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"There is tenderness only in the coarsest demand: that no-one shall go hungry any more" – Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia (1974: 156)

Category Archives: Contemporary Practice

Immaterial Labour isn’t Working

I’m really excited to be participating in Immaterial Labour isn’t Working (#ILIW13). #ILIW13 is a series of events, texts and other contributions that will bring together academics, artists and activists … Continue reading

March 21, 2013 · Leave a comment

W.J.T. Mitchell on the “Arts of Occupation”

In a recent issue of Critical Inquiry, W.J.T. Mitchell examines the particular image (or imaginary) that, in his view, links the Occupy Movement to the Arab Spring. The article is … Continue reading

December 12, 2012 · 2 Comments

The State of Things: Biennale di Venezia

Somehow missed this! Some of the talks with videos are already available here. Courtesy of the OCA: The Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), as commissioner of Norway’s representation at … Continue reading

August 29, 2011 · 1 Comment

WE HAVE OUR OWN CONCEPT OF TIME AND MOTION

Fascinating series of events/workshops at the Auto Italia space in South London. Text courtesy of Auto Italia 25th – 28th August 2011 Open from 12 noon each day Audio recordings released daily … Continue reading

August 25, 2011 · Leave a comment

Arts Against the Cuts Weekend

Courtesy of Nina Power at Infinite Thought: ARTS AGAINST CUTS // DIRECT WEEKEND THIS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY [Jan 15th and 16th] Camberwell College of Art, Wilson Road Building (off Peckham … Continue reading

January 14, 2011 · Leave a comment

Back in the Saddle: Roundup for November 20

I’m finally on the mend from an illness I picked up in Paris a few weeks ago. Lots to catch up on not least the first stirrings of co-ordinated action … Continue reading

November 20, 2010 · Leave a comment

Round-up: October 28, 2010

1. Nina Power’s Infinite Thought Blog has posted details of an upcoming talk by Martha Nussbaum in London entitled: “Not for Profit: Why Democracy needs the Humanities.” How appropriate and timely! … Continue reading

October 28, 2010 · Leave a comment

Iniva Talk: July 8, 2010

A couple of months ago I was asked to give a talk at Iniva in London as part of the Whose Map is it? exhibition. The exhibition focused on the way … Continue reading

September 9, 2010 · Leave a comment

Nottingham Sideshow Website Live/LAB Events (Sept. 18-19)

The Sideshow website has now gone live. Sideshow will be supporting the British Art Show when in opens in Nottingham in October. The website can be accessed here: http://www.sideshow2010.org/ssfrontpage One … Continue reading

August 20, 2010 · Leave a comment

From Extreme Realism to Traumatic Cartography

In between archival trips and transcriptions I was lucky enough to catch a couple of excellent exhibitions on Friday. This year’s Berlin Biennale, entitled “what is waiting out there”, adopts … Continue reading

August 3, 2010 · Leave a comment