Per Kitsch ad astraJanuary 31

Let’s imagine we were all alone in the world. We would not like several things and we would like other things, we would perhaps be pleased by some things and we would not by other things, we would have our preferences. But this alone would not be a taste judgement. Taste judgement starts only where ...

January 31, 2007 at 7:14 pm | Exhibitions, Live-shows and performances, english | 1 comment

The Number you have dialed is not assignedJanuary 29

„The Number you have dialed is not assigned“ ist der Versuch, eine Hyperstruktur hörbar werden zu lassen. Das Medium Netzwerk erscheint durch ein zunächst anonymes Subjekt, das alle akustischen Ereignisse anklickt oder anwählt. Auf diese Weise bleibt die Perspektive immer bezeichnet. Der akustische Hörpfad des Zufalls zentriert sich durch ein Entscheidungen treffendes Subjekt. Warum aber versuchen wir, ein Medium (Computer/Netzwerk) in ...

January 29, 2007 at 5:39 pm | Online Showcase, Works to show (for exhibitors) | No comment

Toni Negri: MultitudeJanuary 24

Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (in italenischer Sprache) In seinem Vortrag geht Toni Negri davon aus, dass sich der Widerspruch zwischen Kapital und Arbeit heute in einem globalen Verhältnis ausdrückt. Dieses Verhältnis beschreibt er als eine Auseinandersetzung zwischen zwei sich gegenüberstehenden Seiten: der Multitude, einer produktiven Menge, die im Unterschied zu den revolutionären Subjekten der Vergangenheit ...

January 24, 2007 at 2:20 pm | Tele Lectures, Theory & Research | No comment

Do we need a World Constitution?January 20

The question of a World Constitution has two sides, because any constitution wants to be a real instrument of positive law. That is why one has to ask firstly the following questions: 1) Who could introduce such a constitution? 2) Would such a centralist judicial instrument really be desirable? The efforts of the ATTAC-movement over many years ...

January 20, 2007 at 10:24 am | Theory & Research, english | No comment

VideolettersJanuary 7

[deutscher Text siehe unten] Video letters were sent out by the 5th International Summer Academy for Performance Artists and Theatre Makers (August 23th to 28th 2004, Frankfurt/Main). The action was part of the Ad-hoc-Academy and represented a cooperation of the Expertenmobil and the Team of NEUE METHODE. Video letters put to the test the format Media for One. [visit ...

January 7, 2007 at 5:30 pm | Online Showcase, Works to show (for exhibitors), english | No comment

Florian Schneider: CollaborationJanuary 2

Collaboration - 7 notes on new ways of learning and working together If one principle could be seen to inform the opaque surface of what in the 1990s was called a "new economy" -- the shifts and changes, the dynamics and blockades, the emergencies and habit formations taking place within the realm of immaterial production -- it would certainly be: "Work together". Facing the challenges of digital ...

January 2, 2007 at 3:58 pm | Theory & Research, english | 2 comments