Monthly Archives: February 2014

UnParty

the UnParty UnConference meet @ Hub Westminster, March 2014

We are holding another meeting, to discuss ideas around policy, politics, activism and everything related whilst leaving our party politics at the door.

Hub Westminster have offered us the Library space at their venue, for March 19th 2014 from 1800 – 2130, so if you are interested in coming along then please add your name to the attending page.

If you are interested in holding your own UnParty UnConference meeting then please go ahead, but drop us a line and let us know how it went and what ideas where discussed.

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Lighthouse

A residents reading list

I have recently completed my residency at the Lighthouse Studios, where I developed a couple of projects, evolving Emotional Infrastructure and Palindrone.

Since I was trying to be at the studio at least two days a week and I live in London, this involved some train time. Not unknown for people to commute along this line but for me it was an extra couple of hours on the train. I thought I would list the books, reading material that I had with me on this journey too and from Brighton.

In no particular order:

  • Paul Virilio: Desert Screen
  • Paul Virilio: War & Cinema
  • Paul Virilio: Speed & Politics
  • Paul Virilio: Pure War
  • Steve Goodman: Sonic Warfare
  • Manuel DeLanda: War in the age of intelligent machines
  • Michael Ignatieff: Virtual War
  • Raymond Wacks: Prtivacy, A very short introduction
  • Eyal Weizman: Hollow Land
  • Geoff Manaugh: BldgBlog Book
  • Muhammad Yunus: Creating a world without poverty
  • Ethan Zuckerman: Rewire
  • McKenzie Wark: The beach beneath the streets
  • Guy Debord: The society of the spectacle
  • Slavoj Zizeck: A year of living dangerously
  • Patrick Kieler: The view from the train
  • Adam Greenfield: Against the smart city
  • Medea Benjamin: Drone Warefare: Killing by remote control

I have probably forgotten some things, papers read and books which I dipped into rather than read cover to cover, but the list shows where my head was at for the last couple of months (and now).