VIDEO:  8th and Seneca 8th and Seneca is currently showing at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle. COCA, the 911 Media Arts Center, and the Independent Media Center are presenting a "multi-venue exhibition that draws a portrait of Seattle during a particularly wakeful moment through photography, painting, handbills and video." The Whole World is Watching: Art, Images and Literature from the WTO Protests May 26- July 1, 2000 Seattle, WA This 30 minute video chronicles the events that transpired at one of the intersections surrounding the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle on the morning of November 30, 1999. To stream 8th and Seneca, click on your connection speed: 28 or 56 kbps, or DSL or better. You will need the RealPlayer to view these files. This morning was the opening round of meetings for the World Trade Organization's 1999 Seattle conference. Thousands of protestors congregated in Seattle to voice their opposition to various aspects of the WTO. The people, their messages, and their strategies of communication varied widely. A giant march was staged that included the AFL/CIO union forces. Several "anarchists" smashed in windows. A large number of activists staged a peaceful direct action against the WTO by surrounding the building where the meetings were to be held and barricading all of the entrances with their bodies. Their goal was to disrupt the meetings, and also to draw media attention, and thereby, global attention to the existance of WTO and some of its dangerous practices. The video follows the development of the relationship between the protestors and the police at one of these entrances from beginning to end. At this intersection, both sides of the conflict are victims of the situation. Did you follow the protests of this meeting on television, in the papers, on the web? Were you in Seattle? Were you at this intersection? This video is the view from eyes, what did you see? The video was installed at the Center on Contemporary Art in Seattle from May 26 - July 1, 2000 for a juried exhibit of art inspired by the WTO protests: The Whole World is Watching.