Re: [-empyre-] Documenta?

Michele White <mwhite@michelewhite.org> · Sat, 15 Jul 2006 18:59:51 -0700 (PDT)

Christina,

I would have to argue that considerations of
structures that create an inside and outside,
empowered and disempowered, are very much related to
bare life.

All my best,
Michele

--- Christina McPhee <christina112@earthlink.net>
wrote:

> dear -empyreans- , Michele, and Ana,
> 
> Thanks for asking about these structural and
> communications issues.
> 
> Please see below the latest press release from the
> Documenta Magazine  
> Project.
> 
> The questions posed, though reasonable and deserving
> of response and  
> discussion, are off the topic of "Bare Life."   Off
> topic posts are  
> mentioned under our guidelines description at
> http://subtle.net/empyre.
> 
> I am happy to discuss editorial issues offlist and
> welcome any  
> queries that you may have. Please note that the
> magazine contact  
> details are at the bottom of the post.
> 
> The moderating team joins me in expressing sincere
> thanks to everyone  
> for keeping our list conversation so active and
> engaged.
> 
> Christina
> 
> 
>  From : publications@documenta.de
> 
> 	Subject: 	Announcement of Activities / 13 July 2006
> 	Date: 	July 13, 2006 12:56:49 AM PDT
> 
> 
> > Please note, this listing is an update on and
> summing up of past,  
> > recent and upcoming contributions within the
> context of documenta  
> > 12 magazines.
> > Please don't hesitate to contact your
> co-ordinating editor with any  
> > question you might have or to have your
> contributions announced.  
> > Thank you.
> >
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> > NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS
> >
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> > Punto de Vista, Buenos Aires
> > Márcio Seligmann-Silva, "San Pablo: el
> inconsciente óptico de la  
> > ciudad. Sobre las fotografías de Carlos Goldgrub
> [São Paulo: the  
> > city's optical unconscious. On the photographs of
> Carlos  
> > Goldgrub]," Punto de Vista (Buenos Aires), no. 85
> (2006).
> > Graciela Silvestri and Beatriz Sarlo, "Los modos
> de hacer.  
> > Conversación con el artista Eduardo Stupía [Modes
> of doing. A  
> > conversation with the artist Eduardo Stupía],"
> Punto de Vista  
> > (Buenos Aires), no. 85 (2006).
> > Beatriz Sarlo, "La estética de las buenas causas
> [The aesthetics of  
> > the good causes]," Punto de Vista (Buenos Aires),
> no. 85 (2006).
> > http://www.bazaramericano.com
> >
>
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> > Øjeblikket, Copenhagen
> > "Er moderniteten vores antik? [Is modernity our
> antiquity?]"  
> > Special issue, Øjeblikket (Copenhagen), vol. 13,
> no. 46 (Summer 2006).
> > Contributions by: Elsbeth Jørgensen, Hans-Jørgen
> Schanz, Sven-Olov  
> > Wallenstein, Foreningen JA!, Ina Blom, Mikkel
> Bolt, Johan Tirén,  
> > Hal Foster, Mette Winckelmann, Inge Kongsgaard
> Hansen, Michael  
> > Löwy, Jacques Rancière, Olof Olsson, Karin
> Hindsbo.
> >
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> > Eurozine, Vienna
> > Markus Miessen, "Made in Washington. Spatial
> Practices as a  
> > Blueprint for Human Rights Violations," Eurozine
> (Vienna), 30.06.2006.
> >
>
http://www.eurozine.com/articles/2006-06-30-miessen-en.html
> >
>
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> > Neural Magazine, Bari
> > Franziska Nori, "Identity in the Age of Digital
> Technologies,"  
> > Neural Magazine (Bari), no. 25 (June 2006).
> > http://neural.it/
> >
>
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> > studio, Tel-Aviv
> > Special Architecture issue, studio (Tel-Aviv), no.
> 164 (April - May  
> > 2006)
> > http://www.studiomagazine.co.il
> >
>
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> > CURRENT DISCUSSIONS
> >
>
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> > -empyre-, Australia
> > July 2006 on -empyre- soft-skinned space:  "Bare
> Life"
> > Please join guests Jordan Crandall (US), Tina
> Gonsalves (AU), GH  
> > Hovagimyan (US), Conor McGarrigle (IR), Susana
> Mendes Silva (PT),  
> > and Michele White (US), with moderator Christina
> McPhee as we  
> > address a question posed by the upcoming documenta
> 12: What is bare  
> > life?
> > http://www.subtle.net/empyre
> >
>
https://mail.cofa.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/2006-July/
> >
>
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> > FORTHCOMING ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
> >
>
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> > Urban China, Guangzhou
> > "Build Socialistic New Village." Special issue,
> Urban China  
> > (Guangzhou), June 2006.
> > http://www.urbanchina.com.cn
> >
>
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> > Grey Room, New York
> > "The Status of the Subject." Special issue, Grey
> Room (New York),  
> > vol. 1, no. 24 (Summer 2006).
> > http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/grey
> >
>
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> > Moscow Art Magazine, Moscow
> > "Is Modernity our Antiquity?" (working title).
> Special issue,  
> > Moscow Art Magazine (Moscow), no. 61 (June/July
> 2006).
> > http://xz.gif.ru/
> >
>
