Ahistoric Occasion: Artists Making History February 17, 2007

At a time when the very idea of history seems under siege -- by governments grown forgetful, by media which assaults already shortened attention spans with ever tighter news cycles, and by historians themselves, who are provocatively re-interpreting long held truths -- artists are exploiting the material of history to shape and give new meaning to the present. 'Ahistoric Occasion' spotlights the growing interest in historic reenactment and revision in contemporary art.