Nagoya City University 18 July 2007

講演とビデオ上映の集い


日時：7月18日午後4時から


場所：人文社会学部棟203教室
　
講師：ロンドン大学教授　ジョン・ハットニク（カルチュラル・スタディース専攻）
テーマ：英国のヒップポップ

とてもアクチュアルで興味深いテーマですので、お誘い合わせの上、お気軽にふるってご参集ください。

Topic: UK Hip Hop and Suicide Rap.

Professor John Hutnyk, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths

世話人：土屋勝彦　(国際文化学科)

Wilberforcce bake off - 26 June-18 July 07

Last weekend I dragged a few people out to the park where we went to see the two competing models for the proposed sculpture to commemorate the legislation against slavery propagated by Wilberforce, (take your chance to vote by seeing the flyer - click on the image to enlarge) and - although I am biased somewhat by family connections, Sokari's is by far and away the better work. It is affirmative, insistent and interesting.

By contrast, the other one is what I would call - and will now never be able to imagine as anything but - Wilberforce's Anniversary Sponge Cake. I thought it was really really bad. Especially the chocolate figures on the top of the cake! Its a rehearsal of every bad stereotype and cliché, and renders black people once again in chains in a way that offers little critical perspective or gestures beyond the obvious.

The original vote-off was at the Lido here, but the results will not be known for a while as - see the flyer - the models will be touring - here is a close up of Sokari's macquette (afraid I do not have, nor do I want to promote, the sponge cake opposition one). Next chance to see the stuff is at Wallspace, All Hollows Church, London EC2M 5ND 26 June-18 July. Get out, find them (official site), and vote.

16 July 2007

Day 4 of the Ubiquitous Media conference in Tokyo
1pm - 2.45
Room H

Media/War

69 Anthony KING University of Exeter
The Casualties of War: the Mediatisation of Conflict in Korea and Afghanistan

60 John HUTNYK Goldsmiths College, London University
Pantomime Terror: UK Hip Hop at War - (or Paranoia in London: 'Lookout, he's behind you!')

Come see.

Tech/Animation Event in Tokyo 13 July 2007

Here is the first of several events in Japan (my visit sponsored by Japan Foundation- the second event will be at TCS conference, then talks at Nagoya City University and Hitsobashi U - details later)

“Tech/Animation”

7/13(fri) start20:00／1500yen／１d

ROOM HEAVEN&EARTH
住所：〒１５５－００３１東京都世田谷区北沢２－２－１４
モアイ茶沢４F＆５F
TEL:０３－３４１２－０４５４　

DJs; (techno, electro, hiphop.....)
Kotaro（techno.to, Equinox, Wonkavator）
Toshiya the tribal（Tribal Media）
Nick Cage（Trance Disk Hunter）
Fishu(NICE BAND RADIO)
Ice-K(NICE BAND RADIO)
Norio (No In One)

SPECIAL PROGRAM;
showing animation&talk session

The topic of talk will be around the links between techno and
Anime culture/tribes. It would be unofficial, easy and relaxed
session.

And relatively official statements on several projects of translation
of significant books (DJ Spooky, Ian Condry, etc) would be proclaimed
in public.

John Hutnyk (Goldsmiths, UK)
Jeremy Gilbert (UK)
Ian Condry (MIT,USA)
Yoshi Mouri (TAU, JP)
Anne Allison (Duke, US)
Toshiya Ueno(Wako/Mcgill, Jp )

Special Guest Dancers (you can join in ' the play', if you want so.)

Holland Novak
Gainer Sanga
Spike Spiegel
Renton Thurston
Char Asnable
Tachikoma
Motoko Kusanagi
and more!!!!

FOOD;
T/A BBQ booth (served by under 21 Spr-out girls of GEKKO STATE)

Venue - ROOM HEAVEN&EARTH
住所：〒１５５－００３１東京都世田谷区北沢２－２－１４
モアイ茶沢４F＆５F
TEL:０３－３４１２－０４５４　
- its in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo

See here for report