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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”.