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> > PUBLISHED ARTICLES AND CONTRIBUTIONS
> >
>
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> > Art World, Shanghai
> > ?Stagger Babel: The Joy of My Reality.? Special
> feature Art World  
> > (Shanghai), June 2006, pp. 89-108.
> > Including articles and essays by Gao Minglu,
> "Modernity and Avant- 
> > garde in China: Out of Position," Gavin Jantjes,
> "Viewed from  
> > Distance: Is there a Future for the Large-scale
> Exhibition of  
> > Contemporary Art?," Ji Tiannan, "Luck or Knell?
> Weal or Woe?," Yan  
> > Jun, "I Have to Be a Chinese." Artistic
> contributions by Geng  
> > Jianyi, Zheng Guogu, Li Pinghu, Zhu Yu and Shi
> Yong.
> > http://www.yishushijie.com
> >
>
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> > Camera Austria International, Graz
> > Jo Spence, "Die dokumentarische Praxis infrage
> stellen? /  
> > Questioning Documentary Practice?," Camera Austria
> International  
> > (Graz), no. 94 (June 2006), pp. 25-36.
> > http://www.camera-austria.at
> >
>
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> > Eurozine, Vienna
> > Valentin Groebner, "Körper auf dem Markt ?
> Söldner, Organhandel und  
> > die Geschichte der Körpergeschichte [Bodies on the
> market ?  
> > Mercenaries, organ trading, and a history of body
> history],"  
> > Eurozine (Vienna), 2006. Originally published in
> Mittelweg 36  
> > (Hamburg), no. 6 (2005).
> > http://www.eurozine.com
> >
>
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> > Malmoe, Vienna
> > "Alles Lager oder was? ? Der Spaß an der
> Verharmlosung. [Camp "  
> > Special feature Malmoe (Vienna), no. 32 (May
> 2006), pp.  21-23.
> > Oliver Marchart and Nora Sternfeld, "Verharmlosung
> macht Spaß. Das  
> > Spiel mit dem Lagerbegriff an der Kunst-, Pop-,  
> > Theorieschnittstelle," Peter Schoiswohl, "Grade in
> Dresden. Über  
> > die Ausstellung 'Von der Abwesenheit des Lagers'
> in Dresden," Amon  
> > Brandt, "Die schwindende Universalität des
> Lagers," Sylvia Köchl,  
> > "Verzeiht uns doch endlich! Kommentar zu einer
> Rede von Helma  
> > Sanders-Brahms."
> > http://www.malmoe.org/
> >
>
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> > Metronome, Oregon
> > "Future Academy." Special issue, Metronome
> (Oregon), no. 10 (April  
> > 2006).
> > http://www.metronomepress.com
> >
>
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> > n.paradoxa, London
> > "Journeys." Special issue, n.paradoxa (London),
> vol. 17 (2006).
> > http://web.ukonline.co.uk/n.paradoxa/index.htm
> >
>
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> > velocidadcrítica, Monterrey, Mexico
> > "What Does Documenta Matter to Me?,"
> velocidadcrítica (Monterrey,  
> > Mexico), no. 90 (July 2006).
> >
>
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> > Zehar, Donostia/San Sebastian
> > Ferran Fages, "Nire musikari-lanaren ingurunea /
> Entorno de mi  
> > trabajo como músico [My work environment as a
> musician]," Zehar  
> > (Donostia/San Sebastian), no. 58 (2006), pp.
> 54/58.
> > Dimitris Kariofilis, "Mugen despotismoa / El
> despotismo de las  
> > fronteras [Despotism on frontiers]," Zehar
> (Donostia/San  
> > Sebastian), no. 58 (2006), pp. 62/66.
> > http://www.zehar.net
> >
>
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> > DISCUSSIONS
> >
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> > -empyre-, Australia
> > -empyre-, a global community and a list for
> digital media arts and  
> > culture, is conducting three moderated
> conversations on the three  
> > leitmotifs of documenta 12: "Is Modernity our
> Antiquity?" (March  
> > 2006),  "Bare Life" (July 2006), and  "What is to
> be Done  
> > (Education)?" (November 2006).
> > March 2006 on -empyre- soft-skinned space:  "Is
> Modernity our  
> > Antiquity?".
> > Among the participating guests: Christiane Paul
> (USA),  Christophe  
> > Bruno (F), Eric Kluitenberg (NL), Dirk Vekemans
> (B), and Christina  
> > McPhee (USA).
> >
>
https://mail.cofa.unsw.edu.au/pipermail/empyre/2006-March/
> >
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> 
> On Jul 15, 2006, at 10:09 AM, Michele White wrote:
> 
> > I have been wondering whether Roger M. Buergel and
> > other people involved in producing Documenta this
> year
> > will be participating in the varied listserv
> > conversations? At least within this setting, this
> does
> > not appear to be happening. I know that Christina
> will
> > be editing this material and appreciate her work.
> At
> > the same time, Documenta?s process of potentially
> > introducing some of the listserv material into a
> > magazine may seem to provide various engagements
> but
> > does not (at least yet) provide an open dialogue
> > between listserv participants and Documenta. This
> > structure articulates an inside and outside where
> > listserv participants seemingly engage and talk
> about
> > the empowered center but no one from the Documenta
> > structure answers. It creates even more press
> coverage
> > and engagement with Documenta and centers the
> event
> > but what does it do for the listserv? How do we
> keep
> > any control over our voice or write into the
> structure
> > that Documenta produces?
> >
> > All my best,
> > Michele
> >
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