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Visual Studies Workshop Project Space Resident and experimental film and video artist Peggy Ahwesh will present OR119– her recent collaboration with filmmaker Jacqueline Goss – a theoretical musical based on the ideas of radical psychologist Wilhelm Reich. As Freud’s favorite student, Reich centered his study on the intersections of psychoanalysis and Marxism. Reich’s work advocates for a re-imagining of family structure and gender roles, sexual liberation for younger people and the working poor, and a deep understanding of the effect of fascisms on the body. OR119 includes quotations by Reich set to song and imaginary conversations between Reich and a number of contemporary feminist thinkers. This event includes a film screening and discussion with Ahwesh and one of the stars of the film: filmmaker and longtime collaborator Jennifer Montgomery. VSW Curator Tara Nelson will host the post-screening discussion.