Monthly Archives: May 2011
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Gil Scott-Heron, 1949-2011)
Gil Scott-Heron, poet and ‘bluesologist,’ dies
Filed under contemporary art, film and video
“All of us must be Bryan Simpsons” (Defend the Right to Protest, UK)
defendtherighttoprotest.org Bryan Simpson – a university student facing charges for occupying Millbank against education cuts SHOW SUPPPORT FOR PROTESTERS AT THEIR HEARINGS City of Westminster Magistrates Court, 70 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 2 THURS 9th JUNE, 9AM Hearings of students … Continue reading
The Russian Economic Miracle
Deloitte, one of the largest financial consulting companies in the world, has predicted that more than 1.2 million people in Russia will become dollar millionaires by 2020. Russia currently ranks 16th on Deloitte’s World Wealth List, with 375,000 dollar millionaires … Continue reading
Filed under Russian society
Bitter Winter in Belarus
Bitter Winter in Belarus http://www.fidh.org/Bitter-Winter-in-Belarus The FIDH 7-minute video Bitter Winter in Belarus denounces the violent repression exercised by the Belarus authorities against all the dissident voices that have protested against the rigging of the December 19, 2010 presidential elections. … Continue reading
“Kind of a sticky situation”: RT on Police Repression of Khimki Forest Defenders
The squeaky clean, neatly coiffured Anglophone kiddies on RT (formerly known as Russia Today) offer up a four-and-a-half-minute lesson in collaborationism: _____ Back in the non-RT-filtered real world, “security guards,” unidentified thugs, and “the police” continue to whack on the Khimki Forest … Continue reading
The Empty Plan/Theatre for a New Time (Oslo)
www.kunsthalloslo.no Anja Kirschner and David Panos: The Empty Plan Trine Falch: Theatre for a New Time May 14 — June 26, 2011 The exhibitions open on the evening of Friday 13th May with a screening of The Empty Plan at 18.00 (78 … Continue reading
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Carlos Motta: We Who Feel Differently (Bergen/Oslo)
Carlos Motta “We Who Feel Differently” wewhofeeldifferently.info Launch Events May 19: Gallery USF, Bergen, 7 pm May 20: Torpedo Books, Oslo, 7 pm Ctrl+Z Publishing ctrlz.no; arne@ctrlz.no Ctrl+Z Publishing and Gallery USF, Bergen are pleased to present “We Who Feel Differently”(wewhofeeldifferently.info) a new … Continue reading
Filed under contemporary art, feminism, gay rights
“Noblesse Oblige” as a Wrecking Ball (Paradny Kvartal, Petersburg)
Legality of Demolition of Historic Barracks Contested By Sergey Chernov The St. Petersburg Times May 11, 2011 (Issue # 1655) Another planning controversy is developing in the city, as more historic buildings in the center were demolished last week to … Continue reading
The Jet Set Junta
Buzz, buzz, go the brass electrodes as the flesh begins to peel… OpenSpace.Ru May 5, 2011 The Putin Style Gleb Napreenko Once, as I was walking along the Arbat after a discussion of Lacan’s ideas on the inevitable splitting of … Continue reading
Filed under contemporary art, critical thought, Russian society
May Day: The Missing Stanza (Saint Petersburg)
May Day: The Missing Stanza Directed by S. Krainykhvzlgliadov and Eugene Nevermind; voiceover texts by the directors and Bertolt Brecht Who? The [May Day] column organized by the Center for Workers’ Mutual Aid (TsVR) Today is May 1, 2011. The place: … Continue reading
