Lecture: Creative Responses to War
Matt Weston

Albany-based musician

December 9, 2011, 12:00pm - 1:00pm

Matt Weston

Discussions with guests from Skidmore and surrounding communities on the projects they created about war. A brown bag lunch event series. Coffee and cookies provided. Organized in conjunction with the Tang exhibition Behind Those Planes Are The Stars.

Matt Weston plays percussion and electronics, and has performed throughout the U. S. and Europe. His piece "For Alexandros Grigoropoulos" was commissioned by the Greek label A Question Of Re-Entry. Grigoropoulos was a 15-year-old Greek youth whose murder by Athens police in 2008 sparked a wave of protests and street battles with police across Greece. http://www.mattweston.com/

Filed Under: Talks + Readings

Published: October 17th 2011