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Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 29 Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues This episode is a discussion with Paul Buhle, Abigail Susik, and Penelope Rosemont about the newly released book Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues: Selected Writings on Popular Culture. This collection brings together legendary Chicago surrealist Franklin Rosemont’s writings on popular culture over…
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Band People
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 28 Band People with Franz Nicolay This episode is a recording of a seminar held at the University of Essex with Franz Nicolay on his book Band People. In it Franz Nicolay explores the working and creative lives of musicians. In it, he argues that to talk about the role of…
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Free Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Peter Brötzmann
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 27 Free Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Peter Brötzmann For this episode we have a discussion of the book Peter Brötzmann: Free-Jazz, Revolution and the Politics of Improvisation with its author Daniel Spicer and long time comrade and fellow radical theorist / free jazz musician Richard Gilman-Opalsky. In it we…
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Toward a Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life
Toward a Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life. A Process Vocabulary Brian Massumi Developing a new conceptual vocabulary to analyze the mutations of contemporary fascism Fascism is not just a historical event – it is a recurring process, adapting and re-emerging in new forms. In Toward a Theory of Fascism for Anti-Fascist Life Brian Massumi…
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We Don’t Need More Heroes
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 26: We Don’t Need More Heroes with Scorpio For this episode we talk with Brixton-based textile artist Scorpio about his life and work. Last summer a quest to learn more about the 1990s militant queer art collective Homocult led us to visiting “Iconic Queer,” an exhibition of Scorpio’s work at the…
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States of Divergence
States of Divergence Sven Lütticken In States of Divergence, Sven Lütticken invites readers into an exploration of history as accelerating catastrophe – and of alternative, oppositional, divergent practices in life, art and revolutionary thought. Set against the backdrop of global crises, from climate change to pandemics, Lütticken dissects contemporary cultural and political practices that attempt to…
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Shaping for Mediocrity
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 25 Shaping for Mediocrity For this episode, in light of the current sector wide university crisis in the UK, we present the recording of a seminar with Ronald Hartz, David Harvie, and Simon Lilley about their book Shaping for Mediocrity. In 2021, as part of a programme called Shaping for Excellence,…
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Jobs, Jive, & Joy
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 24 Jobs, Jive, & Joy with Bernard Marszalek & Peter Bloom For this episode we have a conversation with Bernard Marszalek and Peter Bloom about Bernard’s new book Jobs, Jive, & Joy: An Argument for the Utopian Spirit. In it we cover a wide range of topics including tech bros, the…
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No Authority No Self
Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 23 No Authority No Self, or, Penny Rimbaud at the Substation As part of previewing and preparing for a larger project with Penny Rimbaud, this episode revisits a conversation with Penny from 2017. This was part of the “Stop the City… Revisited” installation which was part of “Discipline the City” exhibition…
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Unlearning Routines of the Impossible
Unlearning Routines of the Impossible Edited by Janine Armin and Annette Krauss What are the struggles, entanglements, and joys of practicing unlearning in predominantly western contexts? Unlearning Routines of the Impossible responds to this question through revisiting the artistic research projects Sites for Unlearning, (co-)initiated by Annette Krauss. The sites are experimental gatherings where the…
