No Reading After the Internet
No Reading After the Internet is a monthly opportunity to gather and read a text aloud in hopes that it might provoke theoretical illumination on particular art works, or the broader scope within which such work exists. This program departs from Cineworks’ Thought on Film series. Whilst still very interested in cinema, the focus of this incarnation is softened to accommodate the more broad (and ever expanding) scope of media art.
The idea of a reading group isn’t new. No Reading nonetheless poses itself as an experimental learning and discussion space. Simply put, we are suspicious of our own reading abilities, and the extent to which our readings are conversant with one another. No Reading means to offer a slow space within which to retrace our steps in the hopes of discovering individual and collective ways through the realms of language and interpretation. The strategies we have at our disposal are twofold: through the yoking of our discussion to a text; and inducing conversation, where possible, between text and specific, local, contemporaneous exhibitions and happenings.
Participation in No Reading After the Internet is free and open to everyone, regardless of their familiarity with a text or its author. Texts will be handed out at the salon. No pre-reading or research is required.
No Reading After the Internet is a project of the collective efforts of Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk, Alexander Muir and cheyanne turions.
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“Occupy” Movements in Relation to Colonial Dynamics in Canada – NRATIWednesday 2 November 2011 –Image credit: 06 April Movement tent, Tahrir Square, Cairo, 29 June 2011. Photograph by Mona Seif. In collaboration with FUSE Magazine Facilitated by Gina Badger and cheyanne turions Image credit: 06 April Movement tent, Tahrir Square, Cairo, 29 June 2011. Photograph by Mona Seif. In collaboration with FUSE Magazine Fa”… more |
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Anton Vidokle’s New York Conversations – NRATIWednesday 28 September 2011 –September’s No Reading After the Internet salon series features a special presentation of Anton Vidokle’s film New York Conversations (2010, 64 minutes, 16mm-to-video) Facilitated by Melanie O’Brian and cheyanne turions Following the screening, the audience is invited to stay and discuss topics raised in the film over”… more |
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Tomonari Nishikawa and the “Birth of Tragedy” – NRATIWednesday 13 July 2011 –July’s reading: An excerpt from Friedrich Nietzsche’s The Birth of Tragedy Tomonari Nishikawa in attendance In conjunction with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto’s summer residency, visiting artist Tomonari Nishikawa has been invited to select a reading in relation to filmmaking practice. Nishikawa’s 2003 film Apollo wil”… more |
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Spike Milligan’s “The Goon Show” – NRATIMonday 27 June 2011 –Facilitated by Amy Lam, Jon McCurley and cheyanne turions Facilitated by Amy Lam, Jon McCurley and cheyanne turions In conjunction with XPACE’s presentation of What Goes Around Comes Around, Phase One, artist duo Life of a Craphead have selected an episode of The Goon Show to read aloud in compliment to the exhibition. Curate”… more |
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Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” – NRATIWednesday 29 June 2011 –Facilitated by cheyanne turions In conjunction with Gallery TPW’s presentation of The Normal Condition of Any Communication, Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” has been selected to compliment the exhibition. Curated by cheyanne turions, The Normal Condition of Any Communication features works that exp”… more |
Hank Bull’s Notes for a Research on Hearing – NRATIWednesday 25 May 2011 –Facilitated by Hank Bull and cheyanne turions In conjunction with the 2011 Deep Wireless Festival of Radio and Transmission Art, the inimitable Hank Bull has been invited to select a reading in relation to his upcoming performance with the festival.Compiled in 1987, Notes for a Research on Hearing was born of a New Year’s day conversat”… more |
Artist Talk: Beatrice Gibson – No Reading After the InternetFriday 8 April 2011 –As a special No Reading After the Internet edition of Talk to the Pie, filmmaker Beatrice Gibson has been invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of her film The Future’s Getting Old Like the Rest of Us. As a special No Reading After the Internet edition of Talk to the Pie, filmmaker Beatrice Gibson has been invited t”… more |
Mark Twain’s War Prayer – No Reading After the InternetFriday 1 April 2011 –Featuring Mark Twain’s War Prayer, complimented by ideas from Fernando Solanas + Octavio Getino, Susan Sontag and Howard Zinn Facilitated by John Gianvito and cheyanne turions As part of the 2011 Images Festival, filmmaker John Gianvito has been invited to select a reading in conjunction with the presentation of his film Vapor Trail (Clark).”… more |
Ulises Carrion’s “The New Art of Making Books” – No Reading After the InternetThursday 17 February 2011 –Facilitated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan and cheyanne turions Ulises Carrión’s “The New Art of Making Books” is a utopian proposal for the possibilities of what can constitute a book. Through a series of wild speculations and aphorisms, Carrión challenges book makers, authors, typographers and readers alike to consider the book itself as a perfor”… more |
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“Radicals and Radicants” – No Reading After the InternetTuesday 25 January 2011 –January’s Reading: “Radicals and Radicants” from The Radicant by Nicholas Bourriaud Facilitated by cheyanne turions Beginning in January, LIFT will play host to No Reading After the Internet, a monthly opportunity to gather and read a text aloud, provoking theoretical illumination on media art works and the cont”… more |