[rohrpost] Invitation: Flusser Reading Group - The Public School Berlin & The Vilém Flusser Archive

[Annie Goh]

*Invitation: Flusser Reading Group - The Public School Berlin & The 
Vilém Flusser Archive*

The "Flusser Reading Group" is presented by THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BERLIN and 
Vilém Flusser Archive from July 21st through July 22nd, 2011 taking 
place at the School's facilities in Berlin Mitte. Over the course of two 
days, Claudia Becker and Rodrigo Novaes from the Archive as well as Paul 
Feigelfeld (Humboldt University Berlin, Institute for Media Theories) 
will guide us through readings of "The Crisis of Linearity", the 
unpublished essay "Imagination" and a chapter of "Vampyroteuthis 
infernalis".

The seminar will commence with a short screening of an interview with 
Vilém Flusser and a brief introduction to Flusser's life and work. 
Afterwards, the structure of the seminar is very simple: each of the 
short texts will be read out aloud and discussed along the way. For 
this, it is necessary that each participant brings copies of the texts. 
Preparatory reading is not obligatory, but can't hurt either. The goal 
of the seminar is to establish a comprehensive understanding of 
Flusserian terminology and topics, from theory, media and art to 
culture, imagination, technology and the vampire squid from hell.

THE PUBLIC SCHOOL is a school with no curriculum. At the moment, it 
operates as follows: first, classes are proposed by the public (I want 
to learn this or I want to teach this); then, people have the 
opportunity to sign up for the classes (I also want to learn that); 
finally, when enough people have expressed interest, the school finds a 
teacher and offers the class to those who signed up. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL 
was initiated in Los Angeles in 2007 by Telic Arts Exchange, and exists 
in eight cities worldwide since. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BERLIN opened in fall 
2010 and is hosted by Program e.V. in Invalidenstraße 115, 10115 Berlin.

To participate and get all info and texts to be read in the seminar just 
sign up under the following link by pressing the "+"-button:
http://berlin.thepublicschool.org/class/3281

In case you are not yet a member of the school just create an account 
via the website:
http://berlin.thepublicschool.org/register

If you have any further questions on the procedure or organizational 
issues just make a comment on the class or contact Fiona Geuß via 
fiona at theoffice.li

-- 
Annie Goh
Assitant | _Vilém_Flusser_Archive
University of the Arts, Berlin

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