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Feb 15, 2018 • 32min
Contra-Internet with Zach Blas and Laurel Ptak
Zach Blas in conversation with Laurel Ptak, Art in General's Executive Director & Curator, on the occasion of Blas's exhibition Contra-Internet at Art in General and his lecture-performance Metric Mysticism at e-flux. Zach Blas is an artist and writer whose practice confronts technologies of capture, security, and control. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London. His recent works respond to biometric governmentality and network hegemony. Read more about the exhibition, on view through April 21, 2018, at artingeneral.org Read Zach Blas' essay in e-flux journal #74 (June 2016): "Contra-Internet"
Jan 30, 2018 • 33min
Immortality for all: Anton Vidokle on cosmism
e-flux founder, journal editor, and artist Anton Vidokle discusses cosmism with Kaye Cain-Nielsen, editor-in-chief of e-flux journal. You can read more on cosmism in the 88th issue of e-flux journal (February 2018). Featuring texts by Robert Bird, Maria Chehonadskih, Keti Chukhrov, Boris Groys, Trevor Paglen, Alexei Penzin, Marina Simakova, Arseny Zhilyaev, and a Timeline of Russian Cosmism compiled by Anastasia Gacheva, Arseny Zhilyaev, and Anton Vidokle.
Jan 23, 2018 • 53min
Elizabeth A. Povinelli on the four axioms of critical theory
Elizabeth A. Povinelli discusses four axioms of critical theory in response to her presentation, "Toxic Assets the the Extimacy of Existence," from Frontier Imaginaries Ed.No3 at e-flux. In conversation with journal editor Stephen Squibb. Read Elizabeth A. Povinelli in e-flux journal: "Geontologies: The Concept and Its Territories" from issue 81, April 2017 "Geontologies: The Figures and the Tactics" from issue 78, December 2016
Jan 16, 2018 • 29min
Vivian Ziherl on Frontier Imaginaries, Toxic Assets, and The Fourfold Articulation
Vivian Ziherl discusses her curatorial platform Frontier Imaginaries on the occasion of TOXIC ASSETS: Frontier Imaginaries Ed.No3 at e-flux, Columbia University, and UnionDocs in October 2017. In conversation with journal editor Brian Kuan Wood. Watch day one of TOXIC ASSETS on e-flux film & video Read Vivian Ziherl's essay "The Fourfold Articulation" in e-flux journal #81, April 2017
Jan 3, 2018 • 25min
McKenzie Wark on the fate of art collecting in the digital age
McKenzie Wark on her essay, "My Collectible Ass," published in the 85th issue of e-flux journal, October 2017. In conversation with journal editor Stephen Squibb.
