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First Exercise (3 – 4.30pm, Sunday 30 th August at LIMBO, Unit 5, 717 Latona Road, SE15 6RX, London) The first intervention would be a teambuilding game, to prepare for the second intervention, a selfhelp circle. The teambuilding game is “The Making of the UrOmelette.” The playground is the circular nonhorizon, where subjecthood formation unfolds. Should somebody want to progress/start at all, not participating is not a choice, just like with all the other playful teambuilding games of LDN UK. The playground is there for the enactment of the reformulation of subjecthood a circular nonhorizon. I hope there will be lots of people “we” respectively hate rightwing nuts, or just total strangers “we” feel we have nothing in common with. Membranes will be dissolved and as rigid boundaries expose the horror of each of us allegedly being an island, propose boundaries, expose the horror of the same forces animating you or I, or any random obnoxious idiot. To sort of arbitrarily paraphrase G. Simondon: ‘The living individual amplifies itself without stabilising itself, at the most primitive level similar to a state in which a crystal is being born.’ Also don't forget the whole world is an egg. New clothes and optimal environmental circumstances will be provided. Those allergic to eggs, or too concerned with health and safety need not bother. Second Exercise (3 – 4.30pm, Sunday 30 th August at LIMBO, Unit 5, 717 Latona Road, SE15 6RX, London) "Activism has turned into one big group therapy session. It doesn’t matter what we accomplish—what matters is how we feel about it. The goal of the action isn’t to change the material balance of power, it’s to feel “empowered”… This rerouting of the goal from political change to inner change is the reaction of both a spoiled, selfabsorbed people, and the utterly desperate, desperate to do something, anything." Lierre Keith This exercise creates a selfcontaining space to contain selfpity. The circle might have no end and beginning, but it certainly has an inside and an outside. This will be a selfhelp circle in which to share problems with temporality (“I am not made for my time”), with or without reenacting the carefully cultivated PRpersonas.

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First  Exercise    (3  –  4.30pm,  Sunday  30th  August  at  LIMBO,    Unit  5,  7-­‐17  Latona  Road,  SE15  6RX,  London)  

   The  first  intervention  would  be  a  teambuilding  game,  to  prepare  for  the  second  intervention,  a  self-­‐help  circle.      The  teambuilding  game  is  “The  Making  of  the  Ur-­‐Omelette.”    The  playground  is  the  circular  non-­‐horizon,  where  subjecthood  formation  unfolds.    Should  somebody  want  to  progress/start  at  all,  not  participating  is  not  a  choice,  just  like  with  all  the  other  playful  teambuilding  games  of  LDN  UK.  The  playground  is  there  for  the  enactment  of  the  re-­‐formulation  of  subjecthood  -­‐  a  circular  non-­‐horizon.  I  hope  there  will  be  lots  of  people  “we”  respectively  hate  -­‐  right-­‐wing  nuts,  or  just  total  strangers  “we”  feel  we  have  nothing  in  common  with.  Membranes  will  be  dissolved  and  as  rigid  boundaries  expose  the  horror  of  each  of  us  allegedly  being  an  island,  propose  boundaries,  expose  the  horror  of  the  same  forces  animating  you  or  I,  or  any  random  obnoxious  idiot.    To  sort  of  arbitrarily  paraphrase  G.  Simondon:    ‘The  living  individual  amplifies  itself  without  stabilising  itself,  at  the  most  primitive  level  similar  to  a  state  in  which  a  crystal  is  being  born.’    Also  don't  forget  the  whole  world  is  an  egg.      New  clothes  and  optimal  environmental  circumstances  will  be  provided.  Those  allergic  to  eggs,  or  too  concerned  with  health  and  safety  need  not  bother.      Second  Exercise    (3  –  4.30pm,  Sunday  30th  August  at  LIMBO,    Unit  5,  7-­‐17  Latona  Road,  SE15  6RX,  London)  

"Activism  has  turned  into  one  big  group  therapy  session.  It  doesn’t  matter  what  we  accomplish—what  matters  is  how  we  feel  about  it.  The  goal  of  the  action  isn’t  to  change  the  material  balance  of  power,  it’s  to  feel  “empowered”…  This  rerouting  of  the  goal  from  political  change  to  inner  change  is  the  reaction  of  both  a  spoiled,  self-­‐absorbed  people,  and  the  utterly  desperate,  desperate  to  do  something,  anything."  -­‐  Lierre  Keith    This  exercise  creates  a  self-­‐containing  space  to  contain  self-­‐pity.  The  circle  might  have  no  end  and  beginning,  but  it  certainly  has  an  inside  and  an  outside.  This  will  be  a  self-­‐help  circle  in  which  to  share  problems  with  temporality  (“I  am  not  made  for  my  time”),  with  or  without  re-­‐enacting  the  carefully  cultivated  PR-­‐personas.      

