Honoring our indigenous community, the panel includes members of the Shinnecock Nation – Tela Troge, Shane Weeks, Kelly Dennis, Becky Genia – and Southampton Town Supervisor Jay Schneiderman, moderated by Joe Shaw. Exploring the roots of American inequity, greed, and pollution, Conscience Point contrasts the values of those for whom the beautiful places are a commodity–who regard land as raw material to be developed for profit and pleasure–and those locals for whom land means community, belonging, heritage, and home. Conscience Point metaphorically and thematically goes beyond the Hamptons to tell a story of fighting the elite 1% at a time when so many across America are also struggling to remain in gentrifying parts of cities under development for luxury homes and lifestyles.
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This programs is part of EARTH - Artists as Activists - on view from April 17 - July 11, 2021. The intention of this exhibition is to creatively confront the threats to our environment, bringing forth a collective effort to inspire action. Programs are free and open to the public.
