Games People Play at the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World “Its principle of reciprocal rights, its diplomatic forms, its mutual obligations in honouring treaties and, in the event of war, officially abrogating peace, all bear a formal resemblance to rules of a game. We might in a purely formal sense, call all of human society a game.” – Johan Huizinga Friday 6th April – Sunday 30th September…
Invisible Forces at Furtherfield Gallery “The vital question before us is how to cut the chains of misery that still bind the hands of Toussaint’s descendants and those worldwide trapped in poverty. Toussaint’s fierce opposition to slavery, his leadership skills, his freedom-inspired writings and the constitution he drafted bequeath to us all a strategy for opposing injustice. This example tells us that discipline is part of the equation.” – Jean-Bertrand…
The Battle for Hamburg “Damn ye, you are a sneaking puppy, and so are all those who will submit to be governed by laws which rich men have made for their own security.” Samuel Bellamy The festival LIVE ART will be presenting a manifold of artistic positions on the subject of “postspectaclism’, as it enters its 4th round. It will open to question some of the cornerstones of the ‘festival’…
Takako Saito’s Liquor Chess meets Guy Debord’s The Game of War “The main product which economic development has transformed from luxurious scarcity to daily consumption is history, but only in the form of the history of the abstract movement of things that dominates all qualitative use of life. The revolutionary project is the realisation of a generalised historical life: the classless society.” – Guy Debord Friday 2nd December 18.30-21.00 RayLab,…
Class Wargames at Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences “Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.” – Guy Debord Smolny College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Ul. Galernaya 58-60 St Petersburg, Russia Thursday, 17th November 18:30-20:00 Stefan Lutschinger will be reflecting on Class…
Play the Revolution! “Merit consists of the winning of the game according to the rules of permissable play. There may be great doubt as to how to win the game, but no doubt over whether it has been won or lost.” Norbert Wiener, God & Golem, Inc. Monday 21st November 7.00pm DrinkShop&Do 9 Caledonian Road London N1 9DX The Ludic Science Club meets to play and study games and simulations…
