The Warrior of Capestrano (Italian, 6th C. BCE)
– photo: Francesco Salerno inscription on the sculpture (left strut) reads, Me, a beautiful image made Aninis for King Nevio Pompuledio. first known dedication to an artist. (from here)
Simon Taylor
utopian machine network things
While the idea of ‘utopia’ appears naive and even hysterical under capitalist realism, the pathologization and irrationalization of anti-capitalist longing presents an enduring threat. In the face of the hard-right global turn, these problems must come to the foreground of our struggles.
the weird and the eerie
…the weird is
the legitimation of network representations as being the science of human survival – Olivier Auber
…an STI@home (Search for Terrestrial Intelligence modelled on the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at home) initiative could propose to participate in the creation of a network of detectors and amplifiers of human intelligence, capable of revealing the mechanisms of our stupidity, and of neutralizing them. It goes without saying
lyrics to “Hallelujah Money” by Gorillaz & Benjamin Clementine (courtesy Genius)
[Verse 1: Benjamin Clementine]
Here is our tree
That primitively grows
And when you go to bed
Scarecrows from the far east
Come to eat
Its tender fruits
And I thought the best way to perfect our tree
Is by building walls
Walls like unicorns
In full glory
And galore