Steven Kurtz Tonight - Critical Art Ensemble Member Visits Tucson

A description used by the lovely communications folks at the UA College of Fine Arts:
"Bioterrorism and art make strange bedfellows. But artist Steven Kurtz knows a whole lot about both. Kurtz has been charged with mail fraud and has been under federal investigation since 2004 for the alleged mishandling of bacterial samples in relation to his artwork. A new-genre artist and cultural critic and a founding member of the Critical Art Ensemble (CAE), Kurtz also is an associate professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The CAE is a collective of artist with various specializations who explore art, technology, radical politics and critical theory."

I first read about Kurtz two years ago, while I was on active duty with the US Air Force. I was numb due to the constant flow of military jargon and pro-government rhetoric scumbling across the surfaces of my brain, I was ripe for getting behind an artist-activist like Kurtz. I'm very excited to hear him speak tonight, and possibly get my picture taklen with the artist who inspired me to work on my fleaflet bomb project.

More tomorrow...