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Category Archives: Theory
Ranciere on Life
I finished Jacques Ranciere’s newest book Aisthesis the other day, and I wanted to get a few notes out about the way that Ranciere thinks about the concept of life in the book. If you’re familiar with Ranciere (and if you’re not … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged aisthesis, gilles deleuze, henri bergson, jacques ranciere, theory
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Bifo on Imagination
We continue to use old forms of action but we will have to begin to imagine new forms that are capable of actually struggling against financial dictatorship. In my opinion, the first task – which we have begun to experience over the … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged bifo berardi, capitalism, franco berardi, quote, theory
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Leopold Lambert on the Explosion
What is an explosion at the pure physics level? A bomb is an apparatus that contains folded within itself the potential liberation of an important volume of energy in the form of an exothermic reaction. Such a volume of energy … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged quote, leopold lambert, materialsm, explosions, gilbert simondon
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Rancière on the Pure Nonsense of Life
The notes disappear in smoke, and the raised fist of the infant – a new kind of messiah different from Bartleby/Deleuze – celebrates, for all science, the hymn of life obstinately pursuing its own nonsense. Literary fiction has embraced the … Continue reading
Posted in Nonhuman Life, Quote Time, Theory
Tagged jacques ranciere, life, nonhuman life, quote, theory
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Jacques Rancière on Art’s World
Art exists as a separate world since anything whatsoever can belong to it. This is precisely one of the arguments of this book. It shows how a regime of perception, sensation, and interpretation of art is constituted and transformed by … Continue reading
Rancière on Life and Politics
The scientific Marxist revolution certainly wanted to put an end to the workers’ reveries, along with utopian programmes. But by opposing them to the effects of real social development, it kept subordinating the end and means of action to the … Continue reading
Leopold Lambert on Architecture and Occupation
Occupation is a second way that architecture is used to serve military purposes. Of course one could think of the Roman Legion’s settlement and some other temporary military structures; nevertheless, it seems more interesting here to understand the word military … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, leopold lambert, quote, theory, weaponized architecture
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Rasmussen on Architecture and History
Thus, in the Spanish Steps we can see a petrification of the dancing rhythm of a period of gallantry; it gives us an inkling of something that was, something our generation will never know. Rasmussen, Experiencing Architecture 136
Riff Raff on the Riff Raff Halloween Costume (or, What Does It Mean To Be Riff Raff?)
Riff Raff talks a bit about Spring Breakers in this interview. About midway through: [Riff Raff talks about a store he is going to open that does not sell middle of the mall shit and then] …but what we’re doing is also … Continue reading
Rasmussen and Architecture
A painter’s sketch is a purely personal document; his brush stroke is as individual as his handwriting; an imitation of it is a forgery. This is not true of architecture. The architect remains anonymously in the background. Here again he … Continue reading
