As announced in class we will be screening Renzo Martens' ENJOY POVERTY in class. The screening will be on Wednesday, Nov. 13 (Section 1) and Thursday, Nov. 14 (Section 2). Expect class to go over for about 20-25 minutes. You will be out by 1.15pm at the latest.
This is mandatory viewing for ALL students in COM 470 Advanced Communication Theory.
The readings below are not part of the reading requirements but they are helpful in contextualizing and helping you come to terms with Enjoy Poverty. Please take a look at them, particularly the interview with Martens and the Susan Sontag essay on 'looking at war'.
"Enjoy Poverty: Disclosing the Political Impasse of Contemporary Art" in Art Papers
This is mandatory viewing for ALL students in COM 470 Advanced Communication Theory.
The readings below are not part of the reading requirements but they are helpful in contextualizing and helping you come to terms with Enjoy Poverty. Please take a look at them, particularly the interview with Martens and the Susan Sontag essay on 'looking at war'.
"Enjoy Poverty: Disclosing the Political Impasse of Contemporary Art" in Art Papers
-an interview with Renzo Martens
Paul O'Kane, "Renzo Martens: Episode III" review in Third Text, 2009
T.J. Demos, "Poverty Pornography, Humanitarianism and Neo-Liberal Globalization: Notes on Some Paradoxes in Contemporary Art"
Bonus Interview from the "Africa is a Country Blog" here.
Bonus Reading:
Susan Sontag, "Looking At War/Regarding the Pain of Others"
Also, remember that the second mandatory event of the Digital Delights and Disturbances will be on Thursday, Nov. 14 @ 6pm in the Aula Magna with Audrey Chang, Taiwan's Minister of Digital.
Also, remember that the second mandatory event of the Digital Delights and Disturbances will be on Thursday, Nov. 14 @ 6pm in the Aula Magna with Audrey Chang, Taiwan's Minister of Digital.
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