This Sunday: A Participatory Performance of Guy Debord "The Game of War"
SI | 19.03.2013 08:28 | Analysis | History | Workers' Movements | South Coast
On Sunday, March 24th the theorist, writer and academic will bring Class Wargames to the South Coast. Come along to the Cowley Club at 12 London Road, Brighton to take part in "a participatory performance of of Guy Debord's The Game of War". The event is free (although a donation would be appreciated) and open to the public.
Event poster
Richard Barbrook
Sunday 24th March, 2pm-6pm, Class Wargames presents a participatory performance of Guy Debord’s "The Game of War"
Class Wargames is dedicated to:
* putting on participatory performances of Guy Debord’s
The Game of War
* investigating gaming as a metaphor for social relations under repressive
neo-liberalism
* celebrating the craft skills of gamers as artistic expression
* creating a social space where radicals can meet & play with each other
* re-enacting the proletarian struggles of the past in ludic form
* training the militants of the cybernetic communist revolution to come.
Come along to listen take part or just have a quiet drink at the bar.
Sunday 24th March
2.00pm-6.00pm
Cowley Club
12 London Road
Brighton BN1 4JA
http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk/
Free Entry (although a donation would be appreciated)
"So I have studied the logic of war. Indeed I succeeded long ago in representing its essential movements on a rather simple game-board... I played this game, and in the often difficult conduct of my life drew a few lessons from it - setting rules for my life, and abiding by them. The surprises vouchsafed by this Kriegspiel of mine seem endless; I rather fear it may turn out to be the only one of my works to which people will venture to accord any value. As to whether I have made good use of its lessons, I shall leave that for others to judge." - Guy Debord
Class Wargames is dedicated to:
* putting on participatory performances of Guy Debord’s
The Game of War
* investigating gaming as a metaphor for social relations under repressive
neo-liberalism
* celebrating the craft skills of gamers as artistic expression
* creating a social space where radicals can meet & play with each other
* re-enacting the proletarian struggles of the past in ludic form
* training the militants of the cybernetic communist revolution to come.
Come along to listen take part or just have a quiet drink at the bar.
Sunday 24th March
2.00pm-6.00pm
Cowley Club
12 London Road
Brighton BN1 4JA
http://www.cowleyclub.org.uk/ Free Entry (although a donation would be appreciated)
"So I have studied the logic of war. Indeed I succeeded long ago in representing its essential movements on a rather simple game-board... I played this game, and in the often difficult conduct of my life drew a few lessons from it - setting rules for my life, and abiding by them. The surprises vouchsafed by this Kriegspiel of mine seem endless; I rather fear it may turn out to be the only one of my works to which people will venture to accord any value. As to whether I have made good use of its lessons, I shall leave that for others to judge." - Guy Debord
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