Program
Brian Holmes
Brian Holmes is an art and cultural critic whose blog Continental Drift (the other side of neoliberal globalisation) acts as an archive for his texts and reflects a series of seminars Holmes carried out with various people throughout the world, including the notorious self-organized New York art space 16 Beaver Group. For this event Holmes will be discussing his new line of enquiry on the subject of Technopolitics, entitled Crisis Theory for Complex Societies. This project aims to map the multiple forces that come together to bring about societal change. (See below for a full abstract on the evening’s lecture).
Rick van Amersfoort
Brian’s talk will be accompanied with a lecture by Buro Janssen & Jansen researcher, Rick van Amersfoort. Buro Janssen & Jansen are an organisation who utilize the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) to critically investigate the police, justice, secret services and home affairs in Holland and the European Union. Van Amersfoort will be discussing a recent project that addresses the de-radicalization of the Counter Culture in Western Europe since the fall of the Berlin wall.
Book launch
The evening will also serve as the Amsterdam book launch for The Relevation of the Concealed, Politics (in)forms: Freedom of Information Act Results (WOB/FOIA) by Renée Ridgway. With contributions by Freek Lomme, Simon Ferdinando and Rick van Amersfoort.
Practical information
Information, books, discussions and drinks will be available at the bar. Tickets: €4 (suggested). Organized by Renée Ridgway + Taf Hassam. This event takes place at Goleb, Burg. de Vlugtlaan 125, Amsterdam.
Links
http://brianholmes.wordpress.com
http://www.burojansen.nl
http://www.16beavergroup.org