[spectre] On Amorphous Politics. New article by Patrick Lichty.

[marc garrett]

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On Amorphous Politics.

Patrick Lichty's article explores, since the turn of the millennium 
shifts toward new forms of sociopolitical dissent. These include 
strategies such as cellular forms or resistance including asymmetrical 
warfare like global insurgencies, the use of social media. Examples 
would be Twitter and Facebook in their ability to lens dissent for 
actions in Syria, Egypt and Tunisia, Wikileaks and its ability to 
mirror, and politics that use anarchistic forms of collective action 
such as the Occupy Movement. Although Patrick's focus is more concerned 
with the Occupy Movement, what is evident is what he calls an amorphous 
politics of dissent. Amorphous is defined as "without shape", and can be 
applied to most of the mise en scenes listed above.

http://www.furtherfield.org/features/articles/amorphous-politics-patrick-lichty

Patrick Lichty is a technologically-based conceptual artist, writer, 
independent curator, animator for the activist group, The Yes Men, and 
Executive Editor of Intelligent Agent Magazine. He began showing 
technological media art in 1989, and deals with works and writing that 
explore the social relations between us and media. Venues in which 
Lichty has been involved with solo and collaborative works include the 
Whitney & Turin Biennials, Maribor Triennial, Performa Performance 
Biennial, Ars Electronica, and the International Symposium on the 
Electronic Arts (ISEA). He also works extensively with virtual worlds, 
including Second Life, and his work, both solo and with his performance 
art group, Second Front, has been featured in Flash Art, Eikon Milan, 
and ArtNews. He is also an Assistant Professor of Interactive Arts & 
Media at Columbia College Chicago, and resides in Baton Rouge, LA. 
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