It so happens that theory/practice is also the topic of this year's Comparative Literature graduate conference at UC Irvine. Link to the Call for Proposals posted below. Conference will take place March 12th and 13th. Let's discuss the CFP along with the other t/p sound bytes next Sunday!

http://www.humanities.uci.edu/complit/graduate/conferenceCFP.pdf

ok, so, first off. this workshop will be co-taught with the super-talented keith pasko.

there's a couple of things that participants will need to prepare before sunday. not sure how many people have downloaded openFrameworks and started exploring or coding, but it'll save us a bundle of time if everybody comes equipped with an IDE (integrated development environment) and the latest version of oF for their operating system.

you can download oF 0.061 from here: http://www.openframeworks.cc/download. please make sure to download the FAT version - as it bundles all of the addons that extend the functionality of oF (computer vision, xml reading/writing, audio synthesis, vector math, etc).

now, as far as the IDE goes ....

Hi everyone. So I have been spending the whole day linking to try to find some people to talk to about my website and about what I want to do with it. But its more important to find out what other people might want to do with it. Tonight however i just want to test the chain i made in internet land. See how tightly the first coils are linked. I am going to be broadcasting from right now until around 2 a.m. I am going to be discussing anything and everything that people want to, showing videos, taking any requests imagineable. To me this is a place to discuss the UC Strikes. Strategy, teaching, dancing and fun. I am just leaving this on for right now and i'm going to see who comes. Please chat with me. I would really like to talk to anyone who understands fundraising because i have big plans but no perspective on how that works. I would also love to teach people how to vj live with ustream, because its insanely fun. Online tps activity.

Hello tps classmates. This is Shade. For the past two weeks i've been on a hunger strike, attention economy seeking quest to fill my life with eyes and links and a cushy life for all who believe in justice and a brighter future for this world.

(from La Ventana Collective)

The actions of December 10th reflected an evolution on the campus of San Francisco State University. 

While the ISO argues that the occupation was “undemocratic” it is important to note that in this particular case it was strategically valuable to have clandestine organization. This militant action will act as a spark for more expanded and informal organizing in the spring. Security is a huge issue on campus as the struggle to defend public education escalates in resistance. Additionally, the ISO’s organizing model is in many ways undemocratic in nature with centralized committees espousing orders that rank-and-file militants within their organization must follow, including the "party-line" and "platform" with which the ISO members must adhere. 

Furthermore, to assume that outside support must be organized by a vanguard is to assume students on campus are incapable of acting on their own initiative to support an occupation that is an important step in mobilizing for power amongst students, employed members of the university, and the supporters of the community. They used the word "hastily" but the fact that a large number of students (the largest turn-out we have seen all semester) on their own volition decided to support this action the week before finals proves the potential of spontaneous self-organization. The students on this campus are willing to support actions that are outside the traditional framework of “activism” as defined on this campus (e.g. walks outs, marches, rallies, teach-ins). The thousands of students who showed up to support the occupation was what kept it alive for 24 hours. The "haste" of preparation for the occupation had nothing to do with the riot cops ability to break it up - they forced their way into the building by breaking windows at 3.30 in the morning, when many students were tired and on the verge of sleep. 

Jonathan Meese performance videos here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqPCoJGf20s&feature=related

and here:

http://www.cfa-berlin.com/artists/jonathan_meese/videos/

If you are curious, the performance he did at Site Santa Fe (DVD is included in the catalog) with his mother where he gets hyper-emasculated is really entertaining.  Most of the documentation online (esp. youtube) is not.

-L

http://www.theyrule.net/

This is the funding project I mentioned

http://www.kickstarter.com/

Organizing has begun! I would like to discuss this and the necrosocial text as well.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184333923808&ref=mf

azdelSlade proposed: