Join IMPULSE Magazine on Wednesday, February 25th, for IMPULSE Forum, a community-based conversation program. Doors will open at 6 pm, and the discussion will begin by 6:30 pm. 

In the epilogue to The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction, Walter Benjamin argues that fascism introduces aesthetics into political life. Rather than transforming material conditions, it offers expression — spectacle, choreography, affect. Politics becomes image.

To think through this proposition in a contemporary context, participants are asked to watch No Church in the Wild. The stylized confrontation between protesters and police, the fetishization of tension, and the aesthetic framing of violence invite reflection on Benjamin’s claim that politics can become aestheticized rather than resolved.

The aim is not to draw direct equivalences, but to consider whether aesthetic organization — whether monumental, spectacular, or minimal and “neutral” — participates in shaping political imagination.

“Beautiful Order: Aesthetics, Myth, and the Stabilization of Power” will be moderated by Józefina Chętko and hosted at Petzel (520 W 25th St)  in conversation with an exhibition of works by Troy Brauntuch.

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Join IMPULSE Magazine for our new talk series IMPULSE Forum, a community-based conversation program seeking to build our local IMPULSE community. Each themed conversation will invite our audience to create new, relevant discourse set across partner gallery and project spaces in New York City.

This month's forum, on Death and Ritual, will be held on Tuesday July 1st, 6:00 pm at RAINRAIN (110 Lafayette St, Suite 201).

IMPULSE Forum invites special guests (A.E Chapman, Wen-You Cai, Sinclair Li, and Zhi-Wei Hiu) to guide the conversation through their unique relationship with the theme. However, we are just as excited to hear from you! After the Forum, join IMPULSE for drinks at a nearby bar :)

We look forward to seeing you there. Reserve a FREE ticket here!

RAINRAIN, is currently exhibiting Zhi Wei Hiu: Slivered Wake, A Cast Lance, a debut solo show for the Singaporean-Chinese artist.

Each year, the global art market emits an estimated 70 million tons of CO2, contributing to the rapid escalation of the climate crisis. How can artists and art institutions channel their resources, craft, and cultural capital to address climate issues at stake?

Join Embodied Earth and IMPULSE Magazine in conversation with four artists and art professionals as they discuss the art world’s environmental impact.

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