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Whether  one  decides  to  pursue  success  in  either  logistics  or  violence  (or  through  whichever  terms  one  conceives  of  any  structured  logic)  eventually  beliefs,  roles  and  customs  have  to  become  one  with  the  pursuer.  From  secret  societies  ,or  institutions  of  elite  soldiers  having  to  be  initiated  through  murder,  depending  on  the  particularities  of  the  given  military  training,  either  cultivating  or  oppressing  the  berserker  circuits  in  our  nervous  system,  to  psychotherapy  or  liberal  feminism  aiding  the  transmuting  of  anger,  or  new  cults  like  “spiritual  capitalism”  helping  engineer  the  affective  states  of  the  docile  neoliberal  citizen.  Successfully  engaging  with  a  given  field  has  a  price  (more  often  than  not  ones  soul,  flesh,  blood)  and  more  often  than  not  this  price  has  to  be  paid  in  a  slowly  drawn  out,  agonising  manner  through  culturing  the  self  through  the  subjectification  practices  (culture)  of  the  respective  professional  field.  In  fact  even  class-­‐  based  identity  is  becoming  affective,  something  to  be  felt  and  articulated  as  such-­‐  “I  am  privileged  to  love  my  job”.    Culture  also  supplies  us  with  the  right  kind  of  vision  (  =  success)  to  be  pursued,  the  ocularcentric  fields  of  professional  creatives,  culture-­‐makers  have  to  busy  themselves  with  most  dazzling  ones  -­‐  how  otherwise  would  anyone  be  ready  to  believe  that  haircutting  is  creative,  but  staying  alive  one  night  out  on  the  street  is  not  so  much?  Creative  practices  too  are  structured  by  the  logic  of  capital,  yet  as  we  are  entering  a  new  era  of  production  and  consumption,  it  seems  less  and  less  clear  what  exactly  this  logic  entails,  canons  change,  and  ontology  competes  with  ontology.      This  plunges  us  into  new,  endless  creative  opportunities  for  self-­‐pity.  No  wonder  people  have  so  much  of  the  thing.      Our  pitiful  topics  would  be:  linear  time,  the  idea  of  cause  and  causality  in  a  linear  manner,  or  the  extension  of  one’s  life  and  self  constrained  within  linear,  clear,  measurable  and  quantifiable  boundaries,  the  self  as  something  to  be  cultivated  along  set  trajectories  -­‐one  needs  to  work  on  being  a  loveable  human  and  deserving  of  love,  one  needs  to  work  on  knowing  themselves  better  and  thus  being  able  to  perform  better,  so  on  so  on.  Participants  are  encouraged  to  talk  about  how  they  suffer  from  time  passing  by,  having  to  grab  the  moment,  wasted  opportunities  on  every  corner,  calendars,  clocks  in  public,  having  to  carry  the  weight  of  history,  of  revenge,  being  afraid  of  birthdays,  the  horror  of  the  spreading  of  the  quantified  self  movement,  life  logging,  and  the  media  representation  of  ageing,  having  to  work  by  a  self-­‐timer  app,  having  to  clock  in  an  out  of  work  with  a  card,  or  just  a  longing  for  alternative  modes  of  temporality.    There  is  no  “message”  to  submit,  no  set  goal  to  reach,  the  conversation  does  not  need  to  address  the  philosophy  of  the  event,  or  refer  to  any  actual  clocks.  The  project  is  open  ended,  the  only  constraint  is  the  time  of  the  hired  talents,  who  will  be  paid  for  one  hour.      Third  Exercise    (6pm,  Sunday  30th  August  at  London  Bridge  Station,    Meeting  on  the  inside  of  the  Shard  exit)    

   “I  am  the  quasi-­‐case,  I  am  my  own  operator”    Human  capital  development  strategies  on  display  –  embodied  /  performed.    A  few  yogic  acts  will  be  put  on  display,  balancing  between  affects  of  precarity  -­‐  if  being  devoid  of  money  (asking  for  it)  is  read  as  a  playful  gesture  it  is  tolerated,  even  read  as  'good  practice',  but  there  is  less  and  less  place  for  those  whose  poverty  is  inscribed  on  the  body.    We  don't  need  expensive  clothes  or  DVDs  or  personal  trainers,  we  self-­‐develop  and  have  the  guts  to  turn  it  into  a  carefully  positioned  spectacle  and  ask  money  for  it.  Have  you  ever  wondered  how  low  does  a  downward  dog  have  to  go  to  bypass  the  Vagrancy  Act  of  1824?  I  think  there  is  no  need  to  worry  –  [a]  contemporary  art  is  most  often  read  through  its  lowest  common  denominator  which  leads  people  to  [b]  agree  that  it  is  a  good  thing  that  a  nice  young  foreigner  does  something  for  the  community  and  busies  herself  with  raising  awareness  about  homelessness.  If  the  Riot  Wombles  have  gotten  away,  the  public  in  this  city  really  has  a  high  threshold.      Orsolya  produces  work  across  multiple  platforms,  preferring  to  work  in  collaboration,  networked  practices  or  anonymously.  She  is  interested  in  art  beyond  conventional  means  of  representation  and  object-­‐centric  narratives.      Recently  she  is  concerned  with  two  things.  Firstly,  the  utilisation  of  existing  art  methodologies  and  toolkits  to  examine  strategic  means  of  presentation.  Secondly,  the  role  and  agency  of  art  in  the  quest  for  new  ontologies  and  new  visions  for  the  fundamentally  networked  and  interconnected  states  of  (not-­‐quite-­‐so)  individual  self-­‐hood.    www.obajusz.blogspot.co.uk      LIMBO  is  a  fledgling  arts  facility,  located  in  South  East  London  and  organised  by  Charlotte  Lindsey-­‐Cook,  Joe  Highton,  Victor  Ruiz  Colomer  and  Imogen  Stanley.  This  event  was  co-­‐curated  with  Olivia  Foster.    www.limbolimbolimbo.com