[spectre] University for Strategic Optimism & Genetic Moo on Resonance FM Wednesday Dec 8th 2010.

[marc garrett]

Sorry for any cross posting...

University for Strategic Optimism & Genetic Moo on Resonance FM 
Wednesday Dec 8th 2010.

Join Furtherfield on Resonance 104.4FM
Wednesday, Dec 8th 2010.
Time 7-8pm (UK - GMT).
Hosts: Marc Garrett, Irini Papdimitriou & Jonathon Munro
Special Guests: Tess Quixote and Étienne Lantier from the University for 
Strategic Optimism, Nicola Schauerman and Tim Pickup from Genetic Moo.

Info & downloads of past broadcasts (scroll down page):
http://www.furtherfield.org/resonancefm.php
Live Resonance FM broadcast:
http://resonancefm.com

This critically acclaimed broadcast is every Wednesday evening at 7-8pm, 
a series of hour long live interviews with people working at the edge of 
contemporary practices in art, technology & social change; discussing 
events and controversies, exhibitions, artworks and their social contexts.

Marc will be interviewing:
Two members from the University for Strategic Optimism, Tess Quixote and 
Étienne Lantier. USO have formed a university based on the principal of 
free and open education, a return of politics to the public, and the 
politicisation of public space.

As university buildings are boarded up their flexible and critical group 
physically inhabit banks and shopping outlets as public spaces for open 
debate; using these public areas as places for introductory lectures to 
their "course entitled ‘Higher Education, Neo-Liberalism and the 
State’." http://universityforstrategicoptimism.wordpress.com - View two 
examples of their recent public lectures at Lloyds TSB, London Bridge 
(http://tinyurl.com/2vynqb5) and Tesco Superstore Old Kent Road, London 
(http://tinyurl.com/37varo5)

Irini & Jonathan will be interviewing:
Genetic Moo. Since 2006, Schauerman and Pickup have worked on a series 
of interactive video installations which have been presented at a number 
of UK venues, including the De La Warr Pavilion. One of the works, 
Becoming Starfish, received a John Lansdown Award for Interactive 
Digital Art at Eurographics 2007. http://www.geneticmoo.com

Nicola Schauerman graduated with an MA from the Lansdown Centre for 
Electronic Arts, Middlesex University in 2006. She is the founding 
member of the art group Genetic Moo, who have presented work at numerous 
British venues including the Tate Modern, Whitechapel Gallery, Exploding 
Cinema, Area10 and the Bargehouse, and at international film festivals 
in Venice, Munich and New York. Nicola has taught film and video 
production in Further Education since 2000.

Tim Pickup has worked in multi-media art and programming for over 10 
years. He has produced short films, games and toys for the internet, 
electronic music and radio programmes. He received an MA in Digital Arts 
from Camberwell College of Arts in 2009.

Until the last broadcast for this year 15th December, regular host Marc 
Garrett is joined by Irini Papadimitriou & Jonathon Munro.

Also showcasing music and noise, providing a rolling lineup of 
experimental creative adventures for your amusement.

http://www.furtherfield.org
http://resonancefm.com