Steve Kurtz , member of the Critical Art Ensemble and SUNY at Buffalo art professor, joins us this week as we discuss the surreal events of these past four years of his life. On May 11, 2004, Steve Kurtz called 911 from his Buffalo, NY home when he found that his wife had died in her sleep. While attending to the call the police became suspicious and called the FBI after they saw parts of Steve's art project that included standard laboratory equipment. The case exemplifies both the bizarre and dangerous effects of the Bush War on Terrorism, and how the FBI and new laws such as the Patriot Act have been used to target important work of regular citizens that is critical of the corporate state.
Now that a judge has dismissed all the government charges against Kurtz, he is free to discuss the details of the case. Currently, the Critical Art Ensemble and the Institute for Applied Autonomy is showing SEIZED, an art show the centers around the materials taken from Kurtz's House by FBI 4 years. The show runs through July 18, 2008 at Hallwalls Contemporary Art Center in Buffalo, NY.

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