Drift and Surge

Outpost for Contemporary Art
1268 N. Ave 50
Los Angeles, CA

Saturday, March 20
3 - 4:30pm

Mike Wolf - Drift and Surge

"For the past four years, Mike Wolf has been an itinerant cultural worker, circulating in the upper Mississippi and Western Great Lakes parts of the Midwest, with a home base in Chicago. He helped to organize Mess Hall, an experimental cultural space in Chicago; and contributed to The Compass Group, a group of activists, artists and theorists working to unleash the decolonization campaign of the Midwest Radical Culture Corridor.

Wolf will present "Drift and Surge: How We Conjure A Radical Culture Corridor" where he’ll draw on images and anecdotes from various collaborative projects such as walking pilgrimages, exhibitions based on Midwestern wanderings, and the campaign to decolonize North America; experiences that brought him into contact with the broader landscapes of the Midwest, beyond the traditional urban cultural centers. He will also discuss the plans of The Compass Group leading up to the U.S. Social Forum, held this June in Detroit, and his encounters with other Midwestern-based groups like "Boggs Center To Nurture Community Learning" and "Unsettle Minnesota."

[Cross-posted to Signal Fire. Text from Outpost Facebook invitation. Graphic from Google image search for "Midwest map.']