Seized at Hallwalls

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

June 7 - July 18, 2008

Critical Art Ensemble | Institute for Applied Autonomy
SEIZED

Following the four year long ordeal of CAE founding member and University at Buffalo Art Professor Steve Kurtz—accused by the Justice Department of "bio-terrorism" and later indicted on charges of mail fraud for procuring harmless bacterial cultures for use in an educational art project—SEIZED presents the artworks behind this case which has attracted worldwide attention and propelled an international arts community to rally to Kurtz's support and on behalf of freedom of expression.

SEIZED will center itself upon the works and materials seized by federal authorities, in particular the multi-media project Marching Plague, which was commissioned by the UK-based art-science initiative, The Arts Catalyst, and produced in consultation with scientists from the Harvard-Sussex Program on Chemical and Biological Weapons Armament and Arms Limitation. The project is comprised of an installation, performance, film, and book dedicated to demystifying issues surrounding germ warfare programs and the cost of their development to global public health.

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press: Buffalo News 1 | Buffalo News 2

[photograph from Hallwalls Web site.]