Category: Dis-Junction

--- ∞ "Dreams and Nightmares: Beyond the Anthropocene Era" (pdf), Bernard Stiegler, 2019 Translated by Daniel Ross. Bernard Stiegler  was born in 1952. He is currently president of the Institut de recherche et d’innovation du Centre Pompidou and of the Ars Industrialis association. He was professor of philosophy at the université de technologie de Compiègne, and … Continue reading Dreams and Nightmares: Beyond the Anthropocene Era →

--- ∞ “This is a Low: Old Futures in the Age of Brexit” - Alexis Lothian, 2019 Punk, heritage, capitalism, fascism, violence Audiovisual speculation invites viewers to experience familiar sounds and images in new ways, calling forth inchoate and visceral feelings and connections that cannot be fully accounted for in textual argument alone. Derek Jarman’s dystopian … Continue reading This is a Low →

--- ∞ "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 →

--- ∞ 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 →

--- ∞ "The Revolutionary Disaster / The Disaster of Revolution" (pdf) - Andrew Culp, 2019 Andrew Culp teaches media theory in the MA program in Aesthetics and Politics in the School of Critical Studies at the California Institute of Technology. His current writing is on the slogan “Another End of the World is Possible,” and he … Continue reading The Revolutionary Disaster / The Disaster of Revolution →

--- ∞ "Jumping Claims" (pdf) - Dan S. Wang, 2019 Dan S. Wang/王念華 is an artist and writer whose work addresses a range of social movement concerns. Turning politically engaged as a teenager, his activist history includes experience across a variety of grassroots causes, including clinic escorting and antiwar agitation. His writings have been published internationally, … Continue reading Jumping Claims →

--- "Dream Work / Witch Mother" (pdf) - Lenora Hanson, 2019 Lenora Hanson is an Assistant Professor of English at NYU. Her work looks to figurative language as it structured Romantic-era concepts of life and, in the process, blurred boundaries between bodies, species, and populations. In particular, she is interested in how scientific and economic … Continue reading Dream Work / Witch Mother →