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John Cage | How to Get Started - Live!

John Cage | How to Get Started - Live!
Apr 02, 2013

Organized by PEN World Voices Festival, Symphony Space, John Cage Trust, and Slought Foundation



Installation or Film: What Is the Difference?

Installation or Film: What Is the Difference?
Apr 03, 2013

Knut Åsdam, and Kaja Silverman in conversation



The End of Cinema

The End of Cinema
Apr 12, 2013

and the Future of Cinema Studies








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Forum for Other Citizenships

Forum for Other Citizenships
May 02, 2013

Kirk James and "Mass Incarceration"



John Cage | How to Get Started - Live!

John Cage | How to Get Started - Live!
Apr 02, 2013

Organized by PEN World Voices Festival, Symphony Space, John Cage Trust, and Slought Foundation



Things That Quicken the Heart—

Things That Quicken the Heart—
Mar 15, 2013

Chris Marker: A Symposium



Total Installation, Public Project

Total Installation, Public Project
Mar 14, 2013

In conversation with Ilya and Emilia Kabakov



Agnès Varda

Agnès Varda
Mar 13, 2013

in conversation with Molly Nesbit



John Cage | How to Get Started - Live!

John Cage | How to Get Started - Live!
Feb 23, 2013

at Bryn Mawr College



On site-specificity

On site-specificity
Nov 29, 2012

Hans Haacke, Alexander Alberro in conversation



Humanities in Revolt

Humanities in Revolt
Nov 27, 2012

A conversation with Alastair Renfrew



Conversations on Coexistence

Conversations on Coexistence
Nov 05, 2012

Anuradha Mathur, Amy Hillier, and Teddy Cruz in conversation



Adorno's Grey and other refusals

Adorno's Grey and other refusals
Oct 09, 2012

Hito Steyerl, Nora M. Alter in conversation



27 years without images (on the possibility of cinema after revolution)

27 years without images (on the possibility of cinema after revolution)
Feb 20, 2012

Screening and conversation with Eric Baudelaire and Homay King



The architecture of discourse

The architecture of discourse
Feb 02, 2012

Publication and publicity in architecture



The Demonstrators Also Waited

The Demonstrators Also Waited
Jan 17, 2012

Allan Sekula in Conversation with Kaja Silverman



Proposed curriculum on contemporary art and performance

Proposed curriculum on contemporary art and performance
Nov 16, 2011

Dennis Oppenheim and the art of survival, Day 16 and 17



On the architecture of extraordinary adjustment

On the architecture of extraordinary adjustment
Nov 15, 2011

Conversants include Eduardo Cadava, Eva Franch, Anne Frederick, Jakab Orsos, and Orkan Telhan (morning) / Judith Barry, Angel Jaramillo, Kyoo Lee, Sarah Oppenheimer, Vyjayanthi Rao, Todd Rouhe, Aleksandra Wagner, Stephen Zacks (evening),

Recorded video by Helene Cixous, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Lebbeus Woods, Carolee Schneemann,

Conversations facilitated by Katherine Carl, Aaron Levy, Srdjan Jovanovic Weiss



Waste of identity: the activist who never existed

Waste of identity: the activist who never existed
Oct 06, 2011

Leo Bersani, Jonathan Katz, Kaja Silverman, Jean-Michel Rabaté



Film as object of study and as archive

Film as object of study and as archive
Sep 29, 2011

Raymond Bellour, Christa Blümlinger



Structural Variations on a Device to Root out Evil

Structural Variations on a Device to Root out Evil
Aug 11, 2011

A youth workshop with The Village of Arts and Humanities celebrating Dennis Oppenheim



Is global literature possible?

