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States of Uncertainty / Ingrid Burrington

November 2nd – 30th, 2012
Opening reception on First Friday November 2nd (Facebook event page)

States of Uncertainty / Ingrid Burrington

“In today’s crowded societies, once again many people are feeling the drive to break away from existing cultures and establish their own institutions. Ignorant of human history, most people treat such an idea with scorn. The world of here and now is the only real world, they say. Talk of starting a new country is ‘escapism’. One’s duty is to direct one’s energies toward making contemporary society a better place to live, and so on. But those who know better realize that schism is the fundamental human method for dealing with frictions within groups of people.”

–Erwin Strauss, How to Start Your Own Country

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