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31 May–24 August 2008: Stockholm
Exhibition: Eclipse — Art in a Dark Age
Publication: Calling All Agents (Swedish translation)

INS will participate alongside contemporary artists Paul McCarthy, Mike Nelson, Dana Schutz and others in an exhibition curated by Magnus af Petersens. A Black Box Transmitter will be installed at Stockholm's museum of modern art. Transmissions can be picked up on 94.4 FM in the Stockholm area for the duration of the exhibition. INS General Secretary Tom McCarthy will take part in an artists' discussion at the museum on Saturday 31 May at 1400h.

Rendezvous: Moderna Museet, Skeppsholmen, Stockholm (admission SEK 80/60) Tue 1000–2000h, Wed–Sun 1000–1800h

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18 March 2008: New York
Publication: The State of Inauthenticity

Article by Peter Schwenger on the INS New York Declaration appeared in the inaugural issue of Triple Canopy, New York. Readers are advised that recordings and transcripts of the Declaration appearing on the internet are not authorised by INS.

24 February 2008: New York
Briefing: Aerial Reconnaissance

INS Chief of Propaganda Anthony Auerbach explained flash bombs, reading material and INS aerial reconnaissance operations. Images recovered during the INS Inspectorate Berlin were shown. The results of fieldwork were be aligned with INS central concerns: marking and erasure; transit, circulation and control; cryptography and death. INS Chief Philosopher Simon Critchley was in attendance. Host: Triple Canopy
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Rendezvous: 2030h, Freddy’s Backroom 485 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217

4 December 2007: Official News Release
Joint Statement on Inauthenticity

INS Department of Propaganda releases a summary of the INS New York Declaration in anticipation of the official transcript; warns unauthorised recordings and transcripts circulating on the Internet cannot be authenticated.
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25 September 2007: New York
Joint Statement on Inauthenticity

INS General Secretary Tom McCarthy and INS Chief Philosopher Simon Critchley presented the Joint Statement advancing inauthenticity as the central tenet of INS doctrine, with a compelling critique of the notion of authenticity in art, literature, philosophy and politics.

Rendezvous: 1830h at The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013 (admission $5, free to Drawing Centre members)

24 August 2007: Edinburgh
INS Lecture: Reading Material

INS Chief of Propaganda (Archving and Epistemological Critique) Anthony Auerbach discussed reading material, detective work and aerial reconnaissance. A transcript will shortly be filed in the Committee Papers of the INS Inspectorate Berlin.

Rendezvous: 1900h at Stills, 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh EH1 1BP

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