Lions after Slumber
Lions after Slumber is a series of meetings accompanied by a selection of videos partly drawn from the Archivio video di Careof and partly selected by the authors and artists involved. The talks alternate between some of the most interesting figures in the English cultural scene on one side — Federico Campagna and Owen Hatherley — and the perspective of an artist duo based in Paris on the other — Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson — invited to present In Search of UIQ, a film based on the never-realized sci-fi script by Felix Guattari.
Lions after Slumber was created to deepen a multi-voiced reflection on the themes of Work, the City, and Media Culture, closely connected to the dynamics of a reality like Milan, rapidly transforming in anticipation of EXPO 2015. The goal is to present to the Italian public the theoretical and artistic work of a generation of activists coming primarily from the blogging world of the early 2000s, operating at the intersection of cultural critique and aesthetic analysis.
Over the last ten years, a new generation of thinkers and activists, mostly from the early 2000s blogging scene, has emerged. Gradually, these examples have become part of the international debate, intertwining the academic and non-academic worlds, also supported by publishers such as Verso Books (versobooks.com) and Zero Books (zero-books.net).
The project is structured around three meetings, held over the course of a month on a biweekly basis. In the days between each talk, the Careof space will be transformed into a mini cinema, set up with a film program agreed upon with each guest and related to the themes developed for each talk, in order to create a supportive narrative and visual fabric for the conversations.
Program
September 26
6:30 PM talk with Federico Campagna
From September 26 to October 8
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM minicinema
October 9
6:30 PM talk with Owen Hatherley
From October 9 to 22
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM minicinema
October 23
6:30 PM talk with Silvia Maglioni and Graeme Thomson
7:15 PM screening of In Search of UIQ (HD, 70 min, 2013)
From October 23 to 29
11:00 AM to 7:00 PM minicinema
Bio
Federico Campagna on the theme of Work and Religion.
Born in Milan in 1984, he works at Verso Books. His first book The Last Night: Anti-Work, Atheism, Adventure (Zero Books, 2013) will be translated into Italian in 2015. He has participated in various talks and round tables including: Whistle While You Work: palpitations of productivity (South London Gallery, London. June 2014); Radical Thinkers: Federico Campagna and Saul Newman Present The Ego and His Own by Max Stirner (ICA Institute of Contemporary Art. London. February 2014).
His blog: http://th-rough.eu/
Owen Hatherley on the theme of Urbanism.
Born in Southampton in 1981, he writes for Icon, the Guardian, Frieze, and Building Design. He is the author of Militant Modernism (Zero Books, 2009) and A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain (2011) and A New Kind of Bleak: Journeys Through Urban Britain (2013), both published by Verso Books.
His blog is: http://urbantrawl.blogspot.it/
Silvia Maglioni and Graeme Thomson present In Search of UIQ.
Artists and filmmakers, they are co-founders of Terminal Beach, a multimedia platform investigating new configurations of image, sound, text, and spectator. Together they have created films, video and audio installations, solo and group exhibitions, performances, radio experiments, and critical essays.
Their blog: http://cargocollective.com/terminal-beach
Residency
Owen Hatherley, Silvia Maglioni, Graeme Thomson
08.10 > 10.10.2014
22.10 > 25.10.2014
Lions after Slumber is a series of meetings accompanied by a selection of videos partly taken from the Careof Video Archive and partly selected by the authors and artists involved.
The talks alternate between some of the most interesting figures in the English cultural scene on one side — Federico Campagna and Owen Hatherley — and the perspective of a Paris-based artistic duo on the other — Silvia Maglioni & Graeme Thomson — invited to present In Search of UIQ, a film born from the never-realized sci-fi script by Felix Guattari.
Lions after Slumber was created to deepen a multi-voiced reflection on the themes of Work, the City, and Media Culture in close connection with the dynamics of a reality like Milan, rapidly transforming in view of EXPO 2015.
The goal is to present to the Italian public the theoretical and artistic work of a generation of activists coming mainly from the blogging world of the early 2000s, who move at the intersection of cultural criticism and aesthetic analysis.
