Slavoj Žižek, Julian Assange, Amy Goodman. Conversation.
-JULY 2ND-
Hard to believe this is even a real event, it's probably going to take your mind to another dimension, another dimension where you'll meet new friends.
Discussing the impact of WikiLeaks on the world and what it means for the future, for this very special event WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Julian Assange will be in conversation with renowned Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek.
When: Saturday, July 2 · 4:00pm - 7:00pm
Where:Troxy, 490 Commercial Road
LINKZ:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116193258469723&ref=nf
|
The Filter Bubble: What The Internet Is Hiding From You
-THIS ALREADY HAPPENED BUT IMAGINE YOU COULD TIME TRAVEL???-
What we say:
Google it, there's a podcast. This is serious stuff, imagine a world where you never discover new friends, imagine a world where you just hang out with the same people every day, imagine a world where you have the same conversations over and over. If you can't imagine that, then this event that happened in the past was probably for you.
What they say:
Imagine a world where all the news you see is defined by your sa-lary, where you live, and who your friends are. Imagine a world where you never discover new ideas. And where you can't have secrets.Welcome to 2011.
When: 20th June / 6.30-8pm
Where: LSE New Academic Building
Speaker:Eli Pariser
LINKZ:http://www2.lse.ac.uk/publicEvents/events/2011/20110620t1830vSZT.aspx
|
Top Nice London
- JUNE 24th -
This will be really nice - and so many of your friends will be here, they'll all be dancing and laughing and maybe you'll get to kiss someone, kisses are nice but dancing is better.
£3 before 11 then 5
When: Friday, June 24 at 10:00pm - 5:00am
Where: Bussey Building, Peckham, 133 Rye Lane, SE15 4ST
LINKZ:FBEVENT
|
COPELAND BOOK MARKET @ SON GALLERY
- JUNE 24th-26th-
Southeast London is really in need of a new book market, the old ones just aren't cutting it, this is happening all weekend, so you probably can't not attend, unless you're away all weekend. A lot of our friends live in south london.
When:Friday, June 24 at 6:00pm - June 26 at 6:00pm
Where:Son Gallery, Copeland Yard
LINKZ:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172613069462969
|
MAINSTREAM POLL #1
In the 21st century data is really important: every mainstream we'll be asking questions so we can get to know you better, understand your desires etc. This is the first of many Please fill out my form.
|
COLORAMA RELOADED
All your favourite people in one squat: Colorama is back, the squat rot has subsided and they've transformed themselves into a cinema, running an adhoc film season, regular updates and stuff here coloramacinema.tumblr.com follow them. The rumours are true about the other stuff, you know, your favourite sunday night activity (if you don't know, probably best not to ask, right?)
|
MILITANT CINEMA
FILM SEASON
-25th(JUNE)-3rd(JULY)-
What we say:
Feeling militant? If so bop on down to the hippest most happening, most underground art space in North London.
What they say:
Limazulu presents “Militant Cinema”, a short season of films exploring the themes and circumstances surrounding Workerism (Operaismo), a Marxist tendency within the Italian workers movement from the 1960s. Through allegory and pastiche the films expand and illustrate the ideas contained within the movement.
When: Friday, June 25 ·3rd July
Where: Lima Zulu - UNIT 3J, OMEGAWORKZ. N4 1LZ
LINKZ: http://limazulu.co.uk/
FBEVENTLINK
|
|
JILTED GENERATION TALK @ EARLS COURT
-JUNE 28th-
Feeling jilted? We don't(Ben)/do(Holly) but Journalists Ed Howker and Shiv Malik are discussing their book Jilted Generation, in association with Open Society. Really relevant to our lives?
Tickets:Full Price Ticket £8, Early Bird Ticket £7 and Concessions(over 60's and Open Society Members with ID)£5. Students with photo ID - 'Pay what you can' admission on the door
When:Tuesday, June 28 at 7:00pm - June 29 at 12:30am
Where: Miss Q's, 184 Earl's Court Road, London SW5 9QG
LINKZ:http://www.earlscourtfestival.co.uk/Festival/EventDetail/20173
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=167221483342622
|
Astrology Workshop
- JUNE 22nd -
Two hour ‘intensive’ workshop looking at the story of the zodiac. This will be really interesting. You'll be able to read your friends charts and thus understand them better, everyone wants to understand their friends better.
When: Wed, 22 June, 16:00 – 18:00
Where: The Ballroom Piccadilly Community Centre
LINKZ:http://www.piccadillycommunitycentre.org/
|
Tobias Madison
- JUNE 24th -
What we say:
If we're honest, we guess we don't really know anything about this space or event but Tobias Madison is a real artist, their website is looking fresh/nice and this will probably be a really important, honest hard working, exciting, great project space in the future, so go? New space + New events program = New friends?
What they say:
"Each artist is commissioned to create an artwork which has to follow a simple set of production rules. Firstly the work must be produced or reproduced to an A0 format (0.8 x 1.2m) and secondly all digital files and associated materials will be destroyed prior to the work being shown."
When: Friday, June 24 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: 191-205 Cambridge Heath Road E2 0EL
LINKZ: http://pyramidd.biz/
FBEVENTLINK
|
PLAZA - PLAZA - ARAB SPRING
-JUNE 29th -
Arab spring or arab springs? is this an appropriate title for an exhibition? probably. relevant(?). What ever happens you can be guaranteed that some great people are going to be there <3
James Harrison
Krister Klassman
Joseph Long
Simon Mathers
Dominic Watson
Jesse Wine
When: Wednesday, June 29 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Where: Plaza Plaza Studios, 70 county street, Elephant and Castle
LINKZ:http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=175076259217691
|
PIX OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN
SPOTTED AT SLADE PV: Lawrence Westlake chilling hard with his favourite artist Bentley Farrington's work
|
SUGGESTIVE READING
We read these books and then we created mainstream.
 
|
Fresh faces
Friends wanna get with we?: Made a new friend? Think that friend should join the mainstream? Check CLASSIC FRIENDSHIP where there's a sign up form. They are gonna need a codeword. We can give you the codeword IRL: ask us, find us, face to face, mouth to mouth.
|
|