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VISUAL ACTIVISM – SFMoMA, 14-15 March 2014

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Visual Activism Friday 14 March 2014, 9am – 7pm Saturday 15 March 2014, 9am – 7pm Location Brava Theater Center 2781 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Map Overview Join us for a symposium exploring the relationship between visual culture and activist practices. Art can take the form of political and social activism, and activism … Continue reading →

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ARCHIVES – Whitechapel launch event, 30 Jan 2014

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Celebrating the publication of Journal of Visual Culture, v12n3 – The Archives Issue, edited by Juliette Kristensen & Marquard Smith Whitechapel Gallery, London Thursday 30 January 2014, 5pm The launch will be followed by ‘Autobiography and the Archive’, a screening of work by Uriel Orlow, Miranda Pennell and Sarah Purcell, exploring the archive, collective memory, and personal history, curated by … Continue reading →

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ARCHIVES – Journal of Visual Culture special issue, Dec 2013

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Journal of Visual Culture, v12n3 – The Archives Issue Edited by Juliette Kristensen & Marquard Smith Contributors Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme (in conversation with Tom Holert) The Archival Multitude susan pui san lok RoCH Fans and Legends (Entries) Marquard Smith Theses on the Philosophy of History: The Work of Research in the Age of … 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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CONTEMPORARY EAST-ASIAN VISUAL CULTURE

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Call for papers Current Research into Contemporary East-Asian Visual Culture: Art―Design―Film―Photography Venue: Tate Modern, East Room Date: Saturday 9 June 2012 Time: 10:30-17:30 A one-day conference at Tate Modern for post-graduate research students and early career researchers. Organised by Marko Daniel – Tate Modern Michael White – University of York Sally Lai – Chinese Arts … 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 →