First Fridays
November 2020 to December 2021
IX. Smell/Memory/Language
November 2021
Presented by: Sonali Chakravarti and Lane Stroud
- Rachel Syme “On the Nose” from The New Yorker, Vol. XCVI, Iss. 46
- Chat Thread
VIII. Handbook of the Attention Liberation Movements
October 2021
A collaborative conversation on the “Handbook for the Attention Liberation Movements” working text drafted as part of the ongoing work of the Politics of Attention Workshops.
- Friends of Attention, working text of “The Handbook for the Attention Liberation Movements”
- Chat Thread
VII. Attention to the Earth
May 2021
Presented by: Aaron E. Hirsh
W/ special guest Jared Rankin, and an exercise in practical nephomancy.
- Allora & Calzadilla, Ted Chiang, “The Great Silence” from e-flux journal #65 SUPERCOMMUNITY
VI. Attention to Silence
April 2021
Presented by: Alexandra Hui
- Alexandra Hui, Attention to Silence Powerpoint
- Attention to Silence
V. Attention and Shadows
March 2021
Presented by: Adam Jasper
W/ special guest: Penumbra Knauss, and her reflections on shadows.
- Chat Thread
- Joseph Rykwert, “The Sciotherum”from The Idea of a Town: The Anthropology of Urban Form in Rome, Italy, and the Ancient World
- Attention to Shadows Exercise
IV. Attention and Love
February 2021
Presented by: Dominic Pettman
- Chat Thread
- Vilém Flusser, “The Gesture of Loving” from Gestures
III. Attention to “The New”
January 2021
Presented by: Jeff Dolven
- Chat Thread
- Rainer Maria Rilke, “Archaic Torso of Apollo”
- Attention to “The New”
II. Attention and Spatial Practices
December 2020
Presented by: Anthony Acciavatti
- Adam Phillips, Attention Seeking
I. Attention and Epistemology
November 2020
Presented by: Carlos Montemayor & Jesse Prinz
W/ special guest: Helen Singh-Miller, and an Action of Joint Attention.
