Panel DISCUSSION with: Rebecca Gordon Nesbitt, Jaron Rowan, Anthony Davies, Marina Vishmidt, Leigh French, Daniel Jewesbury Does private-public funding and management of culture mark the death of institutional and critical autonomy? Is direct censorship an anomaly, the most visible form of a wider constriction of cultural freedom, or the shape of cultural policy to come? Following on from the Mute-organised discussion, Variant continue the exploration of the perils and opportunities for critical cultural activity in neoliberalising institutions. followed by 5.30pm SCREENING of: CAN DIALECTICS BREAK BRICKS? René Viénet’s outrageously refashioned kung fu flick. A brilliant, acerbic and riotous critique of the failure of socialism where martial artists counter ideological blows with theoretical thrusts. INTERMISSIONs RIB stall : Glasgow's Radical Independent Bookfair project... helping to fill the gap left by the lack of alternative bookshops, radical events and platforms for imaginative and independent voices in our city. mini-BrothMix : chilli / curry / bread Feral Trade Coffee from El Salvador will be available. Feral Trade is trading goods over social networks. For further information, please contact Variant: Event is part of Moot-Points : Exercise in Self-Organisation, Discourse and Collaboration. Transmission Gallery, November 2008. ======
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