Difference between revisions of "Public Art class 13"
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what is tactical media? A critique of existing power structures that provokes thought/action | what is tactical media? A critique of existing power structures that provokes thought/action | ||
| − | situationists - creative disruption of everyday life (grafitti ) | + | situationists - |
| − | started in France in 1957, against rigid and static ideologies like Marxism. Wanted to be living, responsive. | + | *creative disruption of everyday life (grafitti ) |
| − | detournement (subverting elements of popular culture) | + | *started in France in 1957, against rigid and static ideologies like Marxism. *Wanted to be living, responsive. |
| − | The Situationists, or Situs, were the first revolutionary group to | + | *detournement (subverting elements of popular culture) |
| − | Anti-capitalist | + | *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] | [http://libcom.org/library/society-of-the-spectacle-debord] | ||
Clerks | Clerks | ||
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Et5S_alCE] | [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4Et5S_alCE] | ||
| − | bad attitude | + | *bad attitude |
| − | master of own destiny, but not really – bound by convention, “title” | + | *master of own destiny, but not really – bound by convention, “title” |
| − | acting out is a form of rebellion, since revolution is not possible | + | *acting out is a form of rebellion, since revolution is not possible |
| − | revolution: bolshevik, cruel supression, hunger, 12 hr. work day | + | *revolution: bolshevik, cruel supression, hunger, 12 hr. work day |
| − | resistance: cultural critique, disruption | + | *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 | + | *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 | Rtmark | ||
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
