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State Funeral
Via dailymail.co.uk
Apr 16
Sometimes the headline says more than the article: “Lady Thatcher to be honoured with State funeral, but Palace fears there might not be enough troops to line streets of London.”
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State on Trial
Via guardian.co.uk
Apr 16
What kind of state are we in when we start to think about “the state”? In a new op-ed for Creative Time Reports, Ai Weiwei writes about the current state of China: “Manipulation of the truth does not lead to a lack of truth—it’s worse than no truth.”
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Blogs
Happy Birthday, Merce Cunningham: We Hardly Knew Ye
Untitled (Blog)
Apr 16
“What is this indescribable event in a dancer’s life (when he loves dancing) that arises, given all the shit, the terrible hours of work, the grumbling and malaise of a company, the point-of-vertigo fatigue when he one day drops it all and dances…and some internal-infernal hook holds one at a peak for those few seconds, […]
“What is this indescribable event in a dancer’s life (when he loves dancing) that…
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Fatou: A Voice of Mali’s New Generation
The Green Room
Apr 15
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions; it doesn’t reflect the views or opinions of the Walker or its curators. Today, Paul Harding shares his perspective on Friday night’s concert by Fatoumata […]
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local…
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Art News from Elsewhere
London’s Overthrow
Via londonsoverthrow.org
Apr 15
China Miéville’s unabridged photo essay really speaks about our London, the city we live in. It’s a view that was mostly criticised when it was originally published (late 2011), as there was a consensual media blackout around the time of the London Riots/Olympics.
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Accumulation & Dispossession
Via metamute.org
Apr 15
Recent anti-privatisation protests in Sussex show the state of neoliberal universities in the UK today: Expanding sites of learning by expelling local people from their homes in a post-Olympic land grab.
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Immersive and Surreal: Julia Holter at the Walker
The Green Room
Apr 15
To spark discussion, the Walker invites local artists and critics to write overnight reviews of our performances. The ongoing Re:View series shares a diverse array of independent voices and opinions (it doesn’t reflect the opinions of the Walker or its curators). Today, Sean Donovan shares his perspective on Thursday night’s second Sound Horizon performance from LA musician Julia Holter. Agree or…
