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The
G-77 began in 2003 when a group of visual
artists (and contributors including geographers,
biologists, writers, musicians, architects, and
critical thinkers) convened In New York City to
discuss current trends in cultural expression. As
a result, the primarily anonymous group chose Aboveground
Representatives to be their public voice. The G-77
is committed to seeking out alternative ways of
gaining, absorbing, and disseminating concrete and
poetic information and to act as a model for society
at large.
Experimentation and collaboration:
Socially driven structures help humans flourish
instead of favoring the isolation and detachment
that the false notion of Consumerism As Individual
Expression encourages. As certain media become more
influential in the separation of person-to-person
meetings, we borrow techniques of this global model
to reinforce our immediate community and at the
same time foster growth within our global community.
We see collaboration as a necessity to aid in our
personal growth and work as well as for the betterment
of social systems at large, as they are mutually
dependent. The idea that culture comes out of individuality
is a myth --- interdependent individuals thrive
and bring about progressive ideas, and results.
The G-77 strives to create experiences that will
enrich our own art-making and lives that are not
based on oppressive models or through reproducing
conventions, but through experimentation.
Critical Vitae:
2003 | Beginning stages of G-77 sub groupings
include G-77 Lab, G-77 DT, G-77 Politic, and The
G-77 Sentinel Division. Individual groups focus
on: cultural reading; environmental impact; economics;
life extension; and past, present, and speculative
technologies.
2004 | Exhibits, interventions and sousveillance
begins. Members invited to Amsterdam and Brazil
for panel and exhibition participation. Participants
in San Francisco symposium "Will there be a
Future - now?" - Aboveground Representatives
invited to speak.
2005 | Participated in Waterways Project,
Venice Biennale, including kinetic sculptures used
for culture mapping and documentation. Summer 2005,
G-77 Sentinel Division premiered at Scope Hamptons
Art Fair. Continued with Environmental Stimulation
and Counter Surveillance at the Istanbul Biennial
in September.
2006 | Participated in "Natural Reaction"
at Tastes Like Chicken Gallery, Brooklyn and "Transparanoia"
at Blue Elephant Gallery, Frederick, MD. Safety
Packets distributed at the DUMBO Arts Festival,
Brooklyn. Members taught courses in GIS mapping
to NYC residents, held talks at NYU, Barnes &
Noble, CUNY, and the International Center of Photography.
Click here
for Dumbo Festival (Images)
2007 | October, Panel participants,
The Constructed Moment, ICP, Bard. Intervention
at Interop, IT Conference and Exposition, NY.
2008 | March, Participated in The Ides of March, at ABC No Rio,
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G-Local
An ongoing project
by the Group of 77.
The machine doesn't record history, it makes history.
Seventy-seven
is the sum of three squares, 42 + 52 + 62, as well
as the sum of the first eight prime numbers.
During World War II in Sweden at
the border with Norway, "77" was used
as a Shibboleth (password), because
the tricky pronunciation in Swedish made it easy
to instantly discern whether the speaker was native
Swedish, Norwegian, or German.
77 is also the atomic number of iridium
In astronomy, messier object M77, a magnitude 10.5
spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus.
77 is the registry of the U.S. Navy's in-construction
nuclear aircraft carrier USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77),
named after U.S. President George H. W. Bush.
Books
To Read:
Albert-László Barabási: Linked:
The New Science of Networks
Everything you ever wanted to know about scale-free
networks.
Anonymous: Imperial Hubris: Why the West is Losing
the War on Terror
Makes the case for a broad-based global guerrilla
movement.
Basil Henry Liddell Hart: Strategy
Insight into the strategy of indirect approach from
an expert in maneuver warfare. The shortest path
between two points in warfare is the least expected
route.
Basil Henry Liddell Hart: Lawrence of Arabia (Da
Capo Paperback)
Lawrence's innovations in desert warfare. A must
read for anyone investigating the strategy of terrorism.
Bruce Schneier: Beyond Fear
Edward Luttwak: Coup D'Etat
A practical handbook on coup d'etat.
George W. Allen: None So Blind: A Personal Account
of the Intelligence Failure in Vietnam
Excellent book on the uses and misuses of military
intelligence.
Heinz Guderian: Panzer Leader
How armored warfare grew from idea into standard
practice.
Howard Rheingold: Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
Good overview of how new communications technology
is changing group formation and operations.
Ian O. Lesser: Countering the New Terrorism
Rand study done for the AF on the future of the
terrorist threat. Well done.
J. F. C. Fuller: The Generalship of Alexander the
Great
A great overview of Alexander's generalship by one
of the founders of modern armored combat.
John Arquilla: Networks and Netwars: The Future
of Terror, Crime, and Militancy
John Arquilla: In Athena's Camp: Preparing for Conflict
in the Information Age
Martin Van Creveld: The Rise and Decline of the
State
Can the state survive the onslaught of non-state
guerrillas?
Martin Van Creveld: TRANSFORMATION OF WAR
A seminal book on the decline of conventional warfare
and the rise of non-state warriors.
P. W. Singer: Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the
Privatized Military Industry (Cornell Studies in
Security Affairs)
Singer provides a comprehensive overview of private
military corporations. A must read.
PHILIP BOBBITT: The Shield of Achilles
A seminal book on the evolution of the nation-state.
A must read.
Robert Coram: Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed
the Art of War
Boyd was a leading thinker on 4GW and OODA loops.
Robert J. Bunker: Non-State Threats and Future Wars
Sean J. A. Edwards: Swarming on the Battlefield:
Past, Present, and Future
Excellent overview of swarming tactics across history.
Thomas P. M. Barnett: The Pentagon's New Map
Excellent overview of the systemic approach to this
war. A must read
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