Is global literature possible?
May 03, 2011

In conversation with Wang Ning



Paolo Portoghesi in Conversation

Paolo Portoghesi in Conversation
Apr 20, 2011

In collaboration with PennDesign



Stan Douglas in conversation

Stan Douglas in conversation
Feb 14, 2011

with Diedrich Diederichsen



Community Conversations

Community Conversations
Dec 10, 2010

Lorene Cary and Aaron Levy, in conversation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art



On Maurice Blanchot and the Political

On Maurice Blanchot and the Political
Oct 26, 2010

Zakir Paul, Ann Smock, Helen Tartar, and Jean-Michel Rabaté in conversation



Small Theater of The World: Ulrike Ottinger

Small Theater of The World: Ulrike Ottinger
Oct 19, 2010

A film retrospective and public conversation with filmmaker Ulrike Ottinger, moderated by Kaja Silverman



The Image in Question: War – Media – Art

The Image in Question: War – Media – Art
Sep 16, 2010

Harun Farocki, Antje Ehmann



Architecture on Display: On the History of the Venice Architecture Biennale

Architecture on Display: On the History of the Venice Architecture Biennale
Aug 27, 2010

Vittorio Gregotti, Paolo Portoghesi, Francesco Dal Co, Hans Hollein, Massimiliano Fuksas, Deyan Sudjic, Kurt W Forster, Richard Burdett, Aaron Betsky, Kazuyo Sejima, and Paolo Baratta in conversation,

With the Architectural Association, London



Mark Dion in Conversation

Mark Dion in Conversation
May 05, 2010

On the history of Mildred's Lane



On the Difficulty of Showing Architecture

On the Difficulty of Showing Architecture
Apr 12, 2010

Aaron Betsky, Aaron Levy, and William Menking in conversation



Memories / Correspondences: Marcelo Brodsky in Conversation

Memories / Correspondences: Marcelo Brodsky in Conversation
Mar 29, 2010

Marcelo Brodsky, Eduardo Cadava



Infinity Kisses - The Movie

Infinity Kisses - The Movie
Mar 26, 2010

Carolee Schneemann, in conversation



Poe after Smithson after Rainer

Poe after Smithson after Rainer
Mar 22, 2010

Simon Leung, David Joselit, Yvonne Rainer



Wittgenstein's Voice: The Sound of the Unsystematic

Wittgenstein's Voice: The Sound of the Unsystematic
Nov 12, 2009

Marjorie Perloff, Tom Pepper, Rosmarie Waldrop, and Sissi Tax in conversation,
moderated by Jean-Michel Rabate



New Media in the Museum

New Media in the Museum
Nov 05, 2009

Barbara London, in conversation



The Invention of Johannesburg

The Invention of Johannesburg
Oct 22, 2009

Achille Mbembe, Sarah Nuttall in conversation



Into the Open: Public Programs

Into the Open: Public Programs
Aug 07, 2009

Presented by the National Constitution Center, Independence Mall



There are no mistakes in history.  The whole of history is a mistake.

There are no mistakes in history. The whole of history is a mistake.
Jun 04, 2009

Catherine Millet, Nicolas Bourriaud, Jean-Hubert Martin, Lorand Hegyi, Zelimir Koscevic, Aaron Levy, et al.



Civic War and The Corruption of the Citizen: A Conversation

Civic War and The Corruption of the Citizen: A Conversation
May 11, 2009

Peter Alexander Meyers, Thomas J. Sugrue, Michael X. Delli Carpini, and Jean-Michel Rabaté in conversation



Amores: Paul Muldoon and Dan Gunn on Translation

Amores: Paul Muldoon and Dan Gunn on Translation
Feb 05, 2009

Paul Muldoon, Dan Gunn



Futurism: Rupture and Tradition

Futurism: Rupture and Tradition
Nov 21, 2008

With a keynote address by Jeffrey T. Schnapp,

And presentations by Luca Somigli, Ara H. Merjian, Jonathan Steinberg, Christine Poggi, Stefania Benini, et al.



Beyond the Act: After the Biennale

Beyond the Act: After the Biennale
Oct 04, 2008

Emiliano Gandolfi, Teddy Cruz, William Menking, Aaron Levy



Reversible Destiny - Declaration of the Right Not to Die: Second International Arakawa + Gins Architecture + Philosophy Conference/Congress

Reversible Destiny - Declaration of the Right Not to Die: Second International Arakawa + Gins Architecture + Philosophy Conference/Congress
Apr 04, 2008

Keynote by Dorothea Olkowski, Presentations by George Quasha + Chuck Stein, Don Ihde, Shaughan Lavine, Scott Faber M.D., Shaun Gallagher, Stanley Shostak, Marie-Dominique Garnier, Trish Glazebrook, James Harithas, et al.



