Media Advisory

For Immediate Release: September 20, 2005

Contact: Celia Alario: 310.721.6517

Guerilla Slide Show Spectacle in Downtown LA

Uses Building as Screen for Massive Art Projection

Event to Shed a Powerful Light on Child Abuse

Artists and Community Activists Unite in Plea for Leadership in Prosecution



What: A powerful, massive guerilla slide show projected onto buildings in Downtown Los Angeles to draw attention to child abuse and call for leadership in prosecuting offenders. This light spectacle event will utilize state of the art technology and potent images by local artists, projected on a massive scale, with Los Angeles buildings as the screen.

Who: Abolish Abuse, which is a collaboration between local artists and community groups dedicated to ending child abuse in all forms. This group includes founding members Art Saves Lives and SD Children.

When: TONIGHT, Tuesday September 21, 2005, 9:00PM

Where: Downtown: LA City Hall, 200 N Spring St Los Angeles, CA 90012

Why: “Our personal treatment requires that we reach out to others and push past the shame that surrounds childhood sexual abuse. This treatment means taking action to inform others and be a resource for others to understand and prevent future child abuse. Tonight’s event is a way for us to express our deep and painful recovery, and to ask for leadership from those with the power to impact these issues. With our art we will shed a powerful light on child abuse, and inspire support for its end.” -Member of Abolish Abuse.



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