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Theory Tuesdays is a nonacademic platform for theoretical discussion founded, organized and coordinated by artist Philip Matesic since 2009 in Zürich, Switzerland. Participants read beforehand then discuss contemporary art, design, literary, cultural and critical theory on a weekly basis, with texts selected and introduced each week by a different person.

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Tuesday 12th May 2015, 8:00pm

Session 142: “Un-War: An Aesthetic Sketch” by Rosalyn Deutsche

During this Theory Tuesdays session, Daniel Morgenthaler presented the essay “Un-War: An Aesthetic Sketch” by Rosalyn Deutsche (October Magazine, MIT Press: Boston, 2014).

“You know what I say to people when I hear theyʼre writing antiwar books? … I say, ʻWhy donʼt you write an anti-glacier book instead?ʼ”
-Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five

Departing from the works of Polish artist Krzysztof Wodiczko, art historian Rosalyn Deutsche asks if art can contribute to the pursuit of perpetual peace – or «un-war», in Wodiczkoʼs term – on earth. Referring to, among others, psychoanalyst Franco Fornari and Kantian philosophy, Deutsche draws up a context for this question and analyzes what specific role art projects such as Wodiczkoʼs World Institute for the Abolition of War can play in our reality of perpetual war.

Participants: 6

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