December 2010
87 posts
“and yet my own art feels like the bloody aborted foetus of a woman with theory...”
– moving on « Come Downstairs Now
new film from JR
Bande Annonce Women Are Heroes JR’s art’s always sick. Unsure how this will be though—hopefully not 90 mins on resilliance, fortitude, etc etc of brown women
“As I’ve said before, the black bloc as a tactic is a form of patriarchal...”
– what the enemy is wearing… « The Boulevardier
this is interesting. i don’t know how many times i’ve looked around at an action and noticed that the only people wearing any smidgen of colour are the poc. there’s still something to be said for the anonymity though—its efficacy re security...
Let Them Eat Meat : Interview With an Ex-Vegan:... →
Pretty much been veg all my life (ie since birth); never very seriously considered veganism, but this (also Vegans of Color in general) is a good read
“having only contempt for every existing political party, and profound hatred for...”
– t.s. eliot, letter to a friend, 1921
ignoblebeasts
“With writing, history in the narrower sense begins as a struggle against...”
– Vilém Flusser, Towards a Philosophy of Photography (via dissemination) ahh, I’ve been meaning to read this pretty badly
a serious question
“transgressive criticism”
Can it exist? What would it look like/involve?
“i shall speak of ghost, of flame, and of ashes.
and of what, for heidegger,...”
– derrida, of spirit: heidegger and the question (via rosesforstalin)
“Let me say right from the start that I know I shouldn’t do this. Arguing...”
– New Statesman - A response to Alex Callinicos.
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flipper, duende, exclamation marx
Cute! Generic Flipper on repeat to digging up this old paper—the very first writing exercise in University Writing, aka normalised college writing 101. Flipper! Duende! Black sounds, gut-punch mortality, turbulence and so on! I need to return to Lorca’s original piece in a pretty thorough way, but I particularly remember the emphasis on embodied arts. Algo/programmed/coded works are...
“Any man who carries a hyphen about with him carries a dagger that he is ready to...”
– Woodrow Wilson, talking about “hyphenated Americans” (via victron)
