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Jun 27, 2013, 7:47:15 PM6/27/13

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nightmares are revealed. the world as ever makes itself anew. we are in a period of extended generalize

resistence. breath deeply.

this email is a general update of projects and notices, of and books and articles.

of ours and others...

1. support for a new Journal project with Etiene Turpin, Stainlessness

2. new books- part of the summer reading list

a. The Neo-liberal Undead by Marc J. Leger (Zero Books)

b. Biohackers by Alessandro Delfanti (Pluto Press)

c. Factories Of Knowledge, Industries Of Creativity by Gerald Raunig (Semiotexte)

3. Translator Needed for PAH ( Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), the Spanish Housing Crisis

and activist responses.

4. Fellowship: Design Studio for Social Intervention and Community Labor United's new Boston Fellowship

5. Steubenville Anonymous legal support from the Whistle Blowers Defense League

6. Drones, survaillance, teargas and other swirling forms of enforced stasis

7. pleasant routines and passtimes

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1. support for a new project by Etienne Turpin, Stainlessness

STAINLESSNESS Etienne Turpin

To support the book Stainlessness (to be published by Journal of Aesthetics and Protest Press) Sound & Language Distribution is pleased to announce the release of a Limited Edition set of artists' prints.
The prints tell the story of labor movements in North America and show how they have shaped the cities of Sudbury, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Detroit. While processes of urbanization have all but erased these struggles from our cities and left only ambivalent monuments to mark the past, these prints assert the centrality of labor as a force capable of transforming the nature of cities, the culture of America, and the geologic deep-time marked by the Anthropocene.

The limited edition prints are designed by Etienne Turpin with the graphic office Captains of Industry, and printed at the Cranbrook with the artists Sara Dean and Marnie Briggs.

For more information, see Sound and Language Distribution
or contact Journal of Aesthetics and Protest (thatswhosentyouthisemail)

4 original signed and numbered prints (Detroit, Chicago, Pittsburgh, Sudbury)
+ dimensions: approximately 26” x 26” per print

Etienne Turpin is, itinerantly, a teacher, writer, editor and curator. Currently, he is a Research Fellow at the University of Michigan's Center for Southeast Asian Studies and lecturer in architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. He is a principal investigator of Architecture + Adaptation: Design for Hypercomplexity and a founding editor of SCAPEGOAT: Architecture | Landscape | Political Economy.

The Germany-based arts organization HALLE14 conducted an interview with Etienne about the Stainlessness project; a transcript of the interview, which explains the ambition of the project in greater detail, is available online:

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2. new books- part of the summer reading list

a. The Neoliberal Undead by Marc J. Leger (Zero Books) link

Frequent Aesthetics & Protest contributor Marc J. Leger has released The Neoliberal Undead.

"What role does culture play in this world of markets and how do new contestatory forms enable a leftist solidarity that can move cultural radicalism beyond the postmodern obsession with new subjectivities? Rather than become the symptoms of democratic materialism, signing up for endless culture wars, The Neoliberal Undead argues for a rethinking of radical cultural leftism against the terms of the dominant global situation."

check out the book here.

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2 b. Biohackers by Alessandro Delfanti (Pluto Press) link

"Hacking, most often associated with the realm of bits and bytes, is now firmly entrenched in the world of biology. Alessandro Delfanti provides the definitive account covering the early, formative history of bio-hackers, a motley cohort of scientists, entrepreneurs, and amateur tinkers who are insisting on openness for their scientific enterprise.

Hacking, most often associated with the realm of bits and bytes, is now firmly entrenched in the world of biology. Alessandro Delfanti provides the definitive account covering the early, formative history of bio-hackers, a motley cohort of scientists, entrepreneurs, and amateur tinkers who are insisting on openness for their scientific enterprise. - See more at: http://delfanti.org/biohackers/#sthash.KpX1mky1.dpuf

" - Gabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy,McGill University

Gabriella Coleman, Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy,McGill University - See more at: http://delfanti.org/biohackers/#sthash.KpX1mky1.dpuf

you can can read the book for free here..

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2. c. Factories Of Knowledge, Industries Of Creativity by Gerald Raunig (Semiotexte) link

We truly enjoyed Gerald Raunig's last book through Semiotexte and look forward to cracking open this one.

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3. Translator Needed for PAH book project

Aesthetics & Protest will be in Spain and Italy this summer doing research.
Its been impressed upon us that the activism done by PAH (Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca)
is something to see.
They are working on on a project that documents their struggle and are looking for Spanish-English translators.

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4. Design Studio for Social Intervention and Community Labor United's new Boston Fellowship (link)

The Department of Public Imagination is a new fellowship program that places artists with community-based organizations in greater Boston. Each artist will receive studio space, a stipend + materials budget, and participate in an ongoing workshop that brings together leaders in the arts and social justice sectors. Deadly to apply is July 19th.

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5. Steubenville Anonymous legal support from the Whistle Blowers Defense League (link)

Lawyer, writer and Issue 5 contributor Jason Flores Williams has been working with the legal outfit, the Whistle Blowers Defense League.
One of their clients is Deric Lostutter, who helped expose the Stuebenville Rape Case and for his actions is facing 10 years prison.

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6. Drones, survaillance, teargas and other swirling forms of enforced stasis

Artist, geographer, observer of the governmental black ops and issue 3 contributor Trevor Paglen penned this article Turnkey Tyranny, Surveillance and the Terror State for Guernica mag.

Activist theorist (Protest Camps) and recent collaborator Anna Feigenbaum has, with recent events world 'round, been turning her attention towards tear gas in a recent article in the Guardian and Waging NonViolence.

The Center for the Study of the Drone at Bard College caught our attention.

A City at the Time of Crisis. Mapping racist attacks in Athens.

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7. pleasant routines and passtimes

Hands on Urbanism, this exhibition on critical urbanism is really good.

Squatting Urban Collective and a shout out to Alan Moore.

Rebel Cities: from the right to the city to the urban revolution - David Harvey.