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From: Thomas Y. Levin [mailto:tylevin@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 10:24 AM
To: Der Derian, James
Subject: my little Situ show

Yo JDD,
Did I tell you about this little exhibition that I curated from my
personal collection of SI materials which is currently on view in
Philadelphia at the Slought Foundation? You can see some images --and
listen to the roundtable I did with Tony Vidler, Jean-Michel Rabbate
and Keith Sanborn-- at http://slought.org/content/11324/
How did the class go yesterday? Any reactions to my intervention?
Cheers,

On May 4, 2006, at 12:20 PM, Der Derian, James wrote:

T

Dug the show - especially the harsh situationist lighting...

tru dat!

Big buzz in class and out - good discussion on the scopic asymmetry of
the panopticon and recalibration of eventhood (TM by TYL),

damn right!

and a revolt
of the masses, led by santos, against a 'literacy' of surveillance - too
suggestive of a singular meaning as opposed to preferable hermeneutics.

this is of course nonsense, since what I mean by literacy is precisely a critical hermeneutic capacity. Sheesh!!

All in all, great burst of brain food,

bon appetit. With oysters, bien sure.

See ya!
t

James Der Derian
Professor of International Studies (Research)
Watson Institute for International Studies
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