Charlie Hebdo
Submitted by Phil on Jan 9 2015 18:25
Earlier this week, gunmen attacked the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and murdered several of its cartoonists. Some thoughts on the various issues that have arisen out of this event.
Mairet, Alexandre, 1880-1947
Submitted by Battlescarred on Oct 31 2014 15:44
A look at the life and work of the Swiss anarchist artist Alexandre Mairet, noted for his woodcuts.
Black Circle Records: Reflections on the consequences of conflict in light of the ongoing Israeli offensive in Gaza
Submitted by DanielBaker777 on Jul 31 2014 15:16
Black Circle Records have released a compilation of underground noise/electronic/abstract/weirdo sounds reflecting on the Israeli states current offensive in Gaza.
Haden, Charlie, 1937-2014
Submitted by DanielBaker777 on Jul 15 2014 13:23
A short obituary of the seminal jazz bassist and anti-war activist Charlie Haden, who died last week.
"God didn't die, he was transformed into money" - An interview with Giorgio Agamben - Peppe Savà
A 2012 interview with the Italian philosopher, who expresses his views on the economic crisis, capitalism as a religion (Benjamin), the role of history in European cultural identity, “bio-politics”, the “state of exception”, and the fate of contemporary art (“trapped between the Scylla of the museum and the Charybdis of commodification”).
Zines and underground comics of the 1980s and 1990s
Submitted by Juan Conatz on Dec 16 2013 03:06
A blogpost about various 'zines, underground comics and alternative publications I was exposed to during the late 1980s and 1990s.
Situationist International anthology - Ken Knabb
E-book of the most comprehensive collection of writings of the Situationist International in English translated and compiled by Ken Knabb.
Throwing a Wrench in the "Capitalism Works" Piece
Submitted by Cindy Milstein on Sep 13 2013 18:53
I'm not sure quite where to start my rant on this public art project in Times Square by Steve Lambert (http://gothamist.com/2013/09/12/talk_about_capitalism_in_the_heart.php), given that it perturbs me on so many levels. The artist might respond, "That's the point!" And certainly I'd like to respond, "You're right!" Instead, my first disgruntlement with this piece it that it only appears to perturb, and so cleverly.
Notes on "the Situationist International: the art of historical intervention" - Miguel Amorós
Submitted by Alias Recluse on Aug 11 2013 18:35
A short summary of the history of the Situationist International, with brief discussions of its artistic origins, its significance as the “the most political artistic vanguard and the most artistic political vanguard” of its time, the role of the critique of everyday life in the development of its project, and the recuperation of many situationist themes by capitalism since May ’68, whose achievements with regard to individual freedom "were nothing but the pale reflection of the freedom of the market”.
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