Poetic Terrorism in Paris

"Bolt up brass commemorative plaques in places (public or private) where you have experienced a revelation or had a particularly fulfilling sexual experience, etc."
~ Hakim Bey,; TAZ.

Mystery Plaques Puzzle Parisians

Comedian accused of Blasphemy

How come I never get accused of blasphemy? :(

"What if Jesus had been killed with a wrench? Then it would have been impossible for a plumber to repair your toilet without being accused of blasphemy."
"If you're a Christian you can take as many flying lessons as you want without raising suspicions, you can exorcise as many minor demons from young, attractive girls as you want, and it is just wonderful to be able to toss all responsibility back to God."
"No matter what kind of a swine you were while alive, no matter how sick the sexual inclinations you indulged, you will be taken back in and forgiven, as long as you are really dead."

Terrorism helping to stop the tide of globalization?

"Then the final phase of the strategy to dismantle globalization would begin. As the smaller economies suffer tremendously and collapse altogether, much resentment toward wealthy nations would develop. Wealthy nations would be blamed for pressuring these bankrupt countries into joining the "free world" that only brought poverty and instability. This would give rise to nationalist or other movements that promise a social welfare state and protection against the volatility of the free market. Such resentment can already be seen growing in Argentina and Brazil."

Excerpt of a Robert Anton Wilson Interview with Richard Metzger

"They don't have those distinctions because any teacher in the United States who's caught trying to teach children how to judge statements logically… immediately, the whole school board, all the parents and especially the local clergy come down on his or her case and he or she gets fired, thrown out on their ass, and has to find work in another field. You can't teach children to think. It's against the law. So of course nobody has any standards how to judge whether Martians are in the White House or if General Motors owns the President or whether there are fetuses of extraterrestrials at Fort Bragg; they have no standard by which to judge. So they judge by whomever they heard speak most recently! “Oh that must be the truth, I just heard it five minutes ago.” They don't have an attention span that goes more than ten minutes and that's because they've never been taught how to use their brains. I used to advertise my seminars as “How to Use Your Brain for Fun and Profit”. These days most people don't even know how to use it for fun, much less know how to use it for profit."

For anyone who lives near the New York area, or knows someone who lives around the New York area, this program is not to be missed! When Negativland comes out to support, you KNOW it'll be a good time. Check out the program information that follows...I wish I could make it ! ! !

On Wednesday, November 13, please join us at the opening party for

Illegal Art:
Freedom of Expression in the Corporate Age

CBGB's 313 Gallery (313 Bowery between Bond and E. 1st St.)
7 pm til at least 10 pm

Cash bar but free candy salad while supplies last
Free Illegal Art CD (that is, illegal music--Negativland, Public
Enemy, Beastie Boys, The JAMs, John Oswald et al.)
Brand-new issue of Stay Free! magazine
And free gazing at neat, funny, and often quite lovely paintings,
drawings, prints, and sculpture all incorporating, parodying, or
otherwise using copyrighted or trademarked stuff without
permission.
Your friends are more than welcome to join us. No need to RSVP.

For more information about the whole Illegal Art extravaganza (film!
rock show! intellectuals!), check out http://www.illegal-art.org.

Hope to see you on the 13th--
Carrie and Alexandra




Also, don't miss:


FILM & VIDEO FEST
NYC: November 14-17, Anthology Film Archives (32 2nd Ave.)
Online: http://www.illegal-art.org/video
(See below for schedule)

Karen Carpenter's "superstar," George W. Bush meets the Teletubbies, Barbie tries a new
job, and more. Download 'em all for free!


MUSIC
Live NYC show: Mark Hosler of Negativland and Christian Marclay, with Evolution Control
Committee, @ Tonic (107 Norfolk) on Sunday, Nov. 17.

+ Loads of "illegal" mp3s are downloadable from:
http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/

+ a CD compilation featuring Negativland, Public Enemy, John Oswald, the KLF and other
plundered "hits" will be given away free at all the above events.


NYU PANEL DISCUSSION
November 15, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
NYU Cantor Film Center (36 East Eighth Street)

Featuring:
Mark Hosler of Negativland
Howard Besser, Associate Professor of Cinema Studies and Director of the Moving Image
and Archiving Program, New York University
Natalie Jeremijenko, technoartist and design engineer
Steven Feld, Professor of Music and Anthropology, Columbia University
Rebecca Tushnet, New York University Law School
Meg McLagan (moderator), Asst. Professor in the Anthropology Department, New York
University



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ILLEGAL ART FILM & VIDEO SCHEDULE
November 14-17 at Anthology Film Archives

Watch videos online at http://www.illegal-art.org

Thursday, November 14
Program 1 - 7 pm
Program 2 - 9:30 pm
Friday, November 15
Program 3 - 7 pm
Program 4 - 9:30 pm

Saturday, November 16
Program 2 - 3:30 pm
Program 1 - 8:30 pm

Sunday, November 17
Program 4 - 7 pm
Program 3 - 9 pm


PROGRAM 1
Thursday, 7 pm; Saturday, 8:30
The Media Pranks and Hoaxes of Negativland
A 90-minute film/lecture presentation by Mark Hosler.

Mark Hosler of Negativland will discuss the "culture jamming" projects his band has been
doing since 1980. Hosler will also be showing series of short videos in which Negativland
brings its love of found sounds and recycled mass culture to experimental moviemaking.
Outspoken artist-activists, Negativland had released 19 CDs, one book (Fair Use: The Story
Of The Letter U And The Numeral 2) and been sued twice for copyright infringement. A Q&A
will follow.

PROGRAM 2
Thursday, 9:30 pm; Saturday, 3:30 pm
Paul Harvey Oswald, Fair Use (aprox. 4 min.)
Phil Patiris, Iraq Campaign 1991 (19 min.)
Joe Gibbons, Barbie's Audition (12 min.)
Brian Springer, Spin (60 min.)
In Spin, documentary filmmaker Brian Springer captures the behind-the-scenes
maneuverings of politicians and newscasters in the early 1990s. Pat Robertson banters
about "homos," Al Gore learns how to avoid abortion questions, George Bush talks to Larry
King about halcyon-all presuming they're off camera. Iraq Campaign 1991 transforms
network news footage, clips from Star Trek, and sports coverage (all used without
permission) into a devastating critique of the media/industrial complex.

PROGRAM 3
Friday, 7 pm; Sunday, 9 pm
Keith Sanborn, The Artwork in the Age of Its Mechanical Reproducibility (aprox. 4 min.)
Jean Hester, Buy Me (4 min.)
Naomi Uman, Removed (8 min.)
Paul Harvey Oswald, A Natural Thing (aprox. 5 min.)
Bill Wasik, Eugene Mirman, Brian Spinks, Black Thunder (2 min)
Michal Levy, Giant Steps (2:15)
Brian Boyce, State of the Union (2 min.)
Jem Cohen, Excerpt from Chain (about 10 min.)
Todd Haynes, Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story (43 min.)
[used without permission]
Brian Boyce, Special Report
Michael Colton/ModernHumorist.com, Puppy Love (2 min.)

A series of shorts that appropriate copyrighted works in one way or another: through the
use of found footage, unauthorized music, or corporate imagery.
PROGRAM 4
Friday, 9:30; Sunday, 7 pm
Phil Patiris, Iraq Campaign 1991
Craig Baldwin, Tribulation 99



--

Carrie McLaren
Editor, Stay Free!
718.398.9324
www.stayfreemagazine.org
www.illegal-art.org