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Lower Manhattan Revealed: “Make History Now,” Seaport Museum New York
LMCC presented "Make History Now," the third evening of the 2011 Access Restricted: Lower Manhattan Revealed season. Greg Sholette, artist, author, activist, co-founder, REPOhistory and Assistant Professor of Sculpture at Queens College, New York discussed the politics of public space and the history of the intermingled and creative port culture of Mannahatta with John Kuo Wei Tchen, public historian, dumpster diver, co-founder of the Museum of the Chinese in the Americas and Associate Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU.
The conversation was moderated by Frederick Kaufman, Professor at City University of New York's Graduate School of Journalism and took place on Wednesday, March 9, at Seaport Museum New York.
Sam Miller, LMCC President, introduces the evening / photo: dangottesman.com
Guest speaker and public historian John Kuo Tchen Wei discussed the history of Lower Manhattan and assimilating cultures / photo: dangottesman.com
Guest speaker and artist Greg Sholette shared his REPO history project with the audience / photo: dangottesman.com
A shot of the panelists (center: John Kuo Tchen, right: Greg Sholette) with moderator Frederick Kaufman (left) / photo: dangottesman.com
A view from the adjoining room in Seaport Museum New York / photo: dangottesman.com
A detail of a nautical device found in Seaport Museum New York / photo: dangottesman.com
A detail of graffiti art found on the walls of Seaport Museum New York / photo: dangottesman.com
