we’ll be watching the second episode of “all watched over by machines of loving grace”. the second episode is about (among other things) the creation of the concept of the ecosystem.
the following week we will be discussing Call again (the ajoda version mostly, but read whatever version you can get or that you like), with increased scrutiny and the question of what would it be like to write something like that for the bay area…
the plan is to show episode one of adam curtis’ new series – watched over by machines of loving grace.
this assumes that someone will show up who can get the video to work off of a usb key. sigh.
we think that the following week will be the second episode, but we won’t show the third episode because it is not good 🙁 .
POTLUCK!
come early (7pm), bring good food (pref vegan, nut free, gluten free and delicious).
there are two readings:
1) The Origin of Science and Art from The Art of Tracking: The Origin of Science by Louis Liebenberg – available at http://www.mediafire.com/?0910m1l3seqdkzi
2 notes on this text: first, the first page of the printout is for chapter 3 which defines “simple tracking”, “systematic tracking”, and “speculative tracking” which are terms discussed in chapter 4 and second, “a.m. Homo Sapiens” means anatomically modern Homo Sapiens.
2) The Case Against Art by John Zerzan available at http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/John_Zerzan__The_Case_Against_Art.html
we will be reading Coda: Every Work of Art Is an Uncommitted Crime. it is a chapter from Transgressions: The Offences of Art by Anthony Julius. the reading is available at http://www.mediafire.com/?h7sg5sxlomc9z12
we will be reading chapters 1 and 3 from Allan Antliff’s Anarchy and Art. it is available at http://www.mediafire.com/?5nyycl6mbqsrale
proposed by alden, with no explanation — an article by dauve, available online at the following locations…
FOR PRINTING:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34447366/AN%20-%20Gilles%20Dauve%20Zine%20IMPOSED.pdf
FOR READING
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/34447366/AN%20-%20Gilles%20Dauve%20Zine%20READING.pdf
we will be discussing Green Hermeticism by Peter Lamborn Wilson available at http://www.mediafire.com/?9e60c2wc09gix2v
On the 21st we will be finishing up our reading of Chris Kraus from 6/14.
Then we will be moving on to a discussion of “A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto” by Eric Hughes, “The Crypto Anarchist Manifesto” by Timothy C. May and “Libertaria in Cyberspace or Cyberspace more hospitable to ideas of liberty and crypto anarchy” by Tim May all available at http://www.mediafire.com/?2pa551559j966b1
we will be reading Letter to Chris Kraus, °1: ‘Kiss Me,’ ‘Fuck Me,’ or ‘Rape Me’ by D.E. Machina.
you can get nicely formatted versions from http://petroleusepress.com/download or read it at http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/14311
POTLUCK!
come an hour early (7pm) to share food and non-reading-related conversation…
the reading for this week is http://theanarchistlibrary.org/HTML/Anonymous__Uncontrollable__Contributions_Towards_a_Conscious_Nihilism.html
also available at http://anarchistnews.org/?q=node/14647 (which does not get the full approval of the greeks, btw, but details have not yet been forthcoming).