[-empyre-] creative interventions in the borderlands: topic extension to June 7

[Eduardo Molinari]

Uops!
more time in empyre! expanded time!

I'll read all the new mails, maybe, something to say.

Lotus5, I saw Sharin is Sexy!

muy bueno! incarnation!

all the best,
eduardo


Eduardo Molinari / Archivo Caminante
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Provincia de Buenos Aires – Argentina
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--- El dom 1-jun-08, naxsmash <naxsmash at mac.com> escribió:

> De: naxsmash <naxsmash at mac.com>
> Asunto: Re: [-empyre-] creative interventions in the borderlands: topic extension to June 7
> Para: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre at gamera.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
> Cc: "lotu5" <lotu5 at resist.ca>, "brian whitener" <iwaslike at hotmail.com>, "Jennifer Flores Sternad" <jf at post.harvard.edu>, "Eduardo Molinari" <archivocaminante at yahoo.com.ar>
> Fecha: domingo, 1 de junio de 2008, 7:32 pm
> Hi Lotu5, Eduardo, Brian, Jennifer,  and eveybody,  This has
> been a  
> great discussion!  Since Freinte 3 has just joined us and
> you have  
> more to offer (see below), the moderating team are happy to
> extend the  
> May topic one more week to June 7, 2008.
> 
> keep it coming !
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Christina
> 
> 
> On Jun 1, 2008, at 2:32 PM, lotu5 wrote:
> 
> > Ah damn, its june 1st, so I guess this month's
> awesome topic is  
> > over. It looks like you all had a lively discussion. I
> was hoping to  
> > have the time during this month to join the
> discussion, but thesis  
> > writing took all of my attention. Sorry for the very
> late  
> > intervention!
> >
> > If I had had time, I would've written something
> about the projects  
> > I've been working on, namely Sharing is Sexy [
> http://sharingissexy.org 
> >  ] , which is a queer open source porn laboratory,
> which I see as a  
> > creative form of biopolitical resistance to control
> over bodies  
> > through the free proliferation of images of new
> genders and  
> > sexualities and through community building online and
> offline.
> >
> > If I had more time, I would've also written about
> the Boredom Patrol  
> > of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army [
> http://circasd.org  
> > and http://youtube.com/lotu5 ] , which I was a part
> of, and our use  
> > of imagination and the figure of the clown as a way to
> disrupt and  
> > subvert the plane of conflict created by the network
> of anti- 
> > immigrant forces around the San Diego / Tijuana
> border, including  
> > paramilitaries like the Minutemen, but also ICE,
> police, etc.
> >
> > The basis for these projects has been, in my opinion,
> to find a way  
> > to use desire and pleasure as a basis for political
> struggle, to  
> > find methods of resistance which fulfill our desires
> instead of  
> > always draining our energies.
> >
> > One of the main forms of "intervention" that
> these projects use is  
> > online public space, on YouTube or in porn, as a way
> of interjecting  
> > some disturbance into the massive flows of media
> already occurring  
> > there, trying to go to where people's attention
> already is focused.  
> > Although the Boredom Patrol's intervention also
> occurs in physical  
> > spaces where the Minutemen are.
> >
> > Both of these projects have also been presented in
> various artistic  
> > contexts, at universities, in galleries and in
> artistic publications  
> > and events.
> >
> > I have great respect for many of the groups and people
> who've posted  
> > this month, and I hope to be able to revisit the
> discussion in the  
> > near future.
> >
> > If you have any questions, or ties to the discussion,
> I'm happy to  
> > respond!
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> >  lotu5
> >
> >
> > -- 
> >
> > gpg:  0x5B77079C // encrypted email preferred
> > gaim/skype: djlotu5 // off the record messaging
> preferred
> > _______________________________________________
> > empyre forum
> > empyre at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au
> > http://www.subtle.net/empyre
> 
> naxsmash
> naxsmash at mac.com
> 
> 
> christina mcphee
> 
> http://christinamcphee.net
> http://naxsmash.net

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