"Consuming War" @ Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center - Focusing on the U.S. conflict in the Middle East over the past 10 years, Consuming War addresses the ways the American media and consumer culture have manipulated and influenced our perceptions of war, often turning it into a spectacle for American consumption. While war is an underlying theme in all the works, each addresses the concept of war, and our relationship to it, from a variety of angles, creating pieces that range from political cartoons to sculptures that recreate the archeological artifacts looted from the National Museum of Iraq and large suspended papier mâché bombs made from sale advertisements. Timely in its subject matter, Consuming War offers an innovative platform in which the complex and multifarious connections between war, capitalism, American consumer culture, and our everyday lives can be re-situated and critically examined.

Prostrations for Peace
Sunday, November 11 Veteran’s Day, 12 - 3 pm
Community gathering for peace, with yoga practice, peace offerings, prayer flags and more.
This event will be taking place at the lakefront as well as HPAC.