http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/49/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/1042 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Art show displays work that critiques the industrial prison complex </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/crop/100_0095_0.JPG" alt="" title="" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HALIFAX - Does our justice system stop crimes? Should crimes that are rooted in deeper social and economic problems be punished by imprisonment? A group of radical artists have raised these questions through their artwork. </p> <p>On January 22, 2009, the opening of Voices from Outside: Artists Against the Prison Industrial Complex, a screenprinted art show took place at Alteregos Café (better known as the Backpacker’s Hostel) on Gottingen St.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/1042" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/1042#comments Candice Cascanette Arts Solidarity Certain Days Halifax Just Seeds Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:00:05 +0000 Candice Cascanette 1042 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca