CENTRAL @Project_CENTRAL
A creative research initiative focused on geographical inquiry, dedicated to provoking and organizing critical discussion, action and art production. centralproject.tumblr.com Joined November 2012-
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CENTRAL is currently in the midst of its first round of public programming at the #peripheraltowhat symposium in SE PDX @hqobjective
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Opening @ComplianceHR 2nite: TEST PATTERNS / ft. a publication edited by Carmen Denison, ft. contribution from CENTRAL Director Mars Dietz.
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Visibility/recognition is not redistribution
(2/2) "...intent on providing for themselves a veneer of ethical legitimacy." Henriette Gunkel and Ben Pitcher "Racism in the Closet"
( 1/2) "the seductive lexicon of liberation struggles is mined by a variety of dubious social actors..." Henriette Gunkel and Ben Pitcher
Land becomes peripheral to an immense, opaque, immeasurable ocean. Nations become peripheral to boats.
The periphery wanders off into the center. Or: There's no such thing as a national institution.
... Art bristles at the false pretence of cultural advocacy, at those who distrust artists ... " from Rheim Alkadhi ibraaz.org/essays/117
... an artist can participate in a residency or not. The 'West' is not really 'West', the 'East' not 'East' ...
... in numbers. At global/imperial control of borders. At the established caste system of national identity that determines whether ...
... and at military swagger.At men with weapons and god. At the State apparatus. At the nepotism of the 'contemporary'. At death measured ..
Amazing language and images from Rheim Alkadhi @picturesclerk on @Ibraaz: "What makes art bristle? Art bristles at the theatre of power ...
How the apparatus precludes the possibilities for engagement because one can only act within its program. #Flusser #PeripheralToWhat
Remembering #Flusser's words on technical images in Toward A Philosophy of Photography.
What is and is not considered relevant data for social transformation? How does the method of data collection obfuscate social concerns?
We're wondering –– how do the apparatuses of data collection themselves preclude the forms of social imagination made available for research
"We have to radically intervene so that the data can be obtained." @evgenymorozov argues.
"Socialize the Data Centres" so that citizens can use the information to organize change, rather than force political energy thru an app.
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