Sunset Seduction (2024) stars a liberal philanthropist yearning for his next fling with radical politics. Written as the Palestine solidarity movement escalated in 2024, the work unfolds in essayistic fragments considering ideas of freedom, violence, and the seductive capture of revolutionary ideology. Sunset Seduction is a personal, conceptual, and activist work that claims a film, contract, and discussion as its materials, together aiming to materialize the particular responsibilities of cultural workers in the global north.

This program will feature a screening of the central 45-minute film, followed by an extended audience discussion that will address reflections on prior series discussion and workshop sessions.

This discussion is a part of SUNSET SEDUCTION: Gatherings Against Institutional Capture, a three-part series consisting of a discussion, workshop, and screening with artist Charles de Agustin that will take place between February 19-23. These engagements investigate the tensions between nonprofit, state, and grassroots formations through the lens of cultural institutions in Vancouver, BC and beyond.

Following a review of the history of artist contracts in both administrative and experimental contexts, participants will be encouraged to reflect on the challenges in their own work environments, using writing exercises to consider playful or earnest subversions of bureaucratic tools. This workshop is geared toward artists and arts workers.

This discussion is a part of SUNSET SEDUCTION: Gatherings Against Institutional Capture, a three-part series consisting of a discussion, workshop, and screening with artist Charles de Agustin that will take place between February 19-23. These engagements investigate the tensions between nonprofit, state, and grassroots formations through the lens of cultural institutions in Vancouver, BC and beyond.

As progressive causes become increasingly entwined with and beholden to the benevolence of barely liberal one-percenters, we must sharpen our collective power as workers—whether salariat or precariat, waged or unwaged, in hierarchical or horizontal formations. This event intends to bring together radical voices in the Vancouver art/film community to listen, and respond to direct community experiences to demystify ongoing political and workplace struggles.

This discussion is a part of SUNSET SEDUCTION: Gatherings Against Institutional Capture, a three-part series consisting of a discussion, workshop, and screening with artist Charles de Agustin that will take place between February 19-23. These engagements investigate the tensions between nonprofit, state, and grassroots formations through the lens of cultural institutions in Vancouver, BC and beyond.