09.03.2009

Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun — Connective Mutations — 09.03.09 to 09.06.09

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Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun — Connective Mutations — 09.03.09 to 09.06.09
Contents:
0. About this Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
1. Additional Interventions by
2. The Schedule
3. How to take part
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0. About this Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
What: Something resembling a Seminar
When: Thursday September 3, 2009
Where: 16 Beaver Street
When: 5:00 pm
Who: Free and Open to all*
We are pleased to invite everyone to join us for what should be a very interesting and intensive weekend. We will begin on Thursday with short introductions, followed up by the Bifo’s first session of the seminar.
In addition to Bifo, there will be a host of interventions, talks, performances, contributions which will add to and connect with the seminar. We look forward to your participation.
For more info, please visit the website:
http://www.16beavergroup.org/bifo/
For some useful reading, please see:
http://www.16beavergroup.org/bifo/precariousrhapsodyweb.pdf
Also please read below to have an overview of the schedule.
*As noted in our previous emails, we will be asking for contributions between $25-50 for defraying costs with bringing Bifo to NYC and covering our food for the 4 days.
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1. Additional Interventions by
In addition to Bifo, we will have nice group of interventions by those taking part in the seminar and/or guests including:
Jack Bratich
Zoe Beloff
Erika Biddle
Jonah Bossewitch
Stephen Duncombe
Jim Fleming
Brian Holmes
Mallory Knodel
Jamie McClelland
Jackie Orr
Paolo Pedercini
Claire Pentecost
Annie Robinson
Stevphen Shukaitis
Abe Walker
Mckenzie Wark
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2. The Schedule
Connective Mutations Schedule
(this is a working schedule and subject to revision)
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Thursday 9/3
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5:00pm – 7:00pm Registration + Collective Introductions and Framing
7:00pm – 9:30pm SESSION 1 with Bifo – Introduction to Seminar followed by discussion
|— Break —|
10:00pm: convergence with Change You Want see event & dance party in Brooklyn
(http://thechangeyouwanttosee.com)
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Friday 9/4
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10:00am – 12:00pm Visit to Coney Island Museum, Amateur Psychoanalytic Society Exhibition (http://www.coneyisland.com/museum.shtml), presentation by curator Zoe Beloff. (http://www.zoebeloff.com)
12:00pm – 1:00pm returning to 16 Beaver
1:00pm – 2:00pm Lunch at 16 Beaver
2:00pm – 3:15pm The Art Strike & Recombinant Imagination, session with Erika Biddle & Stevphen Shukaitis
|— Break —|
3:30pm – 6:00pm SESSION 2 with Bifo
|— Break —|
6:30pm – 9:30pm Technology, Autonomy, and Collaborative Subjectivity
Session Organized by Jack Bratich
Jonah Bossewitch & Annie Robinson, Icarus (http://theicarusproject.net)
Jamie McClelland & Mallory Knodel, MayFirst-PeopleLink (http://mayfirst.org)
Paolo Pedercini/ MolleIndustria (http://www.molleindustria.org)
9:30pm – 11:00 Dinner
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Saturday 9/5
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11:00am – 12:30pm Brunch
12:30pm – 1:15pm Group 1 Recap / Discussion
1:15pm – 2:30 Labor of Recombination
Abe Walker
Jim Fleming
2:30pm – 5:00pm SESSION 3 with Bifo
|— Break —|
5:15pm – 6:15pm An intervention by Ken Wark
|— Break —|
6:30pm – 8:00pm Decipher the Future
a talk by Brian Holmes followed by a conversation with Claire Pentecost
8:15pm – 9:15pm Performing BioTerrors: A PSYCHOpolitics of Simulation
a performance by Jackie Orr
9:15pm – 11:00pm Dinner
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Sunday 9/6
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11:00am – 12:30pm Brunch
12:30pm – 1:15pm Group 2 Recap / Discussion
1:15pm – 2:30 An intervention by Stephen Duncombe,
2:30pm – 5:00pm SESSION 4 with Bifo
5:00pm – 6:00pm non-dialectical synthesis & recombinant discussion
|— Break —|
6:30pm – 7:15pm – Group 3
7:15pm – 8:00pm – Group 4
8:00pm – 8:30pm – Closing Remarks
8:30pm – 10:00pm – Dinner
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3. How to take part
As mentioned last week …
If you are interested in attending the seminar, please write to subject [AT] 16beavergroup [DOT] org.
We are organizing food for everyone and it will help to know how many people will be participating.