SMILE issue 8: SMILE BACK AT THE RULING CLASS

published by Karen Eliot/Stewart Home, London, 1985, scanned and put online for the first time:

https://archive.org/details/smile-8-smile-back-at-the-ruling-class/

In this issue, Stewart Home announces his departure from Neoism, introduces Karen Eliot as a multiple nom-de-plume, and calls for the Art Strike 1990-1993. The texts were the first drafts of material that would later appear in Stewart's books.

Money quote: "To leave Neoism is to realise it".

Third-party endorsement: "The eighth issue of SMILE (available from KAREN ELIOT) contained a devastating critique of the NEOIST CULTURAL CONSPIRACY, a critique so persuasive that it invalidated the last remnants of the once important NEOIST movement." (John Berndt in SMILE issue 7 vol 1, 1986)

#smilemagazine #neoism #plagiarism #praxis #artstrike #kareneliot

Scanned and uploaded:

Western Cell Division, 'Opening Gaps and Filling Them Up... WESTERN CELL DIVISION and You', Baltimore: Dialectical Immaterialism Press, 1987

Experimental reflections of multiple-use name identity politics, plagiarism/anti-copyright and Art Strike 1990-1993, grown out of Neoism.

"The provided texts explore themes of cultural reproduction, individual perception, and societal critique within late capitalism. 'Western Cell Division and You' conceptualizes the proliferation of a dominant 'Western Culture' and the potential for 'deviant cultures' to emerge through its divisions, while other sections discuss how plagiarism and censorship can serve as revolutionary acts against established notions of originality and controlled information. The collection further investigates 'Optically Disassociated Reality' (O.D.R.), proposing methods to alter visual perception and challenge the continuity cues ingrained by visual media like television. Ultimately, the sources advocate for a radical re-evaluation of art, identity, and social relations, calling for an Art Strike to dismantle the capitalist commodification of creativity and empower individual 'anti-skills' against pervasive societal structures."

https://archive.org/details/western_cell_division_and_you/

#Neoism #plagiarism #artstrike #KarenEliot #Baltimore