Join Michael Allan, Brian Gillis (Service Works), and Shadi Harouni* for a discussion about archives emerging from histories of dissent, resistance, and mutual aid. Guided by their individual research and creative practices, they will explore embodied forms beyond official records to consider how sites, images, objects, and stories can preserve struggles for freedom and self‑determination.

*Shadi Harouni will be joining via Zoom

About the Exhibition
The Whisperers, curated by Tannaz Farsi and Simone Ciglia, features works by Noor Abuarafeh, Disobedience Archive, Shadi Harouni, Laura Larson, MoRE, Zora J Murff, Gala Porras-Kim, Wendy Red Star, Service Works, and Stephanie Syjuco. 

The exhibition considers the whisper as a mode of address- intimate, covert, and generative. Through archival research, recovered histories, and newly constructed records, the artists engage systems of power, memory, and representation, asserting alternative forms of subjecthood and sovereignty. The exhibition is made possible by the University of Oregon Department of Art’s Center for Art Research and the Ford Family Foundation. For more information, please visit the CFAR website.

Location:
Ditch Projects, 303 S 5th St #165, Springfield, OR 97477

Gallery Hours:
Saturdays & Sundays, 12:00- 4:00 p.m., and by appointment