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Crossed and the Reduction to Meat
My partner hates when I talk about beings “reduced to meat.” I might have stolen the phrase from someone, but what I am trying to get at with the phrase is that there is a clear dividing line between what … Continue reading
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Some Preliminary Thoughts on Groys’ Art Power
I started reading Boris Groys’ Art Power yesterday. Well, by “started reading” I mean that I slogged through the introduction; I find Groys fascinating but dry, which is probably more of a byproduct of translation than anything else. I enjoyed the opening … Continue reading
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Bogost’s Unit Operations and the Strangeness of Simulation
Over the Christmas break, and on Christmas day itself, I was reading Ian Bogost’s Unit Operations: An Approach to Video Game Criticism. Immediately after that I read a Thomas M. Disch novel, but after that I read Tom Bissell’s Extra Lives: … Continue reading
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Music Time 30
I know that I have been neglecting this place, but it really hasn’t been my fault. I went straight from a long thesis on Bataille to writing a conference paper (and hopefully getting a publication) about Ranciere and comic book … Continue reading
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On Ranciere’s The Future of the Image
So I finished this a few minutes ago. I was, and am, frustrated about it–I wanted it to be much more than it ended up being. Ranciere begins the book with a discussion of the image. This is my first … Continue reading
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