Exhibitions
*Defend / Defund
October 8, 2022 - January 29, 2023
Exhibition opening: October 8, 3-8pm || Defend / Defund looks at resistance to policing and police brutality in the 20th and 21st centuries in the United States. This exhibition focuses on the work of Black organizers and the families of victims of police violence who have fought the often brutal occupation of their communities.
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*Are We Feeling Safer?: Public Safety and Community Care
Tuesday, January 17, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
This is an in person event with a livestreaming option | Registration required for in person or livestream attendance In person attendees are expected to follow Interference Archive’s Public Health Visiting Requirements Two years after the largest street protest for racial justice in our history, Eric Adams won the mayoral race on a law and […]
MoreHoliday Card Writing Party with Black & Pink + Abolitionist Reading Series
Sunday, December 18, 2022 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Join Interference Archive and Black and Pink for a reading and discussion event on carceral justice and holiday card writing session on December 18th from 4-7pm. This is the first event of a reading series we’ve organized in conjunction with our current Defund / Defend exhibition about the history of activism against police brutality. We’ll […]
MoreFilm screening collaboration with BAM: Torture of Mothers: Case of Harlem 6 + Frame Up!
Saturday, November 5, 2022 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Organized as part of the film series Watch the Cops! in conjunction with the Defend / Defund exhibition. This event will take place offsite at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
MoreaBOOlition
Sunday, October 30, 2022 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM
A two-part event on October 30 and 31 // What is ABOLITION? It can seem like a scary big word, but the real terror is in how our communities -- especially our Black communities -- are policed and surveilled by the state. This October 30 and 31, join Interference Archive for aBOOlition, a Halloween-themed exploration of the history and future of abolition, in conjunction with our Defend/Defund exhibit.
MoreaBOOlition
Monday, October 31, 2022 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
A two-part event on October 30 and 31 // What is ABOLITION? It can seem like a scary big word, but the real terror is in how our communities -- especially our Black communities -- are policed and surveilled by the state. This October 30 and 31, join Interference Archive for aBOOlition, a Halloween-themed exploration of the history and future of abolition, in conjunction with our Defend/Defund exhibit.
MoreCopaganda and the Press
Sunday, October 9, 2022 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Update: Register to join virtually. Join us for a talk with civil rights lawyer Alec Karakatisanis about how the mainstream press normalizes and obscures police violence and how the media perpetuates a false narrative linking cops to public safety. Why are there so many stories about crimes by the poor and so few about harm […]
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