-- -- Sometimes a sound represents a whole era / Sometimes a sound represents a whole people. Nicole Mitchell, "A Sound" --- THEORY/FICTION: Phillip John Usher, "On the Exterranean" Esther Leslie, "Messianic Rays in the Atomic Age: Walter Benjamin in the Presence of Radioactivity" Jessica Lehman, "Beneath the Paving Stones, the Wake" Aaryn Smith, "Mapping the … Continue reading Stratum 4
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First Woman
--- ∞ Eve Libertine, "First Woman" (Penny Rimbaud, Acts of Love, 1984) ---
Nobody Knows What Communism Is
--- ∞ Marguerite Duras, "Nobody Knows What Communism Is" (1969) "Jacques Chancel: What is communism for you? Marguerite Duras: It's the end of what you see around you: now, here, everywhere. I don't know what it is otherwise. Jacques Chancel: But do you admit that there are people who think differently than you? Marguerite … Continue reading Nobody Knows What Communism Is
If Whenever
--- "If Whenever (Alienocene Version)" - Franck C. Yeznikian, 2019 Franck Christoph Yeznikian was born on 22 May 1969 in Besançon (France). After beginning in post-punk music as a drummer, he explored other musical universes, especially acousmatic music, which he studied with Denis Dufour and Jean-Marc Duchenne at the conservatory of music in Lyon. Shortly thereafter he had the … Continue reading If Whenever
INLAND LAKE
--- “Photographs of notebooks, manuscripts ... My first notebook, a small one, with a black leather cover, was offered to me by my friend photographer Bruno Roche in 1988. I then opted for the registry type of notebook, large size (21/29,7cm, between 100 and 200 pages), and I started, little by little, a journal that … Continue reading INLAND LAKE
Commonly Owned Unconsciousness
--- Bill B. Wintermute, "Commonly Owned Unconsciousness" (2019) "...OK, let's see... I guess that I'm confused again. Am I here, or am I there? I don't know. Over there, I'm everywhere. I know that. But here is connected to over there. Is that right? But then, where is the real me after all is said … Continue reading Commonly Owned Unconsciousness
Views through a Kaleidophone
--- In 1827 British scientist and inventor Charles Wheatstone published the results of some of his earliest studies in the transmission of sound. Familiar with the work of Ernst Chladni who in 1787 methodically demonstrated and documented the symmetrical patterns of sound vibration on bowed metal plates and with similar studies of wave motion in … Continue reading Views through a Kaleidophone
DOME – Our Relationship with the Cosmos
--- ∞ "DOME – Our Relationship with the Cosmos" (pdf) - Frank J. Schäpel, 2019 Frank J. Schäpel is an artist and UFO researcher based in Berlin. In 2002 he finished his studies at the University of the Arts Berlin in the class of Baselitz. Since then he worked with scientists in projects regarding anatomy, … Continue reading DOME – Our Relationship with the Cosmos
The Resentment of (Black) Politics
--- ∞ "The Resentment of (Black) Politics" (pdf) - Jared Sexton, 2019 Jared Sexton is Professor of African American Studies and Film and Media Studies at the University of California, Irvine, where he is affiliated with the Critical Theory Emphasis, the Ph.D. Programs in Culture & Theory and Visual Studies, and the Center in Law, Society, and Culture. He … Continue reading The Resentment of (Black) Politics
To Walk Amidst Collapse
--- ∞ Cíntia Guedes, "To Walk Amidst Collapse" (2018) We were surprised by the storm that arrived at dawn, as not even at the peak of summer had it been so hot in Rio as it was that week. Hours of vigil, in the wake of the execution of Marielle Franco and Anderson Pedro Gomes, … Continue reading To Walk Amidst Collapse
