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+ | -Tactical Media- | ||
− | + | visiting artist: Patrick Lichty | |
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+ | what is tactical media? A critique of existing power structures that provokes thought/action | ||
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+ | situationists - | ||
+ | *creative disruption of everyday life (grafitti ) | ||
+ | *started in France in 1957, against rigid and static ideologies like Marxism. *Wanted to be living, responsive. | ||
+ | *detournement (subverting elements of popular culture) | ||
+ | *The Situationists, or Situs, were the first revolutionary group to analyze capitalism in its current consumerist form. | ||
+ | *Anti-capitalist | ||
+ | [http://libcom.org/library/society-of-the-spectacle-debord] | ||
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+ | Clerks | ||
+ | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Et5S_alCE] | ||
+ | *bad attitude | ||
+ | *master of own destiny, but not really – bound by convention, “title” | ||
+ | *acting out is a form of rebellion, since revolution is not possible | ||
+ | *revolution: bolshevik, cruel supression, hunger, 12 hr. work day | ||
+ | *resistance: cultural critique, disruption | ||
+ | *clerks – doing things slowly, screwing up, being rude,undermining the existence of the store, alienating customers – exerting power in whatever small ways are possible | ||
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+ | Rtmark | ||
+ | [http://www.rtmark.com/vidbity.html] | ||
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+ | The Yes Men | ||
+ | [http://theyesmen.org/] | ||
+ | bhopal excerpts | ||
+ | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiWlvBro9eI] | ||
+ | [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lScyQYUHLA] | ||
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+ | Critical Art Ensemble | ||
+ | [http://www.critical-art.net/] | ||
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+ | Situationists | ||
+ | concerned about the meaning of place – psychogeography | ||
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+ | borders representative of capitalist culture | ||
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+ | allow free flow of goods (NAFTA), but not of people – us/mexico border as an example | ||
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+ | illegal immigrants crossing sign in San Diego | ||
+ | [http://www.utsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050410/news_1n10signs.html] | ||
+ | new titles by DoEAT: Wanted, Free Market, No Benefits, Now Hiring | ||
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+ | why cybraceros – alex rivera | ||
+ | subverting the “infomercial” | ||
+ | [https://vimeo.com/46513267] | ||
+ | start at 2:48 | ||
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+ | Rafael Fajardo | ||
+ | Crosser | ||
+ | [http://www.rafaelfajardo.com/projects/crosser.html] | ||
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+ | Christiane Paul article | ||
+ | [http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/rt/printerFriendly/1616/1531#p11] | ||
+ | Political Activism, Hacktivism and Tactical Media | ||
+ | question about internal structure of art/activism groups | ||
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+ | They Rule | ||
+ | [http://www.theyrule.net/] | ||
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+ | -reading- | ||
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+ | intro Rita Raley “Tactical Media” | ||
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+ | Christiane Paul article | ||
+ | [http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/rt/printerFriendly/1616/1531#p11] | ||
+ | chapter: Political Activism, Hacktivism and Tactical Media | ||
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+ | [[Category:IAM Classes]][[Category:Public Art]] |
Latest revision as of 15:10, 23 April 2013
April 23 -- -Tactical Media-
visiting artist: Patrick Lichty
what is tactical media? A critique of existing power structures that provokes thought/action
situationists -
- creative disruption of everyday life (grafitti )
- started in France in 1957, against rigid and static ideologies like Marxism. *Wanted to be living, responsive.
- detournement (subverting elements of popular culture)
- The Situationists, or Situs, were the first revolutionary group to analyze capitalism in its current consumerist form.
- Anti-capitalist
Clerks [2]
- bad attitude
- master of own destiny, but not really – bound by convention, “title”
- acting out is a form of rebellion, since revolution is not possible
- revolution: bolshevik, cruel supression, hunger, 12 hr. work day
- resistance: cultural critique, disruption
- clerks – doing things slowly, screwing up, being rude,undermining the existence of the store, alienating customers – exerting power in whatever small ways are possible
Rtmark [3]
The Yes Men
[4]
bhopal excerpts
[5]
[6]
Critical Art Ensemble
[7]
Situationists
concerned about the meaning of place – psychogeography
borders representative of capitalist culture
allow free flow of goods (NAFTA), but not of people – us/mexico border as an example
illegal immigrants crossing sign in San Diego [8] new titles by DoEAT: Wanted, Free Market, No Benefits, Now Hiring
why cybraceros – alex rivera subverting the “infomercial” [9] start at 2:48
Rafael Fajardo Crosser [10]
Christiane Paul article [11] Political Activism, Hacktivism and Tactical Media question about internal structure of art/activism groups
They Rule [12]
-reading-
intro Rita Raley “Tactical Media”
Christiane Paul article [13] chapter: Political Activism, Hacktivism and Tactical Media