Monthly Archives: January 2011
Valences of the Contemporary Police State: “The Rise of Street Extremism” in the UK
First this, from F for Philistine: UK Uncut protested today [January 30] at Boots, who avoided a £87m tax bill last year by relocating their head offices to Switzerland. Protesters were today handing out leaflets, and occupying the store since the … Continue reading
Filed under activism, film and video, political repression, protests
Chto Delat: What Is To Be Done Between Tragedy and Farce? (Amsterdam)
http://www.smartprojectspace.net For their new exhibition at SMART Project Space, ‘What Is To Be Done Between Tragedy and Farce?’, Chto Delat map the complexity of Russia’s political and social context in the form of a comprehensive programme consisting of spatial installations, … Continue reading
Filed under art exhibitions, contemporary art, film and video, Russian society
Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones
Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones (2003; Harvey Wang, director; Best Documentary Short, 2003 Tribeca Film Festival) This short film celebrates the life’s work of photographer Milton Rogovin, who was 93 when this film was shot. After being blacklisted by the … Continue reading
Reartikulacija No. 10,11,12 and 13 Is Out!
FORMATION OF RADICAL CRITICAL PRACTICE: THERE IS NO RADICAL PRACTICE WITHOUT RADICAL THEORY. YET, THERE’S MUCH MORE TO IT! What is the point of criticizing the system today when there has already been so much written about it? Or better, … Continue reading
Filed under contemporary art, critical thought
Owen Hatherley: The Occupation of Space
0penDemocracy Owen Hatherley The Occupation of Space Sometimes, the self-referential, apolitical worlds of art and architecture intersect with politics in unexpected ways. One such telling cross-over took place during the winter’s student protests; on the same day as the 30 November … Continue reading
January 19 Committee: Art Against Nazism (Call for Artworks)
http://19jan.ru/ Emory Douglas, one of the greatest political graphic artists of the twentieth century, minister of culture of the Black Panther Party (1967-1980), and illustrator of the party’s weekly newspaper, will take part in the graphic art marathon initiated by the … Continue reading
January 19 Committee: Call for Antifascist Demonstration, January 19, Moscow
http://19jan.ru/ Call for Antifascist Demonstration, January 19, 2011, Moscow January 19, 2011 will mark the second anniversary of the murders of two antifascists, lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova. They were murdered in Moscow in broad daylight, shot in … Continue reading
David Riff: Notes on Voina
David Riff Notes on Voina There are moments in life that make the fineries of art criticism seem inappropriate. Аesthetic differences are overshadowed by political choice: either yes or no, for or against. The arrest of two key artist-activists from … Continue reading
