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People Watching series begins July 3rd at 8pm

People Watching is a monthly film-screening series with the goal of approaching movies for their anthropological significance, over their contribution to film history and academia. The title of each film will be a mystery until the night of the screening.

The inaugural session of People Watching will feature a classic Film Noir thriller about a serial killer. The aim of this screening is not to figure out “whodunnit”, but to ponder the notion that in 1931, in a city with a population of over 4,000,000, all its residents (though often working separately) might share the unified objective of apprehending a single criminal.

Thursday, July 3 at 8pm.
This is an outdoor screening, so dress appropriately!
Organized by Helen Cahng.

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“The Politics of Aesthetics” reading group

The Politics of Aesthetics book cover

Tomorrow is the first meeting of the reading group, Ranciere: The Politics of Aesthetics (and/as an Ethics), at The Public School.

It is a difficult, bordering on impenetrable, book (just see the Glossary of Technical Terms) in the tradition of so much French theory; and the course promises to perform a close reading of it to “extract an ethics.” At the same time, it seems important to come to terms with whatever it is about Ranciere holds such appeal for much of the contemporary art world (as evidenced by the reaction to The Emancipated Spectator and the March 2007 issue of Artforum devoted largely to him).

There are a couple of spaces left for the class tomorrow if you want to sign up for the 3 week class, which is being led by Robert Summers.

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The Public School open house

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The Public School opened at TELIC with an open house/ orientation and a Richtfest. There have been almost 80 classes proposed with more than 300 people signing up, which is partly due to an article in the LA Weekly, written by Holly Willis about the project last week.

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The Public School - Open House

January 25, 2008 at 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm

The Public School Richtfest

On Friday, TELIC will host an open house/ orientation for The Public School,
culminating in a Richtfest, with a toast to the new school at 8pm. You are
invited throughout the day to learn more about how the school works, propose
new classes, and sign up for classes that have already been proposed.

The Public School is a school with no curriculum, located underneath TELIC Arts
Exchange. It operates as follows: first, classes are proposed by the public (I want
to learn this or I want to teach that); 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 will find a teacher and offer the class to those who signed up.

visit The Public School website

A Richtfest (or “construction celebration”) is a German tradition that is held when a
building under construction reaches its highest point, but before it is finished. It
celebrates the structure as an idea.

The Public School will officially open in January 2008. For more information, contact thepublicschool (at) telic (dot) info or sign up for The Public School email list:

Acknowledgements:

Elise Co
Sean Dockray
John Houck
Chandler McWilliams
Naoko Miyano
Nikita Pashenkov
Fiona Whitton

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