[Autonogram] December Autonogram: Calendars, Mayhem, Merrymaking & Books
Stevphen Shukaitis
stevphen at autonomedia.org
Thu Dec 17 11:58:50 EST 2009
Greetings Autonogram Subscribers,
Here we find ourselves in December, with winter approaching and the
days growing shorter. But thankfully this does not just mean the end
of the year, but also the start of another, and with that the release
of the 2010 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints. Here’s to another
year of radical media making, occupying and subverting from California
to Copenhagen, and general trouble making and mischief! So without
further ado, here’s some recent developments:
1. 2010 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints:
Radical Heroes for the New Millennium
2. Creating Insecurity:
Art and Culture in the Age of Security
Edited by Wolfgang Sützl & Geoff Cox
3. New Distribution Titles
4. Upcoming events
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1. 2010 Autonomedia Calendar of Jubilee Saints
Radical Heroes for the New Millennium!
Autonomedia’s Jubilee Saints Calendar for 2010! Our 18th annual wall
calendar, with artwork by James Koehnline, and text by the Autonomedia
Collective.
Hundreds of radical cultural and political heroes are celebrated here,
along with the animating ideas that continue to guide this project — a
reprieve from the 500-year-long sentence to life-at-hard-labor that
the European colonization of the “New World” and the ensuing
devastations of the rest of the world has represented. It is
increasingly clear — at the dawn of this new millennium — that the
Planetary Work Machine will not rule forever!
Celebrate with this calendar on which every day is a holiday! Ships
within 24 hours.
http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=639
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2. Creating Insecurity
Art and Culture in the Age of Security
DATA Browser Number 4
Edited by Wolfgang Sützl & Geoff Cox
Today we are facing extreme and most dangerous developments in the
thought of security. In the course of a gradual neutralization of
politics and the progressive surrender of traditional tasks of the
state, security imposes itself as the basic principle of state
activity. What used to be one among several decisive measures of
public administration until the first half of the twentieth century,
now becomes the sole criterion of political legitimation. The thought
of security entails an essential risk. A state which has security as
its sole task and source of legitimacy is a fragile organism; it can
always be provoked by terrorism to become itself terrorist.
Following the words of Giorgio Agamben (from his 2001 article “On
Security and Terror”), security has become the basic principle of
international politics after 9/11, and the “sole criterion of
political legitimation.” But security – reducing plural, spontaneous
and surprising phenomena to a level of calculability – also seems to
operate against a political legitimacy based on possibilities of
dissent, and stands in clear opposition to artistic creativity. Being
uncalculable by nature, art is often incompatible with the demands of
security and consequently viewed as a “risk,” leading to the arrest of
artists, and a neutralization of innovative environments for the sake
of security.
Yet precisely the position of art outside the calculable seems to
bring about a new politicization of art, and some speak of art as
“politics by other means.” Has art become the last remaining enclave
of a critique of violence? Yet how “risky” can art be?
The contributors to DATA browser 04: CREATING INSECURITY address these
questions at the intersection of art, technology, and politics.
Contributors from Giorgio Agamben, Konrad Becker, Bureau of Inverse
Technology, Geoff Cox, Florian Cramer, glorious ninth, Brian Holmes,
carlos katastrofsky, Martin Knahl, Norbert Koppensteiner, Daniela
Ingruber, The Institute for Applied Autonomy, Naeem Mohaiemen, Mukul
Patel, Luis Silva, Wolfgang Sützl, Tiziana Terranova, and McKenzie Wark.
http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=644
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3. New Distribution Titles
Upsetting the Offset: The Political Economy of Carbon Markets
Edited by Steffen Böhm & Siddhartha Dabhi
Upsetting the Offset engages critically with the political economy of
carbon markets. It presents a range of case studies and critiques from
around the world, showing how the scam of carbon markets affects the
lives of communities. But the book doesn’t stop there. It also
presents a number of alternatives to carbon markets which enable
communities to live in real low-carbon futures.
