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International Errorista: The revolution through affect. Part 2
by Santiago Garcí­a Navarro
07/02/06


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FZ: For now, we have planned for this year a kind of propaganda tour for Errorism. I think that Errorism is now entering another stage, it took off from the arrival of Bush at Mar del Plata, it took off from the stereotype of the Arab, and began to inquire the actual philosophical properties of Errorism. I believe that a time of internal reflection is coming, with some outlets also. We are going to open up to new members. And, above all, I think that we are going to aim at the countries that have this conflict, like France, and Central Europe, that has this dilemma of the Mohammed cartoons. They need Errorism there. An errorist attack is also necessary in the United States. The point is that it has to be very well planned, because they are watching everything.

SGN: And how are you going to open up to international expansion?

FZ: The committees have to be well formed, along the lines of the idea of the Soviets. Now, I believe that the cells that make up the first stage of the IE have to be expanded on different sides, to form new cells that are in contact with one another and that can sustain that vision of the manifesto. Etcetera... was born with a negotiation, in response mode. It went into action, into attack mode. Errorism began to program, to propose, to organize. It is a little of the transformation that Dada made towards Surrealism. On the other hand, the identity of Etcetera took shape, which works well for the market, a catalogable identity. Etcetera remains directed towards Errorism, but it also has autonomous channels for other types of activities.

LG: Errorism solidified the aspiration Etcetera always had, of being a movement, of opening up, of not closing into a collective. Halfway through last year we had a lot of discussion about whether we were going to continue with the group, because we felt the frustration of a "movementist" idea. After we made a tour of Europe and met people from different countries, we became aware that we were forming a network, a movement, and that it didní­t have a name. Errorism permitted the people to approach the action and to make it their own, acquiring resources, giving their time...

SGN: And are there cells in other countries?

LG: Many poetic weapons were taken to Russia, Brazil and France.

FZ: But we have active cells in Italy, in Berlin and Marseilles, and, I believe, in the United States.

SGN: The problem with Etcetera... turning into the Debord of the IE is that it is beginning to have an exclusionist policy: if you doní­t behave, Ií­ll fire you.

All: (Chuckles)

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About the Author
Santiago García Navarro writes about art, politics and architecture. He was member of the Duplus group, with whom he published El pez, la bicicleta y la máquina de escribir (Buenos Aires, Fundación Proa, 2006). He lives and works in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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