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Carlos Motta: History’s Backrooms / Book Launch & Panel Discussion with Artist & Guests

Online N/A, Portland

CARLOS MOTTA: HISTORY'S BACKROOMS / BOOK LAUNCH & PANEL DISCUSSION WITH ARTIST & GUESTS Co-presented with P.P.O.W. Gallery Tuesday, December 8, 2020 / 4:00 PM PST / 7:00 PM EST Live-stream at picatv.org / Register in advance here / Closed-Captioned FREE / Donations will be shared among PICA, Pueblo Unido, and Voz Workers' Rights Education Project Carlos Motta–whose exhibition We Got Each Other's Back is currently on view at PICA–will be in conversation with special guests to mark the publication of History's Backrooms (Skira, 2020), the first comprehensive monograph of his work documenting nearly 20 years of the leading Colombian artist's interdisciplinary practice and prolific career exploring alternative and marginalized narratives, identities, communities, and their social and political contexts. Guest panelists Hendrik Folkerts (Dittmer Curator…

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Misinformation, Fake News, and Political Propaganda

Online N/A, Portland

Are you overwhelmed with messages from politicians, news sources and other media? Distinguish truth from fiction using real-world examples of political ads, news headlines, logical fallacies, graphs and charts, the effect of word choice in messaging, statistical data and other types of information. Become your own “fact-checker” and learn how to find accurate information. Registrants will be sent information on how to join event a week before the event date. Made possible by The National Endowment for the Humanities Fund of The Library Foundation.

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