“no, the masses were not innocent dupes; at a certain point, under a certain set of conditions, they wanted fascism” - Deleuze and Guattari, Anti-Oedipus, p.38. I’m not going to use this piece of shit platform anymore. Fuck Elon Musk and fuck Trump.
@digital_objects “move beyond modernity as it exists now — trapped in its Backrooms and virtual plazas, haunted by digital ghosts symbolising the end — we must reconceptualize what localization means in relation to globalization.” 5/5
@digital_objects “…inherently tied to, and reflective of, the global. … Overcoming modernity through modernity recognizes the same philosophical imperative that underlies anti-hauntology. Localized aesthetics are not enough to counter the aesthetics of the apocalypse. In order to…” 4/
"If the American theorist Fredric Jameson defined the pastiche as the cultural strategy of late capitalism, the latest album by Dos Monos will make him turn again and again in his grave."
A new review of the latest album by Japanese hip-hop trio Dos Monos (@dosmonostres) with a critical reevaluation of Fredric Jameson's notion of pastiche in late capitalist culture by our Editor Alessandro Sbordoni (@A_Sbordoni).
https://t.co/ESMVAdk5Va
"On the 31st of May 2024, Dos Monos, the experimental hip-hop group formed by Zo Zhit, Taitan, and NGS, returns to the music of the past in order to plunder it..."
@sanjanasjokes@BlueLabyrinths This piece absolutely rocks. Sometimes amazes me how much some blog/mag I've never heard of can make the whole world of offical intellectualdom seem like a pyramid scheme. What is it about big-name outlets which so rigorously precludes this/any degree of soul? Anyway, thx
A manifesto for a new conceptualization of the meaning of desire, subjectivity, and technology. Be careful: "Performing Organ Multiplication without critical thinking is a dangerous activity." https://t.co/X8koa4LATP
Is the music of the future a global phenomenon? From the "Semiotics of the End" London book launch, BL editors Matt Bluemink and Alessandro Sbordoni discuss SOPHIE, sinofuturism, and the end of the world. https://t.co/ewZgw0T8Pn
Is the music of the future a global phenomenon? From the "Semiotics of the End" London book launch, BL editors Matt Bluemink and Alessandro Sbordoni discuss SOPHIE, sinofuturism, and the end of the world. https://t.co/ewZgw0T8Pn
An excerpt from my book on the anti-hauntology debate hosted on @BlueLabyrinths and @xenogothic in 2021, where I talk about the electronic music of Chinese artists like 33EMYBW and Gooooose, and why hyperpop was never really anti-hauntological...
https://t.co/CFLyPFgBLP