City Girls, Flappers, and Feminist Film Theory

City Girls, Flappers, and Feminist Film Theory
Mar 31, 2008

Laura Mulvey



Hélène Cixous: Dissidanses (sur Nancy Spero)

Hélène Cixous: Dissidanses (sur Nancy Spero)
Mar 13, 2008

à la maison rouge, fondation antoine de galbert, avec Sciences-Po



Vito Acconci: Public Nuisance

Vito Acconci: Public Nuisance
Mar 01, 2008

Presentations by Annette Fierro, Liz Kotz, Alan Licht, Christine Poggi, Frazer Ward, Matthew Witkovsky, et al.



From word to action to architecture

From word to action to architecture
Feb 29, 2008

Vito Acconci



Modernism: The Time of the Unconscious

Modernism: The Time of the Unconscious
Feb 08, 2008

Karen Beckman, Andy Gaedtke, Benjamin Kahan, Steven Meyer, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Paul Saint-Amour, et al.



Is there a world beyond media? Art as a rewriting program

Is there a world beyond media? Art as a rewriting program
Feb 07, 2008

Peter Weibel



Radical freedom | We have decided not to die | Reversible destiny | Making dying illegal | Taking evolution into our own hands |  Radical Aging

Radical freedom | We have decided not to die | Reversible destiny | Making dying illegal | Taking evolution into our own hands | Radical Aging
Nov 29, 2007

Shusaku Arakawa, and Madeline Gins, in conversation with Arthur C. Danto, Don Ihde



Democracy and Disappointment: On the Politics of Resistance

Democracy and Disappointment: On the Politics of Resistance
Nov 15, 2007

Alain Badiou, in conversation with Simon Critchley



On the Ecstasy of Ski-Flying

On the Ecstasy of Ski-Flying
Oct 25, 2007

Werner Herzog, in conversation with Karen Beckman



Walking on Ice: Werner Herzog's Metaphysics of Filmmaking

Walking on Ice: Werner Herzog's Metaphysics of Filmmaking
Oct 22, 2007

Timothy Corrigan, Alan Singer, Heidi Schlipphacke



Conversations with Braco Dimitrijević's 'The Casual Passer-By I Met...'

Conversations with Braco Dimitrijević's 'The Casual Passer-By I Met...'
Oct 11, 2007

With Braco and Nena Dimitrijevic, David Brownlee, Katherine Carl, Laura Heffernan, David Hollenberg and Mark Kocent, Jean-Michel Rabaté, et al.



Screening the Avant-Garde Face

Screening the Avant-Garde Face
Sep 27, 2007

Mary Ann Doane



The Scandals of H.G.: Photography, Literature, Activism

The Scandals of H.G.: Photography, Literature, Activism
Apr 20, 2007

Emily Apter, Anne-Cécile Guilbard, Jean-Michel Rabaté



Tracking Tactics and Rhetorics: On the Vicissitudes of the Panoptic from Surveillance to Dataveillance

Tracking Tactics and Rhetorics: On the Vicissitudes of the Panoptic from Surveillance to Dataveillance
Mar 31, 2007

Thomas Y. Levin



Samuel Weber on Networks, Netwar, and Narratives

Samuel Weber on Networks, Netwar, and Narratives
Mar 30, 2007

Samuel Weber, Catherine Liu, Peter Krapp, Eduardo Cadava, Jean-Michel Rabaté



Evasions of Power, Session 3: Institutions

Evasions of Power, Session 3: Institutions
Mar 30, 2007

Anselm Franke, Sarah Herda, David Kazanjian, Thomas Keenan, John Palmesino, Katherine Carl



Trans-Dada Express

Trans-Dada Express
Feb 04, 2007

Alvin Curran



Slought Foundation 2006 Award for Rogue Thought

Slought Foundation 2006 Award for Rogue Thought
Dec 29, 2006

Catherine Liu, Marjorie Perloff, Jim English, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Avital Ronell, Gregg Lambert, et al.



