On Tuesday, June 10, at 7:00pm, the Anarchist Forum will present "Thus
Spoke The Spectacle", a live music video critique of media-saturated
culture. The performance, based on Guy Debord's landmark Situationist work
"The Society of the Spectacle," combines original music with bit and pieces
of the media barrage reassembled to draw out their hidden meanings. The
Spectacle, according to Debord is "the world of illusion where all attention
and consciousness converge," constituting a unified thought-world
constructed daily through communication technology. The Spectacle is
dominated by images of commercialized community: happy, well-adjusted people
connected to each other, and a multitude of products, in meaningful and
satisfying ways. The reality is a never-ending psychic invasion causing
alienation: separation from the self, from others, and from a genuine
experience of life. Music by Eric Goodman, lyrics by Guy Debord, live
performance by Eric Goodman and Mike Stevens. The performers will talk with
the audience after the show.
The event will take place at The Living Theatre, 21 Clinton Street,
Manhattan (just south of Houston St) (212-792-8050). Coming from uptown,
take the F or V train to "2nd Avenue" (exit front of train on 1st Ave, walk
east along Houston and turn right on Clinton) or coming from downtown, take
the F, V, M or Z train to "Delancey - Essex" and walk east on Delancey 3
blocks and turn left on Clinton for 2 and a half blocks.
Everybody is welcome and invited to come and to have their say. There is no
set fee for the presentation, but a contribution to aid the LBC is
suggested. If you have questions, contact the LBC /Anarchist Forum,
212-475-7180 or e-mail: roberterler@erols.com