through europe - jones-eng

Points of Identification

Richard John Jones — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 12:47:28 +0000

Transcribed from an introduction to Il Trasloco (Moving out of the Future) presented at Parasol Unit, 13^th February 2013 by Richard John Jones.

Image courtesy of Parasol Unit

I wanted to introduce the film by considering two different encounters that I have had with it, prioritising the sensation and experience of my encounters and considering how these two encounters have shaped my understanding of the film and what it means to have screened it in a variety of locations over the past 3 years. It goes without saying that my experience of the film now is vastly different to how it was three years ago so this has not been the way in which I have introduced the film up to now and I am leaving the opportunity open to find alternative ways of learning from each encounter. That is to say, this is not going to be the only way to introduce it in subsequent screenings – this presentation now, is not a model for future presentations.

Translating Autonomia

Richard John Jones — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:43:44 +0000

Il Trasloco (Moving out of the future) is a 1991 independent documentary directed by Renato de Maria, was screened for the first time in the UK with English subtitles as part of a project by Auto Italia South East, London. The film is set in Bologna and retrospectively depicts the history of one of the key places where Autonomia took place during the 1970s. It was translated and subtitled through a collaboration between Auto Italia and Through Europe.

Global Conceptualism or just Globalisation?

Richard John Jones — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 16:36:12 +0000

“But how then is ambiguity manifested? What happens, for example, when one lives an event as an image?

To live an event as an image is not to remain uninvolved, to regard the event disinterestedly in the way that the esthetic version of the image and the serene ideal of classical art propose. But neither is to take part freely and decisively. It is to be taken: to pass from the region of the real where we hold ourselves at a distance from things the better to order and use them into that other region where the distance holds us – the distance which then is the lifeless deep, an unimaginable, inappreciable remoteness which has become something like the sovereign power behind all things”

Maurice Blanchot, The space of Literature.

Stud's Jouissance

Richard John Jones — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:49:45 +0000

"The first thing you have to understand is that this is a fucking professional environment. "It's like any other job. "But its also a lot tougher, you can't blink for a minute, there is always an opportunity to boost your value, make connections, develop your brand. "But we're also not looking for any grandstanding, you aint shit at the moment, and if you peacock yourself around like an asshole, no one is going to want to give your tragic ass a break - no one wants some over inflated ego or some old meat.