Freedom Fries Art Collective (The Opening Act)

In October 2005, as the Freedom Fries Art Collective 60 artists created what we called “The Opening Act: Dissent is Democracy”—an immersive multi-media art installation-as-protest to what we saw as the threat to our nation’s democracy. More than 1000 people attended the event over the weekend of City Wide Open Studios. As the decline of democracy has recently taken a further plunge, we are contemplating our next act…

 

 

 

In October 2005, 60 artists collaborated as the Freedom Fries Art Collective to create what we called "The Opening Act: Dissent is Democracy"—an immersive multi-media art installation-as-protest to what we saw as the threat to our nation's democracy. More than 1000 people attended the event over the weekend of City Wide Open Studios. As the decline of democracy has recently taken a further plunge, we are contemplating our next act…

Click to see the sizzle reel and more artifacts from this event…