http://frugaltraveler.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/in-the-village-of-the...
“Your passport,” said the man standing guard, his voice muffled by a ski mask.
I handed over my passport, and he walked into a nearby shack, emerging a few minutes later to escort me in. Inside the shack, two men sat at a table, ledgers open, while three others stood around them. All wore ski masks as well, not — as I’d first thought — to ward off the chill but to hide their identities.
After October
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, 545 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011
http://www.elizabethdeegallery.com/
212 924 7545
October 18 - November 22, 2008
Andreas Bunte, Duncan Campbell, Thea Djordjadze, Matias Faldbakken, Claire Fontaine, Luca Frei, Cyprien Gaillard and Pia Rönicke
Organized by Tim Saltarelli
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 18, 6-8 pm
Review of DEEP TRANCE BEHAVIOR IN POTATOLAND
(A RICHARD FOREMAN THEATER MACHINE)
by Joseph Nechvatal
DEEP TRANCE BEHAVIOR IN POTATOLAND Photo @ Paula Court
IF/THEN
A Book Review of “Digital Contagions: A Media Archaeology of Computer Viruses” by Jussi Parikka (Peter Lang Books, 2007, 327 pages) by Joseph Nechvatal
{loop:file = get-random-executable-file;
if first-line-of-file = then goto loop;
prepend virus to file;}
2007 Almanac of Political Art is ready to download at
http://www.reunionprojects.org.uk
Editor at large: Sophie Hope
Guest Editors: Leigh French, Adam Jeanes and Simona Nastac
Production Team: Valentina Gottardi, Ann Harezlak and Lucy Parker
Bulgarian artist Ivan Moudov shows his "Fragments" project in this exhibition, as seen at the Venice Biennale.
Peacock Visual Arts
21 Castle Street
Aberdeen AB11 5BQ
25 August - 29 September, 2007
Curated by Atopia Projects
Lifting is a show at Peacock Visual Arts exploring instances when art gets in the way of what is considered "legal". The show creates an archive of historical and contemporary works of radical appropriation- how theft and vandalism are "lifted" from criminal behaviour and into the art sphere. The results are humourous and poignant revelations on the absurdity of the legal and social ideas of ownership, originality and copyright.
I have been using StumbleUpon for a little while now and it has been an enjoyable education for me. I have found various fascinating, cultural ideas and interesting links which I would not have discovered if I had remained using the same, usual channels for research.
The Parallax View
by Slavoj Zizek (MIT Press)
Reviewed by Frederic Jameson
The Politics of Aesthetics
Book Review of Jacques Rancière’s The Politics of Aesthetics : with reflections on Rancière’s art-politics in lieu of the Deleuzian/Guattarian perspective.
by Joseph Nechvatal
Jacques Rancière, The Politics of Aesthetics
With an afterward by Slavoj Zizek
Continuum Press, London and New York
