For Immediate release: Shocked & Awed

The Puffin Foundation
announces:

Shocked & Awed: Iraqi Children Depict "Operation Iraqi Freedom"
January 17 through March 5, 2004
Curated by Carl Rosenstein

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Collected in Iraq by Patrick Dillon:
Drawings by the children of the Al Assail School, Baghdad, June 2003

With paintings and video installations by Joy Garnett, drawings by Derek
Mainhart, with "1984" set installations by Jiyun Park and Tim Blunk.
<<Free and open to the public>>

"Shocked and Awed" presents drawings created by children in Baghdad only
weeks after the intense bombardment of the city ceased. Through innocent
eyes, the children depict the terror and horror they witnessed and the
madness of adults. The drawings' imagery move from the richly symbolic to
familiar children's matchstick figures. What they depict are scenes of
technological carnage that no person, let alone a child, should ever
witness.

The Al Assail drawings are augmented by new works by New York artists Joy
Garnett and Derek Mainhart. Ms. Garnett's paintings derive from the
imaging technology of warfare. Derek Mainhart's series of cartoon
drawings, Iraqi Tinies, or After the Bombing is an update of Edward
Gorey's macabre classic, The Gashlycrumb Tinies.
This month, the Cultural Forum is presenting an Off World Theatre
adaptation of Orwell's classic novel, 1984. The set for this production,
designed by Jiyun Park, and Tim Blunk will be an integral part of the
exhibition.

January 31, 2004, Sat., 8pm
Artist Reception/Celebration of Peace and Justice
Reception for the curator, Carl Rosenstein, and
artists Joy Garnett and Derek Mainhart
with special guest speakers and cultural presentation
Free and open to the public

Gallery hours: Mon. - Fri., 1pm to 5pm.
* Special appointments can be made by calling 201.836.8923.
* School, church, and community groups are encouraged to visit free of
charge.
Groups can also arrange guided tours with workshops.
To arrange group visits, please call Jiyun Park at 201.836.8923.

"1984"
adapted for the stage by Joseph Giardina
directed by Merri Milwe
with: Foss Curtis, Paul DeBoy, Elyse Knight, John Rainer, & Rob Skolits
January 17 (Sat.), 18 (Sun.), 23 (Fri.), 24 (Sat.), 25 (Sun.), 2004
Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8pm & Sunday performances begin
at 2pm
All tickets $10
For reservations call: 212-626-9059

The Cultural Forum's theatre company in-residence presents 1984. Oceania
is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Citizens of Oceania cannot remember a time without war. Members of the
Thought Police are constantly on the look-out for those who do not agree
with the State. The newspapers only report what the government wants us to
hear. And the records are changed to show that the government is always
correct and never contradicted itself. sound familiar? Don't miss the Off
World Theatre production of this great, prophetic book.

HUMAN RIGHTS FILM SERIES:
Uncovered: the Whole Truth about the Iraq war
January 30, 2004, Fri., 7pm
A new, provocative documentary sponsored by Moveon.org and The Center for
American Progress will reveal the distortion of intelligence by the Bush
Administration which led to the first preemptive war in the history of the
United States. Insiders at the CIA, the Pentagon, the foreign service and
the weapons inspection teams will share uncensored, hard hitting
information proving that the public was lied to about the weapons of mass
destruction.
Free and open to the public

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