Monthly Archives: March 2009

Motherwell and Rosenberg

Robert Motherwell and Harold Rosenberg “The Question of What wWill Emerge is Left Open” 1947 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 659 This is really interesting
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Camus

Albert Camus “Creation and Revolution” from The Rebel. 1953 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 626-629
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Mid 40s American Avant Garde

Mark Rothko “Statement”. 1947 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 573 With two others
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Picasso Speaks

Pablo Picasso 1935 “Conversation with Picasso” trans. Barr. reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 507-510
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Gihan Perera: Internal Efficacy

Gihan Perera: Grounding our Inner Leadership Spirit & Sustainability Profile “In so much of my political work, the benchmark of that was external. It was intellectual, and I mentally related it to my impact on objective conditions. However, so much of what I felt about my larger purpose was so non-related to those benchmarks. What was important [...]
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From howtowin.org:

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“Entertainment- Education and Social Change”

“Entertainment- Education and Social Change” M.J. Papa, et al, Journal of Communication, 50, 2000, pp. 31-55 This seems to be the ur article for most recent research in this field. Again, what’s useful here is that these folks are taking efficacy seriously, relating it to culture, and are looking for demonstrable effects. entertainment-education
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Do It!

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Pink Fairies – Do It (1971) Listen to this song and you can’t help but be reminded.  You can’t succeed if you don’t do it. Don’t think about it, don’t talk about it, don’t write about it, you just gotta do it. Pointless comedy after the jump…
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Trotsky – Literature and Revolution

Leon Trotsky, from Literature and Revolution, 1924 trans. Strunsky reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 443-447
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Sironi on Fascism

Mario Sironi “Manifesto of Mural Painting” 1933 reprinted in Art in Theory: 1900-2000. ed. Harrison and Wood pp. 424-425
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