Antonio Caronia

Art, Activism, Subjectivity, Sabotage

Who said that books dealing with the proceeding of a congress are boring? First of all it depends on the congress and the speakers, secondly on the way the book is conceived. The reading of L'arte della sovversione. Multiversity: pratiche artistiche contemporanee e attivismo politico (The art of overthrow. Multiversity: artistic contemporary practices and political activism) edited by Marco Baravalle for 'Manifestolibri/Uninomade', once you get over the title -a bit over the top- it is very enjoyable because it is composed of many keen and necessary statements (not all of them of course) on a group of quite current issues, that though complicated, are fascinating for those who deal with cultural production in general, and with a political/social tone in particular.... READ MORE...

Aha-camper: Le Trappole Del Social Networking

Nel mese di settembre 2008 gli iscritti alla mailing list aha (aha@ecn.org) hanno visto crescere il traffico delle mail quasi a dismisura. Da una media di 2 o 3 mail al giorno, con picchi di poche decine quando si accendeva qualche flame, si  passati quasi improvisamente a una media di 30, 40, poi 50 mail al giorno, arrivando a superare, nei giorni pi caldi, le 80 mail.... READ MORE...