Friday, March 7, 2014
Finally I get to do a gig on a roof
My mom saw the Beatles play on the roof of the Apple store (not that one) with me in a pram.
Mycelium Blade Runner
The tiles Long made for this show--styrofoam plus mycelium--are structured like the house in Blade Runner...
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The Reader of Hyperobjects
We have finally decided who it will be:
Captain Jack Sparrow.
Except that we haven't.
Captain Jack Sparrow.
Except that we haven't.
Line of the Day
If you say that the meaning of a poem is indeterminate, you are accused of posing a threat to Western values--often by people who never read poetry. But if you say that the universe is like an ATM card, you get the Nobel Prize. --Louis Menand
Heidegger vs. The Chronicle of Higher Ed
Dear Folks in charge of the Chronicle,
When you read a translation, do please check it against your concept of the English word.
When Heidegger talks about “the fabrication of corpses in gas chambers” he doesn't mean that the Holocaust was made up, you silly billies.
Fabrik means factory. Works. Mill. Plant.
He is talking about industrialized death.
And he is one of the very first to link this industrialized death (and the industrial as death) to the mass slaughter of nonhumans.
As Derrida argues forcefully.
Actually, it's much worse than that. The author, Paul Hockenos, in Berlin, knows exactly what he is doing. To the poor old silly billies.
Do some homework Chronicle. You have just been manipulated.
When you read a translation, do please check it against your concept of the English word.
When Heidegger talks about “the fabrication of corpses in gas chambers” he doesn't mean that the Holocaust was made up, you silly billies.
Fabrik means factory. Works. Mill. Plant.
He is talking about industrialized death.
And he is one of the very first to link this industrialized death (and the industrial as death) to the mass slaughter of nonhumans.
As Derrida argues forcefully.
Actually, it's much worse than that. The author, Paul Hockenos, in Berlin, knows exactly what he is doing. To the poor old silly billies.
Do some homework Chronicle. You have just been manipulated.
Monday, March 3, 2014
Houston Talk
On 3.29 (Saturday) at the Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference.
Victorian Hyperobjects
Hyperobjects are entities that are massively distributed in time and space. They are so massive that humans can think and compute them, but not perceive them directly.
These entities began to show up in the Victorian period. We know them for instance as capital, industry, evolution, climate phenomena such as El Niño and so on.
During this present age of ecological emergency, we are faced with numerous hyperobjects such as global warming and ourselves as a species acting as a geophysical force (hence the concept of the Anthropocene).
In my talk I'm going to argue that this means that we are still inside the Victorian period, in psychic, philosophical and social space. Our moustaches may have changed a bit, but so what?
Victorian Hyperobjects
Hyperobjects are entities that are massively distributed in time and space. They are so massive that humans can think and compute them, but not perceive them directly.
These entities began to show up in the Victorian period. We know them for instance as capital, industry, evolution, climate phenomena such as El Niño and so on.
During this present age of ecological emergency, we are faced with numerous hyperobjects such as global warming and ourselves as a species acting as a geophysical force (hence the concept of the Anthropocene).
In my talk I'm going to argue that this means that we are still inside the Victorian period, in psychic, philosophical and social space. Our moustaches may have changed a bit, but so what?
Morton at SXSW: OOO, Hyperobjects, Fungi, Databergs...
This Friday I'm talking in Charles Long's exhibition space at The Contemporary in Austin, at the start of the South by Southwest Music Festival. The concepts for the show are based on my take on OOO and hyperobjects. Talk is at 5, I think.
Fungus plus ancient plastic plus “Databergs” and so very much more.
Here is the exhibition summary (with very nice photos).
Fungus plus ancient plastic plus “Databergs” and so very much more.
Here is the exhibition summary (with very nice photos).
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| OOO Portals plus Mycellum (Charles Long) |
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Cheerful Shambhala Day
Yes that's right. It's the Wood Horse. Think Shadowfax plus the Ents.
This is for Carlyle. “Haven't you ever felt that way about music?”
This is for Carlyle. “Haven't you ever felt that way about music?”
Friday, February 28, 2014
Another Fun Fact
45% percent of all the books I've ever sold on amazon USA have been copies of Hyperobjects.
Naturally this is not a lot in terms of actual units, by Salman Rushdie standards!
Naturally this is not a lot in terms of actual units, by Salman Rushdie standards!
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Who Will Read the Hyperobjects Audiobook?
The anarchist mayor of Reykjavik has requested an audiobook of Hyperobjects. But who will read it?
Let me know your preferences by commenting on this post.
The choices so far are:
Darth Vader
Galadriel
Agent Smith
Gru
Lady Mary Josephine Crawley
Stella (Over the Hedge)
PS: This is really happening. Except for some of it.
Let me know your preferences by commenting on this post.
The choices so far are:
Darth Vader
Galadriel
Agent Smith
Gru
Lady Mary Josephine Crawley
Stella (Over the Hedge)
PS: This is really happening. Except for some of it.
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