On a Raft, in the Sea: A Cultural Mutiny of Class & Art | Odd Salon MUTINY
Channel: Odd Salon
Date: 2020-09-02

When the the French frigate Medusa ran aground off the coast of Africa, it sealed the fate of more than 100 of the poorest on board. The tragedy inspired the painting "The Raft of the Medusa" by Théodore Géricault which came to represent a major cultural turning point in French politics and Western art.

James Manion ~ On a Raft, in the Sea: A Cultural Mutiny of Class & Art

Odd Salon MUTINY: Tales of riots and rebellions, rank insubordination, and righteous uprisings against corrupt authority

Recorded live Tuesday, June 6 at The Public Works in San Francisco 

Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams 
Sound:  Steen

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