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MEMORY OF FIRE – ed. Julian Stallabrass, Book Launch, 25 June 2013

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Memory of Fire: Images of War and the War of Images Photoworks book launch in association with Culture+Conflict Amnesty International The Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, United Kingdom, EC2A 3EA 25 June 2013, 6.30pm FREE event, but booking is essential Join Julian Stallabrass for a discussion of the highly anticipated Photoworks publication, … Continue reading →

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BRIGHTON PHOTO BIENNIAL 2012 – Opens Today

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Agents of Change: Photography and the Politics of Space 6 October – 4 November 2012 Opening Weekend Discussion Day A day of panel discussions with BPB12 Artists – 6 October 2012 Bringing international and emerging photographers and artists to the city, the fifth Brighton Photo Biennial explores the theme Agents of Change: Photography and the Politics of Space with a … Continue reading →

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COLLABORATIONS – On Working with Berger

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Wednesday 12 September, 7pm London Review Bookshop with John Christie, Mike Dibb, and Andy Merrifield, introduced by Gareth Evans This September there will be a series of events around London to mark the 40th anniversary of John Berger’s controversial Booker prize-winning novel G. and his hugely influential collaborative art-historical television series Ways of Seeing. Central … Continue reading →

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WAYS OF SEEING – Anniversary Issue Launch TODAY

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Reception to celebrate the publication of Journal of Visual Culture’s Ways of Seeing 40th Anniversary Issue Saturday 8 September, 4pm King’s College, University of London The launch coincides with the 3 day Ways of Seeing John Berger conference organized by King’s and the British Library. Editorial Raiford Guins Penguins are often reproduced with words around … Continue reading →

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INCURSIONS & SUBVERSIONS: Art’s Response to London’s Olympic Dreams

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Thu 12 Jul 2012, 6:30pm Free Word Lecture Theatre Hilary Powell and Isaac Marrero present a series of creative critical responses to the iconography and language of the forthcoming games from their book The Art of Dissent: London’s Olympic State (June 2012, published by Marshgate Press and designed by See Studio). The London 2012 Olympics … Continue reading →

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JOURNAL OF VISUAL CULTURE v11 n1

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Articles Janet Wolff After Cultural Theory: The Power of Images, the Lure of Immediacy Abstract  Full Text (PDF) References  Request Permissions Winnie Won Yin Wong The Panda Man and the Anti-Counterfeiting Hero: Art, Activism and Appropriation in Contemporary China Abstract  Full Text (PDF) References Request Permissions Nicole Starosielski Warning: Do Not Dig’: Negotiating the Visibility … Continue reading →

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ACTS OF TRANSLATION

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“This special issue of the Journal of Visual Culture is a remarkable and much needed addition to the critical analysis and development of translation as a metaphor for creative acts and products. […] I can wholeheartedly recommend ‘Acts of Translation’ to anybody interested in the critical engagement with cultures, whether historical or contemporary, visual or … Continue reading →

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OLD NEWS (A-E)

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… in a new newspaper. ANIMALS – CATS  TODAY 17.7.79 SIAMESE KITTEN declared an illegal immigrant when after being put in the wrong aircraft at Toronto, she arrived at Birmingham Airport. BIRMINGHAM – HANDSWORTH  TODAY 13.7.81 RIOTS. CONT. g/v’s broken shop windows and interiors of looted shops. g/v’s policing in Handsworth streets. Interview with black … Continue reading →