In October artbeam will present Gabriela Leon's "Paseo dominical por el zócalo de Oaxaca" or "A Sunday Walk to the Zocalo of Oaxaca" at UC Riverside's Sweeney Gallery curated by Director Tyler Stallings. The exhibit will feature the dress Gabriela made from artifacts she gathered from the barricades that were set up by the People's Movement (APPO) here last year. APPO sought to gain benefits for the teachers of Oaxaca and subsequently for the ouster of its repressive Governor Ulyses after he ordered the teachers annual peaceful protest be broken up with the aid of tear gas and riot police. The video below, a series of images and an installation to be created at the space will also be included in the exhibit. The music for the video is from Nine Rain and Steven Brown who lives in Oaxaca.

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