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Category Archives: Theory
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
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged architecture, quotation, theory
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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
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Theory
Tagged pure aesthetics, riff raff, theory
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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
Riff Raff on Representation in His Work
1:17 into the video Riff Raff says this: Maybe he got spiritual after he heard my songs. I mean my music ain’t just like music (mumbles) there’s a lot to it. If you picture it and you write out the … Continue reading
Posted in Critical Riff Raff Studies, Theory
Tagged ontology, pure aesthetics, representation, riff raff, theory
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Parikka on Complicity With Anonymous Media
The archaeological method of Negarestani’s Cyclonopedia represents a theory-fiction alternative for media archaeology too. What if we employ the same hallucinatory, inspiring way of investigating the subterranean, the secret, the ground that is not defined by stability but dynamic flux of sediments … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged deleuze and guattari, jussi parikka, reza negarestani, theory
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Olof Dreijer on Ally Responsibility
We’ve been talking about the importance of making your privileges transparent in order to be able to say something political. It’s something I learned from reading about intersectionality, which is a way to analyze power by looking at its different … Continue reading
Posted in Quote Time, Theory
Tagged queer theory, quote, the knife, theory
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Thacker on Life
This third kind of life, the”nameless thing” so often described by Lovecraft, is a paradigm for the concept of life today. The concept of life encompasses so much, from the most reductive biological viewpoint to the most open-ended ethical or … Continue reading
Posted in Nonhuman Life, Theory
Tagged eugene thacker, life, nonhuman life, quote
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A Video Game Playing Itself
So Tom 7 did some stuff and created, essentially, a control algorithm that allows a game to play itself. FYI at the end of the day this is a research blog so mostly this is for personal archiving.
Posted in Theory
Tagged control, nonhuman life, robots, theory, video games
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Supplement to #RespectCon13 Talk
Today I am speaking at RespectCon about sexual violence in video games. This post is a collection of links that I talked about, and through, in the talk. 1. Jason Schreier “You’ll ‘Want to Protect’ the New, Less Curvy Lara … Continue reading
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Tagged bioshock infinite, video games, violence
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Rhizome Profiles Alex Myers
So Alex Myers has a lot of radditude and you can look at his blog and his twitter for constant updates on his life. I constantly want to write at length about Alex, but I’ve yet to spend the time … Continue reading
Posted in Theory
Tagged alex myers, philosophy, rhizome, theory, video games
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this cage is worms 