LA's Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Issue 2 out (tags)
"If our words were called human, heavy, anarchic, beatific, right on, poetic, it would all just feel so right. Of what use are ideas and actions that avoid market rationality? Of what use are ideas that disallow their own institutionalization? Of what use are words that avoid capitalist functionalization? Of what use are ideas that are dangerous? The flippant rumor circulated by the Right that the Clinton staff stole, upon vacating the White House, all the G's and W's from the computers clearly reveals the link between the written word and power." - From the editors Forward, issue #2
MEDIA REPRESENTATION/WOMEN/AFGHANASTAN/PAKISTAN (tags)
This Video event was hosted by Nomads and Residents, a LA based Artists and Writers collective that holds discussions on art and culture. The premise of each event, created by a member, is that at each talk an LA based Artist is paired with an out-of-towner to elucidate a particular theme. Members include- Joyce Campbell, Rita Gonzalez, Sharon Hayes, Anna Helwing, Maria Karlsson, Tessa Laird, Annika Lundgren, Rachel Mayeri, Lize Mogel, Tone O. Nielsen, Linda Pollack, Bea Schlingelhoff, Jeannie Simms, Tran,T. Kim-Trang