The current editors of Static, the online journal of the London Consortium, invite you to the launch of Static 8, the theme of which is: General. We will be celebrating with a special screening of Buster Keaton’s acclaimed 1927 film The General, with Neil Brand providing live piano accompaniment. The screening will be followed by a drinks reception and will take place on 

Friday 30th January, at 6pm. In the Birkbeck Cinema:  

41 Gordon Square, Bloomsbury Birkbeck, University of London, London, WC1H 0PD

We hope to see as many of you as possible there; however, as space is limited, please RSVP to staticgeneral@gmail.com, quoting “RSVP” in the subject line.  

Static 8: General features contributions from Consortium students both present and past. Cécile Guédon’s ‘Abstract Shadows: An Aesthetics of the General’  considers the polarity between the particular and the general in modernism; Matt Taunton examines the responses of Georg Lukács and Theodor Adorno to Samuel Beckett in terms of the question of generalizable experience; and Christien Garcia investigates problems of categorization and community posed in and around queer theory. Other articles include an interview with AA Bronson of the artistic trio General Idea and a consideration of Rem Koolhaus’s concept of the ‘generic city’.  

Look for Static 8: General online in February.

www.static.londonconsortium.com