of images taken by leading photojournalists documenting this issue. A symposium will unite scholars, humanitarians and activists in dialogue in order to draw critical attention to this under-recognized local and international issue.