by Mike Mosher Inspired by a book, this is going to be a sentimental journey, where I tip my hat to great ladies once near, and some far away, yet who memorably caressed me with print and cinema. Beyond my…
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Art Is Conflict
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I hate Stella Artois. Somehow, I always end up with a glass of it at parties where I try too hard to fit in. Keenly aware that even Stan Brakhage’s work would be met with disinterest by this crowd, I…
Jesse Drew on Democratic Media
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Jesse Drew’s new book, A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media is a swift tour of alternative-communications technoculture in Northern California and its connectedness to local, national, and global media activism. He broadly covers cable TV, community radio, Internet, and such…
Dark Matter by Gregory Sholette: Mass Artistic Resistance to the Neoliberalization of Everyday Life
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Finally, a history of collective precarity from a politicized artist. Author/writer Gregory Sholette, in the final paragraph of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture, at last clarifies the frequently cited metaphors of “zombies” and enormous digital…