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#1411 Mapping Dissent

Posted by Steve Dietz on December 23, 2004 2:59 PM

ToDo #1411 Map dissent and difference

Brian Holmes is one of the most lucid critics and theorists writing today and for the past 4 years, "as a direct result of involvement in demonstrations against the policies of the WTO and IMF," much of his work has been on mapping.

In a recent post to the locative-media list, he wrote about what is missing from many maps.

When Josh On [www.theyrule.net] or Bureau d'Etudes [http://utangente.free.fr/index2.html] make their complex charts of contemporary power relations, one can be assured that the cold and abstract character of the results is very painful to them. I can testify, particularly in the second case, that they are acutely aware of what is missing from such documents: namely, some affective indication of resistance from below, who does it, how they work and why.

He continues:

I often wonder why contemporary artists appear so broadly unable to infuse the dominant map with representations of - or even better, direct links to - the many and diverse dissenting groups and alternative philosophies that are now emerging in the world, or that have remained active over decades.

On your favorite map of power that matters to you, identify the nodes of/for dissent and alternative points of view.

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 17:14:16 +0100
To: locative@x-i.net
From: Brian Holmes 
Subject: [Locative] A Reply to Coco Fusco

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