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For lack of better way of explaining this, I am going to have to go down the naïve route: in our world, we have a lot of apathy.  We are apathetic about everything: neo-liberalism, fascism, …

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Mentioned this old old essay from 2003 in the theory reading group on Virilio so I thought it would nice to re-air it here.  This essay was actually an interactive multimedia presentation where clicking on …

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The sculpture exhibition presented by V22 PRESENTS is unlike any exhibition I have been to before.  The concept of the exhibition is to explore the modes of thought and production in sculpture and showcase the …

I quite find the panic that is going around with the current Swine Flu amusing. Especially the way the British media handle it make the free London papers sometimes worth the gag: “Tens of thousands of Londoners will die!” etc. Sheyma called it ‘retro-mass hysteria?’, which I think is a rather apt name for the contemporary fascination of constantly imagining our death by one disaster after another. Just don’t worry about climate change and enviromental pollution, economic collapse through financial mismanagement, corrupt politics and war; no, it will be an invisible bug that will get you. It will be your loved ones, or that strange looking coughing neighbor, that will transfer it to you and … and … and. Do check out the following retro-mass hysteric video from 33 years ago. The end of the world is coming and we are all going to die … again?

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As a part of the weekly seminar series, The Centre for Media and Film Studies hosted a presentation by Dr. Atef Alsha’Er titled “A Culture of Communication: Hamas’ Images in Perspective.”   The presentation looked closely …