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The main CONTRAvention event - Cultural Hijack: Rethinking Intervention, takes place at RIBA (the Royal Institute of British Architects), Saturday 25th May 9am – 6pm. Moving beyond contemporary art discourses to the concerns of city living, the built environment and urban futures, Cultural Hijack: Rethinking Intervention foregrounds the practices and concerns of the interventionist and the artivist. This part of the CONTRAvention brings together leading voices of dissent, provocation and critical practice, offering ways of advocating, analyzing and agitating for alternative futures. Speakers include: Gregory Sholette, Voina, John Jordan, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Space Hijackers, Ztohoven, Yana Sana, Ben Parry, Peter McCaughey, Vanessa Norwood, David Pinder, Graham Jeffery...and others What might the tools, tactics and poetics of the interventionist artist offer the insurgent imagination of activism and social movements? Do small acts of resistance and creative disruption build muscle that encourages an appetite for real alternatives to neoliberal capitalism or do they end point and sate such an appetite? And what of ‘commissioned resistance’, is it implicitly flawed, sponsored by the system it seeks to critique, or can it, despite its origins, have impact? These questions, and yours, will be picked over in the CONTRAvention. Tickets can be booked here: http://culturalhijack.eventbrite.co.uk More information about Cultural Hijack, the exhibition, which runs until 25th May at the AA School, Bedford Square, London can be found at www.culturalhijack.org<http://www.culturalhijack.org> *** Graham Jeffery Reader: Music and Performance Chair: Art, Music and Performance Subject Development Group School of Creative and Cultural Industries University of the West of Scotland Paisley Campus High Street Paisley PA1 2BE generalpraxis.blogspot.com<http://generalpraxis.blogspot.com> www.uws.ac.uk/cci twitter.com/grahamjeffery twitter.com/UWScreative skype: generalpraxis Please consider the environment and think before you print *************************************************************************************************************** University of the West of Scotland aims to have a transformational influence on the economic, social and cultural development of the West of Scotland and beyond by providing relevant, high quality, inclusive higher education and innovative and useful research. Visit www.uws.ac.uk for more details University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity. Charity number SC002520. *************************************************************************************************************** Legal disclaimer -------------------------- The information transmitted is the property of the University of the West of Scotland and is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Statements and opinions expressed in this e-mail may not represent those of the company. Any review, retransmission, dissemination and other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete the material from any computer. -------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. Membership is open to all who teach and research these subjects in HE institutions, via either institutional or individual membership. The field includes film and TV production, journalism, radio, photography, creative writing, publishing, interactive media and the web; and it includes higher education for media practice as well as for media studies. This mailing list is a free service from MeCCSA and is not restricted to members. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------