From: "Strukov Vlad" <[log in to unmask]>
Static: New Art and Criticism Web Resource
http://www.static.londonconsortium.com
Aiming to initiate interdisciplinary intellectual debate about the paradoxes
of contemporary culture, Static presents contributions from an international
team of academics, artists and cultural practitioners.
The materials, assembled for each issue of Static around a theme, include
analytical essays and articles, interviews, art projects, photographic
images, etc. Static will welcome feedback, argument and commentary from
scholars, artists and other readers, and will be regularly updated in order
to communicate the most recent and relevant ideas and interpretations on the
chosen topic.
The inaugural issue, launching on Hallowe'en, takes Play and Violence' as
its theme, exploring different forms of recreational frenzy in artistic,
philosophical, social, and political contexts. The result is a
cross-cultural and multidisciplinary interpretation of play and violence as
a form of discourse, an underscoring of interrelations between torture and
triviality, levity and hate, drama and social interaction.
The Static launch event will feature contributions by Professor Steven
Connor (Academic Director, The London Consortium, Professor of English,
Birkbeck College) and Gulsen Bal (visual artist, theoretician, and curator).
Static is curated by Martine Rouleau and Vlad Strukov.
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