The Aesthetics of Occupy Cal
Channel: anthropology136i
Date: 07/05/2012

Fear No Art

The Aesthetic of Occupy Cal looks at the role of art and artists in the Occupy movement on the UC Berkeley campus.  In this film we speak to both an art viewer and an art maker to attempt to answer: What is the aesthetic of Occupy Cal? What is the role of art in this protest movement?  How does it communicate, and what does it say?  The footage and interviews presented here endeavor to capture the nuanced and thoughtful quality of the art produced on and for this campus.  We hope to demonstrate that this art has been both and artifact and an agent in this movement, something to listen to and to look at, but not to fear.

The Aesthetic of Occupy Cal
Director: Annie Parker
Creative Team: Courtney Livesay and Laila Moire-Selvage
Music By: Carol Denney
Interviewees: Greg Levine and Hannah Hoffman
Produced for Anthropology 136I