THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY ALWAYS COMES WITH A KNIFE BETWEEN THE TEETH
The ne plus ultra of social oppression is being shot at in cold blood.
What: presentation / discussion Where: 16 Beaver Street, 4th floor When: Thursday Night 12.11.08 @ 7:15 PM Who: Open To All For more info: http://www.16beavergroup.org/monday http://www.ludiccrew.org/wark/
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"The idea of investigating the conditions for a 'recuperation of political radicality' in contemporary art derived from the sudden proliferation of
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