Part listening party, part discussion, new music for a new age will focus on experimental music created by prominent figures of experimental religion and the new age in America starting around 1940. Facilitated by Adam Overton, here is a schedule of what will be covered over the 4 weeks.
week 1 - eden abhez: nature boy and nat king cole; art & religiosity
week 2 - the music of zen - john cage & alan watts
week 3 - beyond jazz - the music of albert ayler and sun ra; the church of john coltrane
(co-facilitated by special guest, Steven L. Anderson)
week 4 - new religion and music in the 1960s - anton lavey & the source family
For more information and to sign up, go here: http://la.thepublicschool.org/class/2253
more..Alter-Globalization meets on Wednesday night at 9pm... here are some notes about what we'll be discussing from Michael Wilson:
I think it would be great to discuss this article from Third Text on Wednesday: From Communism to Commons
This text is a conversation between David Riff and Dmitry Vilensky (Chto delat?), and they take up a lot of themes that have emerged in discussions among those involved in Beyond the UC Strikes over the past several months.
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There are not many people who, upon reaching positions of relative power and security, continue to fight for social justice with the same ferocity and determination as they did before there was something to lose. Professor Ricardo Dominguez is one of those rare examples and he is currently under attack from the University of California, ostensibly for a Virtual Sit-In during the March 4 system-wide walkout. Undoubtedly, it also stems from bang.lab's recent project, the Transborder Immigrant Tool, which has attracted death threats from Tea Bag conservatives.
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Dear friends -
Greetings, this is just a note to say how much I'm looking forward to meet everyone who will participate in the upcoming sessions in Southern California. All those I've been in touch with seem to be taking it as a chance to reflect on the current political and economic situation and on the shocks affecting cultural and intellectual production - which is exactly the point. I'm committed to the project of self-organized seminars and also to critical insertions in institutional contexts, and I really appreciate the enthusiasm that has been put into preparing these events. Thanks in advance to everyone who has been organizing: Zen Dochterman, Cara Baldwin, Jason Smith, Sean Dockray, Liz Glynn, Solomon Bothwell, Christina Ulke, Marc Herbst, Robby Herbst, the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest and the Public School, as well as a number of others in various corners of the UC system.
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Sometimes a class proposal generates a lot of interest and then when it is finally offered, nobody registers for it. That's what happened almost two years ago when we first tried to offer typography.
Well we're excited to say that we've finally rescheduled the class to meet on 4 consecutive Sundays beginning January 24th. And this time it will definitely be happening, as it is already beginning to fill up! So if you want to register, you can do it at the class web page.
The class will be taught by Sean Deyoe to make you more typographically self-sufficient... there are rumors of bicycles, Risographs, and in situ signage typeface history.
more..Happy new year! After a couple weeks off, classes are starting up again this weekend:
- openFrameworks is full, but there are a couple of spots left in the Writing a Business Plan, which begins Sunday evening.
- The ongoing UC Strikes and beyond group meets again on Saturday afternoon - all newcomers are welcome!
- Immaterial Labor and Biopolitics discusses Chapter 3 of Hardt and Negri's Commonwealth on January 16
- Look out for the first meeting of Theory / Practice and a 4 week typography class, both starting on January 24th
Although any time is a good time to learn how to make latex molds and how to cover things in gold, now is the best time! Who wouldn't want the gift of a golden VCR for the holidays? A box of chocolates molded from 9 volt batteries?
Sara Simon is teaching two workshops at 1pm on Saturday (Latex Mold Making) and 1pm on Sunday (Gold Leafing). There are only a few spots left for Saturday's workshop so register soon!
more..We have a couple midweek meetings this week - first, Wednesday evening's Regular Expressions class would teach you how to find things in text files by searching for a pattern instead of a word (for example, looking for all email addresses in a document instead of just searching for one email address that you already know). Applications range from saving yourself lots of time (for chess) ... to spidering a website to acquire all of the data it contains.
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We will be writing more about this soon, but Telic Arts Exchange and The Public School have moved and from now on all classes will be held at the new location, which is 951 Chung King Road.
more..In November the UCLA Department of Design | Media Arts is hosting a conference on Mobile Media that includes lectures, a one-day symposium, and a day of workshops at UCLA. The Public School will be organizing the workshops, opening up not only the workshops themselves to the broader public but the conversation around the planning of those workshops as well.
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