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Empire forces in contemporary videogames, hyperbole or justified concern?

In a discussion between the Paris-based culture theorist Paul Virilio and Jérôme Sans titled ‘The game of love and chance’, Virilio questions what kind of form virtuality has currently taken on nowadays: The imminent home installation of domestic simulators...
By Sjoerd Tuinema on 10/19/09 2

Twitter and the Vertical Stacking

In Politics of the Very Worst (1999) and Information Bomb (2000) Paul Virilio argues that ‘speed’ historically has been a source of power in all societies (from horsemanship, to railway transportation, naval power, flight and finally information technology). ‘Speed’...
By Simeona Petkova on 10/07/09 Comments Off on Twitter and the Vertical Stacking

Non-figurative versus disfiguration

๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯͡๏๏̯๏๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯๏๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏̯͡๏๏̯͡ As described before, the glitch can be understood as a break from the (expected) flow within a system. When we take this definition literally, any accident, technological or natural, can be defined as a glitch. The French cultural...
By Rosa Menkman on 08/07/08 1

In-between Manifesto

By Lievnath Faber, Tim van der Heijden and Rosa Menkman. IN-BETWEEN MANIFESTO We are the Interdividuals We are the people that celebrate the in-between. Our manifesto is meant for everyone. One who is ‘in-between’ is neither an isolated individual...
By Rosa Menkman on 05/30/08 5

Mobile City Conference: Tim Creswell on Politics of Movement (… Standing Still)

Tim Creswell talks from within a framework of ‘twenty years of thinking about place and mobility.’ His talk at the The Mobile City 2008 conference therefore is less about new technology, but more about political issues and the role...
By Twan Eikelenboom on 03/04/08 1