Calling all nonprofit arts workers!
The event will provide a rich open space for radical discourse, with the hope of answering the general question, "What should we do about the NPIC?" The aim is to produce useful ideas for the battleground that is artistic & political liberation in a terrain consumed by philanthropy in the form of foundations and private grants, thinly-veiled mechanisms of control by the ruling class. This promises to be one of the most extensive "horizontal discussions" conducted by cinemóvil to date!
We will also be releasing a zine of Emily Apter's essay The Politics of Cum. Inspired by the film, the zine breaks down the artist and political limitations of NPIC, written with the insider perspective of an arts worker.
ABOUT THE FILM:
"Mission Drift follows a nonprofit art gallery worker who tries to stay afloat when a horny sadomasochistic philanthropist infiltrates the organization. An experimental essay film tinged with noir and fantasy, the work is driven by research into the sparse history of federal US arts funding since the 1930s and more recent universal basic income trials. Mission Drift links the insufficiencies across commercial, nonprofit, academic, and DIY institutions to the broader American disdain for public services, with relevance far beyond the US. The film's tragic narrative takes aim at how seductive philanthropy can be and points toward the need to constantly reinvent strategies against mechanisms of capture."
Oct 5th @ 7:30PM - Stone Circle Theatre @sctrpc