As the Israeli army advances into urban density, new warfare methods are practiced by both battling sides. NY Times article. Related essay by Eyal Weizman "The Art of War: Deleuze, Guattari, Debord and the Israeli Defense Force."
A related previous discussion.
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a somewhat timely event will take place at UCL London 24th Jan with Weizman
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thanks TED. i wish events of this nature could happen in los angeles. most we get is an architect talking about his condo design, or somebody is on a fashionable book tour.
we just don't have this kind of range in la. we are usually treated as a potential market for whatever. yet we have several noteworthy schools. there are five higher learning institutions offering degrees in architecture and/or urban design.., craft oriented.
You might be interest to know that The Complex Terrain Laboratory, which is UCL based, will have someone on hand at the 24 Jan event, and will post a write-up of the event at its website. I'd be happy to provide more detail offline. Drop me a note.
hello mike, i e-mailed you.
reminds me a bit of how i felt when i heard weizman speaking about the deleuze/guattari link a couple of years ago: that this is a sort of war hyper-theorizing that makes it a little easier to ignore the fact that following it means you're mowing down families or blowing through their homes.
listening to weizman is great but a little offputting. makes you scared of the power of architecture.
Hi Mike Innes! - are you attending the event on the 24th? - SOVEREIGNTY AND BARE LIFE which was part of the conflicts series was great - particularly the Ursula Biemann videos.
Hi Ted. Yes, I will be attending on the 24th. I was in the UK at the time of the Sovereignty and Bare Life event in November, but only found out about it at the last minute. I was really sorry to have missed it. The whole series looks fantastic.
Well I am doing my PhD at UCL and other UK stuff and your CTLab looks great - will introduce myself to you at the event!
Ted, what faculty are you in? Send me an email directly.
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