“If you wondered whether capitalism could ever produce the perfect
weapon of its own destruction, try this heady mix of carbon fuels, the
trade in financial derivatives, and more than a dash of neo-
colonialism, and boom! But this book is far from resigned to that
fate. After examining the case against carbon trading… the book turns
to alternatives, to hope, to sanity, and to the future.” Professor
Stefano Harney, Queen Mary, University of London, UK
http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&cPath=9&products_id=643
Shalom Neuman
40 Years of Fusion Art, 1967–2007
An oversized, full-color, hardbound retrospective volume surveying the
visual and “fusion” art of Shalom Neuman, with accompanying texts by
Enrico Baj, Donald Kuspit and Robert Morgan, an interview with Neuman
conducted by Tsaurah Litzky, and photos by James Dee, Deborah Fries
and Francis James.
http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=642
The Polymath:
or, Life & Opinions of Samuel R. Delany, Gentleman
By Fred Barney Taylor
A feature-length cinematic portrait of this larger-than-life iconic
figure, fluidly fusing meditative and experimental imagery,
autobiographical anecdotes, family home movies, and literary excerpts
to produce a stylized and highly unusual documentary. The film's
nonlinear structure follows Delany's own use of autobiography, science-
fiction, social criticism, pornography and semiotics. Also features an
appearance by novelist Jonathan Lethem. The bonus disc contains 2 and
1/2 hours of never-before-seen Delany interviews and includes the full
version of his own film, The Orchid. 2 DVD set, 80+150 min.
http://bookstore.autonomedia.org/index.php?main_page=pubs_product_book_info&products_id=638
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4. Upcoming events
East Coast Release Events for Imaginal Machines
All power to the imagination? Over the past forty years to invoke the
imagination as a basis for radical politics has become a cliché: a
rhetorical utilization of ideas already in circulation. But what
exactly is radical imagination? Come join us to celebrate the release
of Imaginal Machines: Autonomy & Self-Organization in the Revolutions
of Everyday Life (Autonomedia / Minor Compositions), a new book by
Stevphen Shukaitis exploring the potentials and limits of collective
imagination in social movement organizing. Shukaitis will be doing a
series of events on the east coast to celebrate its release Dates will
include:
Red Emma’s (http://redemmas.org), Baltimore, January 6th
Wooen Shoe (http://woodenshoebooks.com), Philadelphia, January 7th
Bluestockings (http://bluestockings.com), New York, January 8th
And finally, while this is not an Autonomedia events, the folks at Red
Emma’s are so wonderful we just had to throw in a mention of their
five year anniversary and Red & Black Ball.
Celebrate Five Years of Red Emma’s at the Red & Black Ball!
December 19, 2010 7:30PM - 11PM, at 2640 Saint Paul Street
That's right my fellow mischief-makers: the Red Emma’s Red and Black
Ball returns again this year on December 19! Join the Red Emma's
collective as we celebrate the traditional anarchist gift-giving
season with an all-out, over-the-top evening of revelry in your
Victorian-era red and black finest! Think Victorian-era dances,
parlour games, phrenology, and, of course, spirits to warm your body
and soul. Think renaissance festival dress gone anarchist. Think
steampunk. Think Alan Moore (“V for Vendetta,” “League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen”). Live and DJ’d music throughout the evening,
as well as performances, games, "etiquette" lessons, phrenology, and
more, led by our very own Master of Ceremonies, Ryan Coffman, with the
help of a variety of Baltimore favorites! Plus ... freakin’ amazing
vegan cake. And booze.
Last year’s Red and Black Ball was possibly one of our favorite events
we’ve ever pulled together ... and this year's ball is sure to be even
better, because it also doubles as our fifth anniversary party! So
pull out that fancy dress you picked up at a thrift store; borrow your
brother’s tuxedo! Make a mask, or grab one at the door! This is the
holiday party you don't want to miss ... come out and celebrate with us!
It all takes place at 2640 Saint Paul Street, December 19, starting at
7:30PM. Tickets are $10-$15 sliding scale, and include food and a free
drink. Masks provided for those who need them. Proper attire is NOT
required, but isn’t it more fun to cobble a costume together? Email info at redemmas.org
for more info ... this event is all-ages, and no one turned away for
lack of funds.
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That, me thinks, is all for now. A happy jubilee to all, and to all a
good night.
Cheers
Stevphen
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