"I can't breathe."_________________ THEORY/FICTION: Priscilla Wald, “Viral Life in the Alienocene” Bruce Clarke, “Lynn Margulis, Autopoietic Gaia, and the Novacene” Katarzyna Olga Beilin, “Headfirst (A Day in the Alienocene)” Christopher Cañete Rodriguez Kelly, “Cathectoplasm (A Filipino Theory Fiction)” François-David Sebbah, “Alien-Effect: Encounters of an Other Kind Entirely” DIS-JUNCTION: Alain Badiou, “Pandemic, Ignorance, and … Continue reading Stratum 7
Category: Sound & Vision
Parallel Study 21 (Auguries of War)
--- --- ∞ "Parallel Study 21 (Auguries of War)" - Adita Keller, 2020 --- Quotes from Derek Jarman's Wittgenstein and The Tempest, and the American series Lost. Adita Keller was born in West-Germany in 1968. She lived and studied in France, Germany and Israël. She is a poet and a musician. For around ten years, she has been a … Continue reading Parallel Study 21 (Auguries of War)
Mirage as Errata
∞ "Mirage as Errata" - Will Alexander, recorded on May, 2020. First publication: The Brooklyn Rail, April 2020. Translation in French on La Vie Manifeste: "Mirage comme Errata." Will Alexander, poet, novelist, essayist, aphorist, playwright, visual artist, and pianist, has written nearly 40 books in the above-mentioned genres, with forthcoming amounts along the way. He … Continue reading Mirage as Errata
Deventer
--- --- ∞ FEAN, "Deventer" (2019) FEAN started as a musical artist-in-residence project in a little church in the Frysian village Katlyk. The group consists of Jan Kleefstra, Romke Kleefstra, Mariska Baars and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek), who also form the quartet Piiptsjilling. For FEAN they are accompanied by Belgian guests Annelies Monseré, Sylvain Chauveau and Joachim … Continue reading Deventer
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FROM THE DYNASTY OF VISION
--- ∞ "Give Us Something From The Dynasty of Vision" - Lewis Freedman, 2020 Text, voice: Lewis Freedman Sounds: Cindy Terrafere Lewis Freedman is a writer of unsized transgressions. Texts bound and circulating under this name include Am Perhaps Yet (Oxeye), Residual Synonyms for the Name of God (Ugly Duckling), and Hold the Blue Orb, Baby (Well Greased). Another … Continue reading FROM THE DYNASTY OF VISION
Stratum 6
-- Our task is not to draw a sharp mental line between past and future but to complete the thought of the past. - Marx to Ruge, September 1843 THEORY/FICTION: Steven Shaviro, "Defining Speculation: Speculative Fiction, Speculative Philosophy, and Speculative Finance" Jennifer Wenzel, "Evicted from the Future" Jan Miernowski, Yves Citton, Ullrich Langer, … Continue reading Stratum 6
The Cosmopolitical Gesture
+++ "The Cosmopolitical Gesture: Adab, The Demanding Memory " Ed Keller [2017-19]: video remixes, with soundscapes improvised live on solo electric guitar --- For ALIENOCENE, we present three film/sound excerpts: --- Intro: https://vimeo.com/379559386/f7ea03a5bd Timewar: https://vimeo.com/379559824/99f67a800a Outro: https://vimeo.com/379559589/f59c6ce683 --- Two complete audio recordings of Adab, The Demanding Memory - one a live performance, and one a rehearsal recording - can … Continue reading The Cosmopolitical Gesture
Outerworld, #1
∞ "Outerworld, #1" - Adita Keller, 2019 Adita Keller was born in West-Germany in 1968. She lived and studied in France, Germany and Israël. She is a poet and a musician. For around ten years, she has been a member of the art collective Dreaming Jewels. See also “As I Said To A Group Last … Continue reading Outerworld, #1
Stratum 5
-- -- If we imagine ourselves as planetary accidents rather than global agents, planetary creatures rather than global entities, alterity remains underived from us. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, “Imperative to Re-imagine the Planet” --- THEORY/FICTION: Claire Colebrook, "Unthinkable Extinction: Cinematic Time and the Panorama of History" Susanna Lindberg, "Unthinking the Underworld" Christian Keeve, "Cosmic Assemblages and … Continue reading Stratum 5
