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Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 170

Found Art (Soho): Unmonumental 170, originally uploaded by Joy Garnett (archive).

CULTURAL POLITICS 5:2 now out; ARTISTS' WEBSITE launched

Sarah Trigg
Aman Setu, 2008, acrylic on panel, 35 × 40 inches.

I am pleased to announce the publication of CULTURAL POLITICS Volume 5, Issue 2, July 2009, which is a General Issue. The new and much improved Cultural Politics’ Artists’ website is now up, and is exclusively dedicated to presenting the projects of artist contributors. This issue presents recent work by Brooklyn-based artist Sarah Trigg.

Please distribute widely.

Joy Garnett

Arts Editor, Cultural Politics

Cultural Politics’ Artists’ website: http://culturalpolitics.org

Official website

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Cultural Politics

Volume 5, Issue 2

July 2009

 

The Haunted Nomos: Activist-Artists and the (Im)possible Politics of Memory in Transitional Argentina

Vikki Bell and Mario D Paolantonio on the role that contemporary visual art and activist-artists have played in transitional Argentina

 

The Fantasy of the Elite Force Aviator: On Dolls and Desire

Neal Curtis explores the relationship between mimesis and fantasy and the changing face of the military-industrial complex

 

Activism, Acceleration, and the Humanist Aporia: Indymedia Intensified in the Age of Neoliberalism

Ingrid Hoofd considers the humanist aporia at work in the Indymedia project and the techno-acceleration of neoliberalism’s speed-elitism

 

Daily Markings on the Face of the Earth

Brooklyn based US artist Sarah Trigg discusses and presents her most recent series of paintings: satellite photographs, missiles, politics, and nonlinear history revealed as the land, sea, and airscapes of a truly paranoid humanity   

 

Organizing Networks: Notes on Collaborative Constitution, Translation, and the Work of Organization

Soenke Zehle and Ned Rossiter consider the return of political ontology, the critique of representation, and the antagonistic conception of the political

 

Book Review

The Cultural Politics of Once Were Warriors

Jo Smith on Emiel Martens’ Once Were Warriors and the ‘war of interpretation’ surrounding Maori writer Alan Duff’s novel and the film adaptation of the book by Lee Tamahori.

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About Cultural Politics

“Cultural Politics is a welcome and innovative addition.  In an academic universe already well populated with journals, it is carving out its own unique place—broad and a bit quirky.  It likes to leap between the theoretical and the concrete, so that it is never boring and often filled with illuminating glimpses into the intellectual and cultural worlds.” Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina, USA.

 

Edited by

John Armitage, Northumbria University, UK 
Ryan Bishop, National University of Singapore, Singapore 
Douglas Kellner, University of California, Los Angeles, USA

 

Cultural Politics is an international, refereed journal that explores the global character and effects of contemporary culture and politics. It analyzes how cultural identities, agencies and actors, political issues and conflicts, and global media are linked, characterized, examined and resolved. In doing so, the journal explores precisely what is cultural about politics and what is political about culture. It investigates the marginalized and outer regions of this complex and interdisciplinary subject area.

Each issue publishes artwork by selected artists reflecting contemporary cultural and political issues.

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Joy Episalla, 'scarf dissolves' @ SENZA FRONTIERE Film Festival

Joy Episalla: scarf dissolves (still).

scarf dissolves,  by Joy Episalla, video loop on 4 monitors.
This work raises questions about how individuals overlap and merge — transforming time, gender and the body through gestures of touch, memory and their relationship to nature.

lo scialle si dissolve, video loop  di Joy Episalla.
Quest’opera mette in evidenza come gli individui si sovrappongono e confluiscono - trasformando tempo, genere e corpo attraverso gesti, ricordi e rapporto con la natura.

JULY 1, 2, 3  2009
Time, each day: h 16.00 — h 21.30
opening: Wednesday July 1: h 16.00 — h 21.30

CASA DEL
CINEMA
Largo Marcello Mastroianni 1
www.casa del cinema.it
Tel: 06 808 8854

Schedule & Programming

Official Site

SENZA FRONTIERE mostra films capaci di scoprire quanto abbiamo in comune noi esseri umani.  Il cinema ha l'opportunità di raccontare storie, che  dissolvono le barriere sia fisiche che mentali.     

SENZA FRONTIERE shows films that embrace a common humanity among people. Filmmakers expose powerful stories, which transcend mental and physical borders.

Mamma Don't Take My Kodachrome Away

Photo via flickr: lreed7649. View more photos tagged with “kodachrome” and also in the Kodachrome group pool.

originally spotted at flickr blog.

via A Thousand Words (Kodak), June 22, 2009:

A Tribute to KODACHROME: A Photography Icon
They say all good things in life come to an end. Today we announced that Kodak will retire KODACHROME Film, concluding its 74-year run.

It was a difficult decision, given its rich history. At the end of the day, photographers have told us and showed us they've moved on to newer other Kodak films and/or digital. KODACHROME Film currently represents a fraction of one percent of our film sales. We at Kodak want to celebrate with you the rich history of this storied film. Feel free to share with us your fondest memories of Kodachrome.

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Iran: What You Need to Know, NYU, Tuesday June 23

Iran: What You Need to Know
A Teach-In

Host: NYU Kevorkian Center & AMEJA & The Make Agency

Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Cantor Film Center ; Street: 36 E. 8th Street [MAP]

Email: IranTeachIn@hotmail.com

The recent events in Iran have left many of us with questions. Why are there demonstrations and violence in the streets of Iran? How are the events there relevant to us here? What is our role here in the US and how can we support the people of Iran in this time of turmoil?

A EVENING TEACH-IN IS TAKING PLACE for journalists, students, academics, and any one interested in gaining a better understanding of the incredible images and stories emerging from Iran over the past week. We will have eyewitness accounts from people who have just returned from Iran and reports from journalists who have been covering Iran for the past few years.


SPEAKERS:

Arang Keshavarzian is Associate Professor in the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at New York University. He has just returned from Iran, where he spent the last three weeks following the election campaign and its immediate aftermath and he will give an eyewitness account of the events there.

Golnoush Niknejad is the editor and founder of Tehran Bureau (www.tehranbureau.com), an online magazine launched this year. Tehran Bureau carried out extensive coverage of the recent Presidential elections and now continues to overcome the Iranian government filters and has become one of the main news sources from within Iran.

Kouross Esmaeli is an Iranian-American independent journalist and filmmaker working with Big Noise Film collective. He has been reporting from Iran for the past four years for Aljazeera English, Press TV and Current TV. He is also a member of Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association.

Sponsored by the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies at New York University & the Arab and Middle Eastern Journalist Association & The Make Agency.