¡Buen Vivir! Gallery Grand Re-opening: Triumph and Tragedy – movements for change around the world
Last Chance to see Communications Equipment Seized by FBI @ ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery Live & in Person
¡Buen Vivir! Gallery Closing Reception July 26, 3 – 5 p.m.
Featuring former Earth Liberation Front Press Officer Leslie James Pickering and Civil Rights Attorney Michael Kuzma
¡Buen Vivir! Gallery Special Event
148 Elmwood Avenue, Allentown in Buffalo
Returned Object: A Multimedia Art Installation
Communications Equipment Seized by FBI from Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001 – Released 14 Years Later
This is the last chance @ the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery to see the items seized in an April 5, 2001 raid by a Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI on the Earth Liberation Front Press Office in Portland, OR. These returned objects, fourteen years after the raid, include fax machines, computers, a cell phone, floppy discs, and typewriters. The communications equipment seized belonged to the former ELF press officers, including current Buffalo Burning Books co-owner, Leslie James Pickering.
Also on display will be photographs and clips of media coverage taken during the raid, as well as FBI documents.
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Gallery Open hours remaining for this Installation: Through the 23rd from 1-4 p.m. Also open 23 and 24 from 6-9 p.m. The last showings will be July 25 and 26 from 1-3 p.m. followed by the Closing Reception from 3 – 5 p.m. Wine and light snacks will be served at the Closing Reception.
Sponsored by: Burning Books, Buffalo Committee Against State Repression, Squeaky Wheel, Global Justice Ecology Project, and ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery
Opening shots: FBI Seized Objects on Display
Returned Objects: A Multimedia Art Installation opened on Wednesday, July 15 at the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery in Buffalo, NY.
The installation includes items seized in an April 5, 2001 raid by a Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI on the Earth Liberation Front Press Office in Portland, OR. These objects, returned fourteen years after the raid, include fax machines, computers, a cell phone, phone books, and typewriters. The communications equipment seized belonged to the former ELF press officers, including current Buffalo Burning Books co-owner, Leslie James Pickering.
Orin Langelle, curator of the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery opens installation welcoming guests and thanking all those who helped put the show together. Photo: Petermann/GJEP
Although the gallery was prepared and lighting completed, with news clips rolling and photos and documents mounted on the wall prior to the opening on the 15th, the shipment of returned objects arrived at the gallery in boxes around 6:30 a.m. that morning, making for an interesting scramble for those working on the installation. The installation was finished at 6:02 p.m. – only two minutes late.
Leslie James Pickering, former Earth Liberation Front press officer, and co-owner of Buffalo’s Burning Books, begins to explain the objects on display. Photo: Petermann/GJEP
The last time Pickering saw the returned objects was fourteen years ago. Pickering continues to be watched by the FBI even though there was never any evidence that he participated in any action with the Earth Liberation Front.
Attorney Michael Kuzma, one of Pickering’s attorneys, speaks to the crowd. Photo: Doyle/GJEP
“The seizure of computers and other office equipment by the FBI from Leslie James Pickering and Craig Rosebraugh’s residence was aimed at crippling the ELF Press Office,” was one of Michael Kuzma’s statements on display at the gallery.
Pickering (left) holds old Nokia mobile phone seized by FBI fourteen years ago. Photo: Doyle/GJEP
Woman watches the presentation through the window of the gallery’s front display space as part of the overflow crowd that did not fit into the packed room. Photo: Petermann/GJEP
Outside of gallery. Attorney Daire B. Irwin (left). Photo: Petermann/GJEP
Another shot of Kuzma; this time looking at some of the items on display. Photo: Petermann/GJEP
Another of Kuzma’s statements on the gallery wall read, “The primary mission of the FBI is to monitor and crush domestic political dissent. In the case of Pickering and Rosebraugh, the FBI failed miserably in its attempt to quash Leslie and Craig’s First Amendment rights. Both Leslie and Craig remain committed to the fight for political, social and economic justice.”
The installation will be on display until July 26th in the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery, 148 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo NY.
Hours and more information about the art installation can be found here and:
Special Closing Reception, Sunday, July 26th – 3 to 5 p.m.
Former ELF Press Officer Leslie James Pickering and civil rights attorney Michael Kuzma will speak at the closing
Seized objects by the FBI returned 14 years after raid
Former Earth Liberation Front press officer, James Leslie Pickering unloading a box of items seized in a raid 14 years ago at the ELF Press Office in Oregon. Global Justice Ecology Project’s Anne Petermann is on the left. The returned objects will be on display at the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery in Buffalo, NY. through July 26. Photo: Langelle
Special Gallery Event – Opening July 15th, 6-9 p.m.
Returned Objects:
A Multimedia Art Installation
Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001
Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later
This multimedia art installation of returned objects, Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001: Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later, opens on July 15 from 6-9 p.m. The installation runs through July 26th.
On display will be items seized in an April 5, 2001 raid by a Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI on the Earth Liberation Front Press Office in Portland, OR. These returned objects, fourteen years after the raid, include fax machines, computers, a cell phone, phone books, and typewriters. The communications equipment seized belonged to the former ELF press officers, including current Buffalo Burning Books co-owner, Leslie James Pickering. – More on Exhibit
¡Buen Vivir! Gallery Special Event – Opening July 15th
Sponsored by: Burning Books, Buffalo Committee Against State Repression, Squeaky Wheel, Global Justice Ecology Project, and ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery
For a very good article that explains more of what happened regarding the raid, please see Michael I. Niman’s online version Radical Time Capsule in Buffalo’s The Public.
Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001: Returned Objects
Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001: Returned Objects
Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later
This multimedia art installation of returned objects, Earth Liberation Front Press Office April 5, 2001: Returned Objects – Communications Equipment Seized by FBI Released 14 Years Later, opens on July 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery in Buffalo’s historic Allentown.
On display will be items seized in an April 5, 2001 raid by a Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI on the Earth Liberation Front Press Office in Portland, OR. These returned objects, fourteen years after the raid, include fax machines, computers, a cell phone, phone books, and typewriters. The communications equipment seized belonged to the former ELF press officers, including current Buffalo Burning Books co-owner, Leslie James Pickering.
Also on display will be photographs and clips of media coverage taken during the raid, as well as official FBI documents.
Former ELF Press Officer Leslie James Pickering and civil rights attorney Michael Kuzma will speak at 7 p.m.during the opening on July 15.
The installation runs through July 26th.
¡Buen Vivir! Gallery, 148 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY
Opening: July 15, 6-9 p.m.
Gallery Open hours: Monday through Friday 1-4 p,m. Also open July 16, 17, 23 and 24 from 6-9 p.m. The last showings will be July 25 and 26 from 1-3 p.m.
Sponsored by: Burning Books, Buffalo Committee Against State Repression, Global Justice Ecology Project, ¡Buen Vivir! Gallery
Contact: Kip Doyle, kip@globaljusticeecology.net, 716,867.4080
