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In this non-narrated piece, we hear artist/activists Tim Gibbon and Andrea Smith talk about their involvement in the "Welcome Wagon" project, a collaborative art project geared towards informing Inauguration-goers about the lack of DC voting rights.
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Piece Description
In this non-narrated piece, we hear artist/activists Tim Gibbon and Andrea Smith talk about their involvement in the "Welcome Wagon" project, a collaborative art project geared towards informing Inauguration-goers about the lack of DC voting rights.
Broadcast History
WAMU's Metro Connection, 1.16.09
Transcript
LEDE:
The DC government is making all sorts of preparations to anticipate the tremendous overnight population boom expected in the Nation's Capital beginning this weekend, as people flock to see Barack Obama sworn in as president on Jan 20.
But here's another part of the welcome pageantry created by a few DC residents. About 10 artists and activists, calling themselves the Welcome Wagon, have undertaken a silkscreen poster project seeking to educate visitors about the lack of Congressional representation for DC residents.
Producer Sam Greenspan brings us this story.
BODY:
TG: I’ve always been interested in art, and very turned off by mainstream art that’s gallery-based or museum-based and the hierarchy of all that, and how that art gets locked away—so putting art out on the street has always appealed to me. And also creating collaboratively.
AS: This project brought artis...
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