Ultra-red Symposium

Against Participation: Social Action and the Conditions of Neoliberalism celebrated the 29th anniversary of the collective Ultra-red. Bringing together the twelve members of Ultra-red for a sustained dialogue with students, faculty, activists and others on questions of solidarity with discussions on the nature of participation as it is organized in the management of poor communities. 

The symposium from November 11-13, 2015 marked the culmination of Ultra-red’s 2014-2015 research fellowship with Social Practice Art Research Center (SPARC).  

The symposium. The focal problematic of these Ultra-red Members:

 Sabrina Apicella (Berlin) – M.A. Candidate, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University

Elizabeth Blaney (Los Angeles) – CoDirector, Union de Vecinos

Manuela Bojadžijev (Berlin) – Visiting Faculty, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt University

Janna Graham (Leicester, UK) – Ph.D. Candidate, Programme of Curatorial/Knowledge, Goldsmiths University

Chris Jones (London) – Southwark Notes Collective, 56a Infoshop CoFounder

Elliot Perkins (Torbay, UK) – Educator, Contested Idyll CoFounder

Dont Rhine (Los Angeles) – Visiting Faculty, MFA in Visual Art, Vermont College of Fine Arts

Michael Roberson (New York) – Community Scholar, Union Theological Seminary

Robert Sember (New York) – Visiting Faculty, Eugene Lang College The New School

Walt Senterfitt (Los Angeles) – Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, IRB

Ceren Türkmen (Berlin) – Research Faculty, Institute of Sociology, JustusLiebigUniversity Gießen

Leonardo Vilchis (Los Angeles) – CoDirector, Union de Vecinos