Category Archives: tactical media

Nato Thompson on Living as Form

Last Friday Creative Time held its 3rd annual Summit on socially engaged art,  and then simultaneously opened a massive exhibition organized by chief curator Nato Thompson entitled Living as Form at the old Essex Street Market on the Lower East … Continue reading

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Diary of Thirst: a blog about progressive art, politics, & culture

The Revolution is not a Tea Party: In Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise culture I wrote about a group of artists known as the Aaron Burr Society (Brooklyn, NY) who have defiantly re-tooled “the conservative … Continue reading

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Oslo shooter, Dark Matter, ressentiment

Below is an excerpt from the last section of Chapter 4 of Dark Matter: Art and Politics in the Age of Enterprise Culture. Though it was written several years ago I think it might have some relevance to debates surrounding … Continue reading

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