Some Buildings Die of Old Age

http://www.mocksim.org/SBDOOA.htm
Print by Michael O'Connell, Text by Daniel Pryde-Jarman

life's a game: the situationists

Grey Area Presents...
Discussion 2: "Life's a Game: The Situationists"

In a series called: "Art and Revolution"

At Grey Area 31 Queens Road Brighton (under money shop)
7.30pm to 9.00pm Friday 16th March 2007

A mug will be held by the person speaking so that only one individual talks at a time. Initially this will be held by the chairperson who will introduce the discussion. On agreement with the others the mug may be handed back to the same participant again.

Ideally read "The Society of The Spectacle" which will form the basis for the discussion which is attached or can be found at:

http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle or http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/pub_contents/4 or http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/debord/society.htm

Possible Preparation Installation Shots

All Art is Bourgeois, 2/2/07

Discussion 1: "All Art is Bourgeois"
In a series called: "Art and Revolution"

At Grey Area, 31 Queens Road, Brighton (under money shop)
7.30pm to 9.00pm
Friday 2nd February 2007

A mug will be held by the person speaking so that only one person talks at a time. Initially this will be held by the chairperson who will introduce the discussion. Only on agreement with the others can the mug be handed back to the same participant again.

Out of respect for the others, participants are expected to have read these two short extracts which will form the basis for the discussion:

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1923/art/tia23c.htm

http://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/1924/lit_revo/ch08.htm