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The Provision of Possibilities

By Minnie Scott 26 October 2007

In this recent archival opus, the fragile legacy of Newcastle based curatorial project – variously incarnated as The Basement Group, Projects UK...

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The last firebrands - workers' autonomy in the Veneto: screening & discussion

By Wildcat / Manuela Pellarin 25 October 2007

Porto Marghera – the last firebrandsScreening and presentation/discussionFriday, 9th of November, 7.30pm, Pullens Estate community centre [see e...

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Butterfly Catching 2.0?

By Charlotte Frost 19 October 2007

The MIT published MediaArtHistories, edited by Oliver Grau, helps further establish the (media) art historical canon. But, writes Charlotte Frost, its...

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In the Bowels of the Fun Palace

By Mark Crinson 17 October 2007

Architect Cedric Price's designs were seldom realised but his vision inspired 'fun palaces' from the Beaubourg to the Millennium Dome. Mark Crinson lo...

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French Banlieues and Urban Guerrillas

By Yves Coleman 15 October 2007

Mute recently published Italian sociologist Emilio Quadrelli’s long text on the 2005 riots in the French banlieues, ‘Grassroots Political Mil...

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New Left, Old Pessimism

By James Heartfield 10 October 2007

Duncan Thompson’s book, Pessimism of the Intellect: A History of the New Left Review, painstakingly reconstructs the journal’s long-term e...

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How long will the 'bureaucratic course' last?

By WildcatThe following is a report from Wildcat on the occupation of a bicycle factory in Nordhausen, Germany by its workers. It appears by kind permission of the excellent Prol-Position newsletter and will appear in the next issue (number 9): http://www.prol-position.net/ 9 October 2007

'Policeman MacCruiskeen put the lamp on the table, shook hands with me and gave me the time of day with great gravity. His voice was high, almost...

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The Conditions of Possibility: Tributes to Marina Vishmidt 1976-2024 (I)

By Mute Collective 6 June 2024

Marina Vishmidt, a much loved and deeply formative contributor for our magazine from its early years, tragically passed away at the end of April. The ...

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Mute Archive Move

By mute 27 June 2022

This June and July the Mute magazine archive is being moved from its current home in a shipping container a hundred miles north of London to a new smaller space in Berlin.

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