[Peace] Beehive Collective at Allen Hall 11/12

[Laura Haber]

The Beehive Collective presents their innovative Plan Colombia narrative- a visual
exploration of globalization and militarism in Latin America.
 
Weds, November 12
7:00pm
Main Lounge of Allen Hall
 
A swarm is coming! The Beehive Design Collective- a non-profit, volunteer driven, political arts organization based in eastern Maine is headed this way. The group’s mission is to “cross pollinate the grassroots” through the creation of images as an effective medium for deconstructing and educating the public about complex geopolitical issues.
 
The bees create collaborative, hand-illustrated posters of dizzying intricacy which are
patchwork “quilts” of personal stories related to them in their travels by communities in the global south. In their incendiary “Plan Colombia” presentation, the bees take participants on a “tour” through a larger than life graphic narrative of the multifold effects of globalization and “drug war” policies in Andean region of Colombia. Interweaving anecdotes and statistics, they perforate dubious “drug war” rhetoric and expose broad connections between militarism and resource extraction.
 
The Beehive Collective is currently touring the United States to raise funds for the printing and distribution of their trilogy finale graphic. Two years in the making, “Mesoamerica Resisté” will be an exploration of widespread community resistance to a proposed Central American mega development project known as Plan Puebla Panama. For more information visit www.beehivecollective.org.
 
Laura Haber
Program Director of Unit One
68 Allen Hall 
MC-050
1005 W. Gregory drive
Urbana, IL 61801
lhaber at illinois.edu
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