Difference between revisions of "Anthony Davies"
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| − | Anthony Davies (b 1965) is a London based artist, writer, independent researcher and organiser, currently working as a lecturer in the Fine Art department at Central Saint Martins College, and with the Wealth of Negations group, coordinating communications for the migrant-led Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU). | + | '''Anthony Davies''' (b 1965) is a [[London]] based artist, writer, independent researcher and organiser, currently working as a lecturer in the Fine Art department at Central Saint Martins College, and with the [https://www.wealthofnegations.org/ Wealth of Negations] group, coordinating communications for the migrant-led [https://www.caiwu.org.uk/ Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union] (CAIWU). |
| − | As a writer on art, politics and economics Davies has published in numerous journals. In the late 1990s, along with Simon Ford, he developed a series of critical debates on young British art (yBa) and the Creative Industries, introducing the dystopian figure of the cultural entrepreneur or ‘Culturepreneur’. This was followed by a series of articles in Mute Magazine on the neoliberal transformation of cultural and educational institutions and later texts including | + | As a writer on art, politics and economics Davies has published in numerous journals. In the late 1990s, along with Simon Ford, he developed a series of critical debates on young British art (yBa) and the Creative Industries, introducing the dystopian figure of the cultural entrepreneur or ‘Culturepreneur’. This was followed by a series of articles in ''[[Mute Magazine]]'' on the neoliberal transformation of cultural and educational institutions and later texts including [http://societyofcontrol.com/llibrary/culture/davies_dillemuth_jakobsen_TINA1_future_selforganised.htm "There is No Alternative: The Future is Self-Organised Parts 1] [http://ml.virose.pt/blogs/texts_14/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/davies_dillemuth_jakobsen_TINA2_april2012.pdf & 2"], co-written with Stephan Dillemuth and [[Jakob Jakobsen]], can be found in various publications. |
| − | In addition to Wealth of Negations, Davies is also a founder member of MayDay Rooms, an educational charity based in London and set up in 2011 as a safe haven for historical material linked to social movements and experimental culture. He has co-organised or participated in a range of self-organised initiatives including Posterstudio, Infopool, Copenhagen Free University, Flaxman Lodge, Department of Walls and Space, Rosa Kerosene, 10th Floor and more recently, with Reverso set up a DIY wireless communications and self-archiving platform with autonomous cultural spaces in the Peripheries/Favelas and Workers Occupied Houses of São Paulo, Brazil. | + | In addition to Wealth of Negations, Davies is also a founder member of [[MayDay Rooms]], an educational charity based in London and set up in 2011 as a safe haven for historical material linked to social movements and experimental culture. He has co-organised or participated in a range of self-organised initiatives including Posterstudio, Infopool, [http://cfu.antipool.org/ Copenhagen Free University], [https://issuu.com/antipool/docs/unionising Flaxman Lodge], [https://wallsandspace.wordpress.com/ Department of Walls and Space] [https://www.dismalgarden.com/index.php?q=pedagogy/going-fragile-1-2-and-summaskool], [https://www.metamute.org/services/openmute-press/economy-has-left-building Rosa Kerosene], 10th Floor and more recently, with Reverso set up a DIY wireless communications and self-archiving platform with autonomous cultural spaces in the Peripheries/Favelas and Workers Occupied Houses of São Paulo, Brazil. |
Revision as of 23:08, 25 February 2023
Anthony Davies (b 1965) is a London based artist, writer, independent researcher and organiser, currently working as a lecturer in the Fine Art department at Central Saint Martins College, and with the Wealth of Negations group, coordinating communications for the migrant-led Cleaners and Allied Independent Workers Union (CAIWU).
As a writer on art, politics and economics Davies has published in numerous journals. In the late 1990s, along with Simon Ford, he developed a series of critical debates on young British art (yBa) and the Creative Industries, introducing the dystopian figure of the cultural entrepreneur or ‘Culturepreneur’. This was followed by a series of articles in Mute Magazine on the neoliberal transformation of cultural and educational institutions and later texts including "There is No Alternative: The Future is Self-Organised Parts 1 & 2", co-written with Stephan Dillemuth and Jakob Jakobsen, can be found in various publications.
In addition to Wealth of Negations, Davies is also a founder member of MayDay Rooms, an educational charity based in London and set up in 2011 as a safe haven for historical material linked to social movements and experimental culture. He has co-organised or participated in a range of self-organised initiatives including Posterstudio, Infopool, Copenhagen Free University, Flaxman Lodge, Department of Walls and Space [1], Rosa Kerosene, 10th Floor and more recently, with Reverso set up a DIY wireless communications and self-archiving platform with autonomous cultural spaces in the Peripheries/Favelas and Workers Occupied Houses of São Paulo, Brazil.
