“Evidence: An Art Show About Police Brutality” Presents Artifacts About the Death of Gil Barber

WHAT: Evidence: An Art Show About Police Brutality
WHEN: November 10-November 26, 2006. Opening event Friday, November 10th, 6pm-10pm—opening night performers include Enoch the Messenjah, Amaris Howard, Veteran Eye, and Boxcar Bertha
WHERE: A Greensboro Community Space, 217-B West Lewis St (upstairs) near the corner of Eugene and Lee Sts.
www.myspace.com/evidenceartshow

On May 18, 2001 Gilbert Barber, an unarmed 22-year-old African-American man, was killed by Guilford County Sheriff’s Deputy Thomas Gordy. After a five-year struggle on the part of Gil Barber's parents to open a legal investigation into what happened that night, the family’s civil case was recently denied a hearing in the courts. Now they are taking the evidence—including photographs of the death site, autopsy photos, and the video of Thomas Gordy’s deposition--directly to the public.

Evidence: An Art Show About Police Brutality is a multimedia presentation of physical evidence, artwork and performance exploring the experience of living in a society that permits police brutality. Produced by a collaborative team of artists and activists, the exhibit presents the story of Gil's life, the story (as far as it can be reconstructed) of Gil's death, and this story's context within the larger context of police brutality in North Carolina and in the United States.

Artists with work in the show include Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Carlene “Spirit” Roberts, Cornelio Campos, DRL Toons, Jessica Burke, Malcolm Goff, Manju Rajendran, Mark Dixon, Markos Gonzalez, and Omari Fox.

The art show will be the opening event of a new community space at 217-B Lewis Street. Organized by a collective of Greensboro artists and activists, the space will include a radical reading library and will provide a venue for film screenings, meetings and performances.