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University of Trash NYC

Mon, 25 May 2009 06:55:27 -0400

Start: 05/10/2009 - 04:53

End: 08/03/2009 - 04:53

a project by Michael Cataldi and Nils Norman
Exhibition: May 10 – August 3, 2009

The University of Trash is an experiment in alternative architecture, urbanism, and pedagogy produced through Sculpture Center’s artist-in-residence program. Drawing from utopian ideals and radical urban projects undertaken since the 1960s, the artists will create an installation that functions as a temporary, makeshift University - hosting courses, lectures, presentations, and workshops. A Free Skool program will operate within the University, offering the public the opportunity to propose their own courses - open and free for all sign up and attend throughout the duration of the exhibition. To see all events or to make a proposal for an event, please visit www.universityoftrash.org.

Confronting Capitalism's Economic Crisis

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:45:53 -0400

Start: 06/23/2009 - 19:00

End: 07/28/2009 - 21:00

Confronting Capitalism's Economic Crisis
Meeting & 4-part Seminar

All events at TRS, 44 East 32nd St., 11th floor,
New York, NY, from 7 pm to 9 pm

Sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative

TUESDAY, JUNE 23: PUBLIC MEETING

"The Economic Crisis and Left Responses," a talk by
Andrew Kliman, author of Reclaiming Marx's "Capital":
A Refutation of the Myth of Inconsistency.

"A New Organization for a Time of Crisis," a talk by
Anne Jaclard, National Secretary, Marxist-Humanist Initiative

Talks followed by open discussion. Donation requested.

Revisiting /Revising the Avant-Garde. July 3rd, 2009. London

Mon, 25 May 2009 16:45:55 -0400

Start: 07/03/2009 - 23:14

End: 07/03/2009 - 23:14

Revisiting /Revising the Avant-Garde. 3 July 2009.
Visual and Material Culture Research Centre
Kingston University, London.

The concept of the avant-garde is arguably the most important and influential one in the history of modern art, but it is a notion often left unexamined. We are prompted to ask - which avant-garde? In the context of the recent popularity of a return to the issues of modernism within contemporary art and criticism, this conference proposes a critical re-engagement with the theory, histories and politics of the avant-garde.

Affective Politics & the Imagination of Everyday Resistance Class NYC July-August

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:31:22 -0400

Start: 07/15/2009 - 10:29

End: 08/26/2009 - 10:29

Affective Politics & the Imagination of Everyday Resistance
Bluestockings
Wednesdays 4–6 PM from July 15th – August 26th
172 Allen Street between Stanton and Rivington, NYC •
Instructors: Jack Z. Bratich & Stevphen Shukaitis

Recently, “affect” has been a key concept for research in politics, aesthetics, marketing, neuroscience, and sociology. This course seeks to draw together some of the more innovative work within this “affective turn,” focusing on the political composition of subjectivities, especially via cultural practices. After a survey of some conceptual foundations of affectivity, we explore its relation to group-formation, labor, technology, value, passions (fear, panic, trauma, joy, love), actions, and creativity. The course will feature guest speakers engaged in affective politics and involve group discussions on the affective nature of practices participants are involved in.

For more information / readings: http://stevphen.mahost.org/affectivepolitics.html

The Workers' Economy: Work and Self-Management in Times of Global Crisis July 2009 Buenos Aires

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:57:12 -0400

Start: 07/29/2009 - 07:54

End: 08/01/2009 - 07:54

“THE WORKERS’ ECONOMY: WORK AND SELF-MANAGEMENT IN  TIMES OF GLOBAL CRISIS
Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, University of Buenos Aires
July 29-August 1, 2009
University of Buenos Aires, Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, Puan 470, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina

The Facultad Abierta (Open University) Program of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters at the University of Buenos Aires, together with a group of academic institutions, social movements, labor organizations, and other workers’ groups from Argentina and beyond, invites you to the Second International Gathering on “The Workers’ Economy” on the theme of “Work and Self-management in Times of Global Crisis.” We welcome all who have thought about the problems, challenges, and possibilities of achieving an alternative economic reality, including academics committed to social transformation and individuals and organizations actually practicing alternative forms of social organization, politics, and self-management.