Today I was in the video editing studio capturing and editing some of the footage from the Grandeur of Reason onference. By somewhat of a happy accident, when I was scrubbing through the Agamben footage, I landed on this frame — and had to take a screenshot:
So I will leave it up to you to provide a caption!
[And just to provide a brief update, we may have 4 or 5 of the sessions posted in a week or two online. Video editing and rendering takes way longer than I thought. Apparently all the capturing has to be done in real time so I have to watch through all of these sessions again. I guess there's no fast-forward button on that part. I spent 8 hours in the studio today just to get 4 videos done, dang.]
I sent this pic to my adviser Conor Cunningham earlier today and this was his caption contribution:
fervent denials and chuckles followed the accusations regarding the whereabouts of the last bucket of KFC extra-crispy
Agamben: So, I heard you and ole Stanley finally tied the knot!
Milbank: Who told you that?
Whispers: (the Faith and Theology Blog!)
The climactic moment of Q&A:
Agamben: ‘Talk to the hand, cause the face aint listenin.’
Milbank: ‘Sign language is the only possible form of communication with infidels.’
does anyone know where all those tickets to the vatican went?
At a recent theological conference Giorgio Agamben was put on surprise trial by an ad hoc tribunal of restless attendees operating outside the normal legal proceedings for such conferences. After a disingenuous attempt to pacify the situation, the conference prefect, John Milbank, saw that he was not getting anywhere with the angry mob as they cried out for Agamben’s crucifixion. So Milbank took some water and washed his hands in front of the crowd and said, “I won’t be guilty of killing this man. Do what you want!”