Cross-Catalytic Architectures

Cross-Catalytic Architectures
Dec 05, 2006

Cecil Balmond, in conversation with Peter Lloyd Jones



On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Negativity for Life

On the Advantages and Disadvantages of Negativity for Life
Nov 10, 2006

Barrett Watten



On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk

On Bareback Subcultures and the Pornography of Risk
Oct 06, 2006

Tim Dean, Robert Caserio, Heather Love, Jean-Michel Rabaté



BODYANALYSIS / Violence as Vulnerability: Günter Brus’s Surgical Art

BODYANALYSIS / Violence as Vulnerability: Günter Brus’s Surgical Art
Sep 27, 2006

Cecilia Novero



Film as Critical Practice: The Cinema of Guy Debord and the Spectre of the Situationist International

Film as Critical Practice: The Cinema of Guy Debord and the Spectre of the Situationist International
Apr 06, 2006

Thomas Y. Levin, Keith Sanborn, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Anthony Vidler



On Testing, Torture, and Experimentation: The Test Drive

On Testing, Torture, and Experimentation: The Test Drive
Mar 15, 2006

Avital Ronell, Eduardo Cadava, Jean-Michel Rabaté



Who Am I For Myself? Anxiety & The Tyranny of Choice

Who Am I For Myself? Anxiety & The Tyranny of Choice
Feb 16, 2006

Renata Salecl, Charles Shepherdson, Patricia Gherovici, Jean-Michel Rabaté



¡Zizek! and the Public Intellectual Craze

¡Zizek! and the Public Intellectual Craze
Dec 01, 2005

Astra Taylor, Eduardo Cadava, Anne Norton, Jean-Michel Rabaté, Daniel Dayan



Cities: A Seminar

Cities: A Seminar
Oct 08, 2005

Hélène Cixous



Morphology / Face Shift

Morphology / Face Shift
Sep 30, 2005

Arthur Elsenaar, Remko Scha



PAIN-FASHION

PAIN-FASHION
Mar 17, 2005

Branka Arsic, in conversation



On Body & Performance

On Body & Performance
Mar 03, 2005

Hal Foster, in conversation with Brigid Doherty



Literary Honeycombs: Storage and Retrieval of Texts Before Modern Times

Literary Honeycombs: Storage and Retrieval of Texts Before Modern Times
Feb 17, 2005

Anthony Grafton



The Politics of Mourning

The Politics of Mourning
Dec 27, 2004

Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, in conversation with Eduardo Cadava, et al.



Art and Cognition

Art and Cognition
Dec 11, 2004

Thomas McEvilley



Jarry-Joyce-Duchamp in an Anastasian Illumination

Jarry-Joyce-Duchamp in an Anastasian Illumination
Dec 11, 2004

Joseph Masheck



Interstellar Space is the Place

Interstellar Space is the Place
Dec 04, 2004

Marshall Allen, Rashied Ali



On Revolutions

On Revolutions
Nov 04, 2004

Rebecca Comay, Eduardo Cadava, Jean-Michel Rabaté



The Future of Memory

The Future of Memory
Sep 11, 2004

Daniel Libeskind



A Plea for Fundamentalism

A Plea for Fundamentalism
Sep 11, 2004

Slavoj Zizek



Sonore

Sonore
Sep 09, 2004

Peter Brötzmann, Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustaffson



My Lacan is Burning: Revisiting 'Television'

