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Tactical Media and Disturbance Art

November 17, 2012January 3, 2014 by femmetech

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â€œThe shift in revolutionary investments corresponds with a shift in the nature of power, which has removed itself from the streets and become nomadic." -- Critical Art Ensemble artist-tacticians, Qud in Rita Raleyâ€™s Tactical Media. Tactical Media Enter tactical media, a resistant form of cultural production that uses networked intelligence…

Power is Just a Snack

November 15, 2012May 22, 2015 by femmetech

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Power is going to come up a lot, so itâ€™s worthwhile to think about a bit. One of the ways that I am interested in how activist art manifests is against, alongside, parallel to, and in opposition to P/power. But how does it work? Chomp, Chomp A mental exercise: Imagine…

Hierarchical Power, Invisible Users

November 9, 2012November 6, 2015 by femmetech

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[caption id="attachment_43" align="alignleft" width="225"] IWW poster, 1914 "The Pyramid of Capitalism"[/caption] â€œEnvisaging an art without artwork, without authorship, and without spectatorship has an immediate consequence: art ceases to be visible as such.â€ â€“ Steven Wright Part of the confusion between high art, activist art and participatory art and vernacular forms…