Sloganon [slow-gan-on] noun. Management of the political lexicon; use of language to structure argument by infantilising public debates esp. by politicians; targeted deployment of catch-phrases intended to avoid interrogation or analysis of issues; cross-national borrowing and recycling ofideas to create illusion of political community. See also spin, sound-bite. Examples of sloganons: ‘the will of…
Dr. Fred Dalmasso (School of the Arts, English and Drama, Loughborough University) 2pm WEDNESDAY 15th FEBRUARY in Martin Hall Boardroom MHL 1.09 Dr Fred Dalmasso is Lecturer in Drama in the School of Arts, English and Drama at Loughborough University (UK). He has published on practice-based theatre-translation and on the interaction between performance, philosophy and…
Dr. Vlad Morariu and Jaakko Karhunen 11am Wednesday 25 January in Radar Artspace A hero of the British counter-culture and protagonist of an unorthodox approach to psychiatry and of a practice that intersected art and politics, R.D. Laing’s legacy deserves revaluation. It has the potential to provide tools for working through the contemporary connections between…
Name/Event Affiliation Title Date Room Antonis Vradis Loughborough University TBA Wednesday 25th January, 5PM K.1.05 Professor Erika Cudworth The University of East London Beyond the imperial human: towards a creaturely politics Wednesday 8th February, 5PM K.1.05 Professor Peter Ackers De Montfort University Ackers Alternatives to State-Socialism in Britain Wednesday 22nd February, 5PM K.1.05 Professor Carl Levy Goldsmiths, University…
For & Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet Invitation to participate in a public symposium Friday May 26, 2017 Loughborough University Keynote: Mark McGowan, aka Artist Taxi Driver and Chunkymark We invite you to respond to the idea, concept, format, aesthetic, function, relevance, purpose or history of the political pamphlet. Presentations will take two…
For & Against: Art, Politics and the Pamphlet Invitation to host a market stall and participate in a public event Saturday 27 May, 2017 Loughborough Town Centre We invite you to respond to the idea, concept, format, aesthetic, function, relevance, purpose or history of the political pamphlet and engage in a public event. We are…
The intuition informing this workshop is that art activists not only contest prevailing norms about political violence but also engage consciously and overtly with publics in debates through their activism. Our opening position was complicated by a discussion about the nature of art activism, as opposed to activism, which was unresolved; and by the emergence…
