Interesting ICA talks in Feb 09
Not sure of my travel plans, so might not be in/near London at the right times, but these look like interesting talks for Jan/Feb 09 (in case you're reading an archive :-)...
Peter Greenaway on the New Visual Literacy
"...he comes to the ICA to argue that the world of text is giving way to a exciting new age of visual literacy."
The Cybernetic Way of War
"The idea of cybernetics didn't just give rise to the internet. Through its successor discipline of network-centric warfare, it has also burrowed into American and Israeli military culture. Where did those ideas come from, and what has their effect been on the war in Iraq, 2006's Israel-Lebanon war, and the current war in Gaza?'
Pity it's just authors, and not a few actors (in the military) sense, but still...
Clay Shirky
"...returns to update his thesis about mass internet collaboration in the light of the last year and 'the Obama effect'. We are now seeing masses of people engage in both spontaneous and planned generosity online, according to Shirky,"
Saw him talk with Brian Eno last year...always interesting, but felt more of a reminder - this might be a good review of how Barama facebooked the '08 campaign.
Mike Figgis on Digital Filmmaking
"A small number of major filmmakers now work mainly or exclusively using digital film. How does digital film change the work of the filmmaker and the perspective of the audience? Mike Figgis...is here to lecture on the aesthetic possibilities latent in digital film."
In all of them, "The use of camera phones and recording equipment during talks and events in the Feedback series is encouraged.", so I'll look out for meedja of the events in anycase.
