Shane Boyle
shaneboyle.bsky.social
Shane Boyle
@shaneboyle.bsky.social
fka brechtfast
I have a new essay in a special issue of TDR on “Performance, Possession, and Automation.” It’s the first of a few articles I have coming out on raw material and art, which I’m hoping will become a book someday. DM me if you want the pdf. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
September 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Minor Compositions Podcast Episode 20 The Arts of Logistics with Michael Shane Boyle & Elaine W Ho
youtu.be/7dZI1Pn2c2g
@shaneboyle.bsky.social
The Arts of Logistics with Michael Shane Boyle & Elaine W Ho
YouTube video by Minor Compositions
youtu.be
May 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The UK’s Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) passed a BDS resolution today. 📣

It took an amazing group a lot work, but the vote was overwhelmingly in favour.
May 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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mauerpark, berlin

JOSHUA CLOVER
1962-2025
POET + COMRADE

(big thanks to shane boyle for letting me share)
April 30, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Not on here much but thought I’d post this, for Joshua Clover (in Berlin).
April 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Joshua Clover was one of one. Here he is with Syd.
April 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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We are devastated to say that our comrade, teacher and friend Joshua Clover passed away last night. He is irreplaceable; We will miss him forever.
April 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Tonight!
Tickets now available for Shane Boyle (@shaneboyle.bsky.social)'s presentation "Marxism and Theatre Ecology: The Metabolic Performances of Otobong Nkanga and Zina Saro-Wiwa", 26 March 6PM: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shane-boyl...
March 26, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My new essay for @newleftreview.bsky.social on surrealism, antifascism and the place of Palestine in German memory culture

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Shane Boyle, Contre-Attaque — Sidecar
At Lenbachhaus.
newleftreview.org
March 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Shane Boyle on surrealism and anti-fascism:

‘No painting in solidarity with Palestine has been torn down in a German gallery – at least not so dramatically.’

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Shane Boyle, Contre-Attaque — Sidecar
At Lenbachhaus.
newleftreview.org
March 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Mahmoud Khalil’s letter is a manifesto for our times: it is our generation’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail

“I have always believed that my duty is not only to liberate myself from the oppressor, but also to liberate my oppressors from their hatred and fear”

inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...
My Name is Mahmoud Khalil and I Am a Political Prisoner
A letter dictated by Mahmoud Khalil over the phone from ICE detention in Louisiana.
inthesetimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Also in Glasgow for a couple of things next Friday, for anyone there!
March 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
In London next week for these things. Will be eating at Nando’s after each. Details here: shaneboyle.com/events/
March 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Tickets now available for Shane Boyle (@shaneboyle.bsky.social)'s presentation "Marxism and Theatre Ecology: The Metabolic Performances of Otobong Nkanga and Zina Saro-Wiwa", 26 March 6PM: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shane-boyl...
March 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Talking about cold chains, raw material and iceberg art today at 5pm (uk) online. details and zoom link below: www.brunel.ac.uk/research/Gro...
March 13, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Brecht’s first day of school
February 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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#AcademicFreedom | BRISMES CAF strongly condemns the Free University of Berlin’s cancellation of the February 19 lectures by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese
& Israeli architect Prof. Eyal Weizman (1/3). Read our letter: shorturl.at/oYEzv @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
question for people who know the antideutsche better than I do—is Tocotronic an antideutsch band or are they just run-of-the-mill German liberals at home with taz and Texte zur Kunst?
February 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
February 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Will post here more—mostly things like this
February 6, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Christmas plays an important role in German tradition. Some cities even honor it by erecting bronze statues of Santa Claus.
December 19, 2024 at 10:32 AM
December 5, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Last week I talked all things art and logistics with Elaine W Ho and Stevphen Shukaitis. The episode is available here
fireflyfrequencies.org/podcasts/min...
Minor Compositions
Minor Compositions is a research theorizing publishing project that is located, at the moment, within the London metropolitan basin of collective intelligence. Its main aim is to bring together, devel...
fireflyfrequencies.org
December 4, 2024 at 2:12 PM
Concrete. China poured more in the three years before Covid than the US ever had in its history.

Also, in the case of Mekong it is also for extended shorelines elsewhere.
Who steals sand? Why?

Illegal sand mining is a huge problem & most ppl have never heard of it

"Sand is a vital ingredient for modern structures & to meet demand a substantial volume of sand is extracted illegally from riverbeds globally" 🧪

Mekong Delta is a hotspot: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Extent of illegal sand mining in the Mekong Delta - Communications Earth & Environment
Sand mining intensified in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta between 2013 and 2018–2020 with an increase in the allowable rate of sand extraction leading to reductions in the volume of illegally mined sand,...
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 8:55 PM
Leather cardigan vibes
November 20, 2024 at 5:02 PM