*Invitation: Flusser Reading Group - The Public School Berlin & The
Vilém Flusser Archive*
The "Flusser Reading Group" is presented by THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BERLIN and
Vilém Flusser Archive from July 21st through July 22nd, 2011 taking
place at the School's facilities in Berlin Mitte. Over the course of two
days, Claudia Becker and Rodrigo Novaes from the Archive as well as Paul
Feigelfeld (Humboldt University Berlin, Institute for Media Theories)
will guide us through readings of "The Crisis of Linearity", the
unpublished essay "Imagination" and a chapter of "Vampyroteuthis
infernalis".
The seminar will commence with a short screening of an interview with
Vilém Flusser and a brief introduction to Flusser's life and work.
Afterwards, the structure of the seminar is very simple: each of the
short texts will be read out aloud and discussed along the way. For
this, it is necessary that each participant brings copies of the texts.
Preparatory reading is not obligatory, but can't hurt either. The goal
of the seminar is to establish a comprehensive understanding of
Flusserian terminology and topics, from theory, media and art to
culture, imagination, technology and the vampire squid from hell.
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL is a school with no curriculum. At the moment, it
operates as follows: first, classes are proposed by the public (I want
to learn this or I want to teach this); then, people have the
opportunity to sign up for the classes (I also want to learn that);
finally, when enough people have expressed interest, the school finds a
teacher and offers the class to those who signed up. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
was initiated in Los Angeles in 2007 by Telic Arts Exchange, and exists
in eight cities worldwide since. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BERLIN opened in fall
2010 and is hosted by Program e.V. in Invalidenstraße 115, 10115 Berlin.
To participate and get all info and texts to be read in the seminar just
sign up under the following link by pressing the "+"-button:
http://berlin.thepublicschool.org/class/3281
In case you are not yet a member of the school just create an account
via the website:
http://berlin.thepublicschool.org/register
If you have any further questions on the procedure or organizational
issues just make a comment on the class or contact Fiona Geuß via
[email protected]
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Annie Goh
Assitant | _Vilém_Flusser_Archive
University of the Arts, Berlin
Visitor address
Grunewaldstr. 2-5
10823 Berlin
Tel: + 49 (0)30 3185 1283
http://www.flusser-archive.org
http://www.facebook.com/flusser.archive
mailto: [email protected]
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