My Lacan is Burning: Revisiting 'Television'
Jun 02, 2004

Catherine Liu, Charles Shepherdson, Jean-Michel Rabaté



Poetry Engines and Prosthetic Imaginations

Poetry Engines and Prosthetic Imaginations
Apr 29, 2004

Jim Carpenter, Bob Perelman, Nick Montfort, Jean-Michel Rabaté



The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P: A Reading

The Strange Case of Mademoiselle P: A Reading
Apr 03, 2004

Brian O'Doherty



The City as Art-Work of the 21st Century

The City as Art-Work of the 21st Century
Mar 26, 2004

Diane Lewis, Deborah Gans



A Civilian Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture

A Civilian Occupation: The Politics of Israeli Architecture
Mar 13, 2004

Rafi Segal, Eyal Weizman



A Conversation on Joyce and Duchamp via Jarry

A Conversation on Joyce and Duchamp via Jarry
Feb 28, 2004

William Anastasi, in conversation with Jean-Michel Rabaté



Beckett and the Unfilmable

Beckett and the Unfilmable
Feb 12, 2004

Branka Arsic, Jean-Michel Rabaté



On Coprophilia and the Avant-garde

On Coprophilia and the Avant-garde
Jan 31, 2004

William Anastasi



On Paranoia, Superstition and Irrationality

On Paranoia, Superstition and Irrationality
Apr 18, 2003

Catherine Liu, Jean-Michel Rabaté



On the Art of the Future

On the Art of the Future
Apr 09, 2003

Susan Stewart



The Social Mark (I): Poetry Readings

The Social Mark (I): Poetry Readings
Feb 28, 2003

Rodrigo Toscano, Jeff Derksen, Louis Cabri, David Buuck, Mark Nowak, Alan Gilbert, et al.



North (2001) by John Boskovich

North (2001) by John Boskovich
Oct 26, 2002

John Boskovich, Laurence Rickels, Catherine Liu, Gary Indiana












INCIDENCE: In concert with Hassan Khan

INCIDENCE: In concert with Hassan Khan
Sep 17, 2010

In collaboration with the Philadelphia Museum of Art



Theo Bleckmann with JACK Quartet / Ensemble Noamnesia

Theo Bleckmann with JACK Quartet / Ensemble Noamnesia
Jun 18, 2009

Performing work by Theo Bleckmann



Werner Moebius in Concert | Audio Culture

Werner Moebius in Concert | Audio Culture
Oct 25, 2008

Werner Moebius, with Ensemble Noamnesia featuring special guest Christian Weber



Polwechsel | Archives of the North

Polwechsel | Archives of the North
Oct 03, 2008

Werner Dafeldecker, Martin Brandlmayr, Michael Moser, Burkhard Beins



musique concrète instrumentale

musique concrète instrumentale
Apr 07, 2008

Helmut Lachenmann, in conversation with Gene Coleman



'Et tournment les sons dans la garrigue' | The Music of Luc Ferrari

'Et tournment les sons dans la garrigue' | The Music of Luc Ferrari
Oct 18, 2007

Vincent Royer, David Grubbs



VOICE SPHERE / ARCHITECTURE & DESIRE (for voice, glove, and live electronics)

VOICE SPHERE / ARCHITECTURE & DESIRE (for voice, glove, and live electronics)
Jun 02, 2006

Franziska Baumann, Matthew Ostrowski



Live Concert with Carl Stone

Live Concert with Carl Stone
Feb 18, 2006

Carl Stone, Gene Coleman



Live Concert with Helsinki Trio

Live Concert with Helsinki Trio
Oct 31, 2005

Franz Hautzinger, Burkhard Stangl, Werner Dafeldecker, Didi Bruckmeyer



An Interview with Sun Ra (1990)

An Interview with Sun Ra (1990)
Nov 20, 2004

Sun Ra, Francis Davis



Unplayable Music: Nancarrow for 4 Hands

Unplayable Music: Nancarrow for 4 Hands
Jun 18, 2004

Jonathan Fisher, Brenna Berman



Live Concert with KOCH-SCHÜTZ-STUDER

Live Concert with KOCH-SCHÜTZ-STUDER
Apr 23, 2004

Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Fredy Studer



An Interview with John Coltrane (1958)

An Interview with John Coltrane (1958)
Nov 15, 2003

John Coltrane, August Blume



Live Concert with Sunny Murray Factor

Live Concert with Sunny Murray Factor
Oct 15, 2003

Sunny Murray, Khan Jamal, Sabir Mateen



SEVEN VEILS (Poetry in Moving Media)

SEVEN VEILS (Poetry in Moving Media)
May 15, 2003

Thalia Field, Jamie Jewett, Alexander Devaron



North (2001) by John Boskovich

North (2001) by John Boskovich
Oct 26, 2002

John Boskovich, Laurence Rickels, Catherine Liu, Gary Indiana








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