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Leigh Phillips on Nuclear Power and Eco-Austerity
People's Republic of Walmart co-author Leigh Phillips joins me to discuss eco-austerity, neo-malthusianism, degrowth, socially necessary atmospheric carbon and the on going debate around economic planning vs. neoliberalism.Follow on socials:https://twitter.com/Leigh_PhillipsGet the books:https://www.versobooks.com/books/2822-the-people-s-republic-of-walmarthttps://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/our-books/austerity-ecology-collapse-porn-addicts
From Techno-Libertarianism to Eco-Fascism
Early internet subcultures used to be a haven for individualists and techies. But social media has become a hotbed for groupthink and reactionary cults. Surprisingly, many of these communities are comprised of the same people. From New Atheist to TradCath; how 2013’s seasteading programmers became 2019’s blood-and-soil peasants.In the past few years there has been a radical transformation within internet subcultures. For many of us who grew up online – as nerds, gamers, or introverted creatives – the internet was a place you could go to...
Proof of Body
Audio version: I wrote the unthinkable (but true) take for the new issue of Document Journal.https://www.documentjournal.com/2022/12/raw-eggs-pink-pills-and-embodied-identity-online-communities-create-their-own-proof-in-a-vacuum-of-truth/
"Proof of Body"
I wrote the unthinkable (but true) take for the new issue of Document Journal. Read the piece online alongside a beautiful series of photographs by Bobby Doherty.***I’ve spent the last year exploring “extremely online nutrition”: lifting weights, eating raw eggs, and sunning my balls to better understand how social media has fragmented consensus reality. Cultural divisions now seem deeper than ever, and society no longer agrees on the basic principles of political freedom or even empirical science. From conflicting narratives around the C...
Literally every link from the Twitch stream in 2022
In the last few years, I've published a syllabus of reading, watching and listening material ~every semester or so. These reading lists represent the accumulated knowledge of 10 years at the intersection of art & tech, alongside current threads of research.2020 Fall • 2021 Fall • 2022 Spring • 2022 SummerIt's often disappointing to explore long form academic content, so I find that compressed lists (such as these) are really valuable and rewarding for the time spent. It takes a lot of digging to uncover the best links.In the spiri...
Hito Steyerl & Mat Dryhurst: Where's the Public in the Metaverse?
Future of Critique: our talk at Akademie Der Kunst in Berlin concluded this massive conference of 90 speakers over 6 days between 2 national museums. The following conversation is a vigorous exchange that addresses many of the themes explored thus far: alt-media vs. institutions, new tools for online communication and organizing digital communities in an era of mounting political crisis.It was a great honor to speak with these two artist-thinkers who have each shaped so much of my work and way of understanding of our new techno-culture. Our pan...
New Models: Bonn After Hours w/ artists Dena Yago & Joshua Citarella
New Models co-hosts Carly and Julian join artist & consultant Dena Yago (formerly K-HOLE) and Josh for a real-talk-debrief post panel discussions at Bundeskunsthalle. We unpack the the knock-on effects of “anti-gatekeeping”, speculative near-future museum defense strategies, and the alt paths of young artists. This is a cross over episode with New Models. Subscribe at: https://www.patreon.com/newmodelsNew Models patreon.com/newmodels Tw: https://twitter.com/newmodels_ioIG: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/Dena Yago “Content I...
Memes vs. Museums: Criticism After Instagram (Future of Critique)
Speaking with Dena Yago, @Freeze_Magazine and Gregor Quack at Bundeskunstahlle in Bonn, Germany. Organized by Kolja Reichart and Dr. Angela Lammert.After spending a few years publishing on our own platforms, we are once again "doing the discourse" in the institutions. I highly recommend catching the New Models keynote address from Carly Busta and Lil Internet. Next week, we will publish a crossover episode with guest Dena Yago -- where we cover a range of overlapping topics between the two talks.After three weeks of intense travel (Bonn...
Mat Dryhurst on Platform Populism
Spawning.ai, 20th century bohemianism, the ‘brahmin left’ vs. the ‘merchant right’. Join us to discuss how new technologies and class interests are shaping creative practice in 21st century. This episode is part of a new series of one-on-one conversations with Channel creators.Follow:https://twitter.com/matdryhurst https://www.instagram.com/matdryhurst/https://twitter.com/hollyherndon https://www.instagram.com/holly_herndon/https://twitter.com/spawning_ https://twitter.com/hollyplus_https://twitter.com/channel https://www.channel.xyz/
Future of Critique Conference
Dear friends,I’m writing to you this week from Bonn in Germany. Myself and New Models are speaking at Bundeskunsthalle for a program that very much aligns with many of the topics we address on this feed. The Future of Critique, organized by curators Kolja Reichart and Angela Lammert, is a massive week long conference featuring 90 speakers, 6 days of programming, 2 cities and 2 national institutions. Yesterday I spoke on a panel titled “Memes vs Museums” with Dena Yago and @Freeze_Magazine, moderated by Gregor Quack. We will publish the au...
Nate Sloan on Aristotelianism
Bro, is science even real? Epic crossover event of economic base vs. ideological superstructure. Nate Sloan, host of the Pneumatic Materials podcast, joins me to discuss mysticism, rationality, christ, the demiurge, geo-engineering, the incomplete project of the enlightenment and the shifting meta-frames for today’s political reality.https://www.patreon.com/pneumaticmaterialshttps://www.instagram.com/vitruviangrimace/https://www.instagram.com/nate__sloan/https://www.instagram.com/pneumaticmaterials/
e-deologies III, 2022
E-deology is an internet slang term used to describe the pairing of prefixes and suffixes to generate complex ideological labels. These hyper-specific categories serve as a gamified form of identity play and niche personal branding in the chaotic landscape of online politics. Buddhist AnarchismThe dharma wheel (left) and anarchist ‘A' (right) border the Tibetan endless knot (center). Communist red and anarchist black signify an anti-hierarchical, stateless society of collective ownership. No material wealth or political power will grant p...
Jen Pan on the New Old Left
Jen Pan, former host of the Jacobin Show, joins me to discuss YouTube political messaging, elite activist language and what social democracy can do for art. Stay tuned for her forthcoming book from Verso.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JacobinMagRead: https://jacobin.com/
Reading My DMs in Public
Q&A solo episode: aesthetics, politics, art, fitness, posting, plastics and more. (Please remember my mom listens to this podcast. Some of you need therapy btw.)
Jack Wagner on Posting
Former basement dwellers discuss the shifting landscape of today’s social media platforms. We recap the art of posting (RIP) and how politics transformed pop culture, comedy and entertainment. Check out episode 1 of Jack's brand new podcast: Otherworld:Apple Podcasts:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/otherworld/id1647611444Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/1w0bwmnSZQLnMbVtr2RUg1?si=28b8c88acc5046b2Follow:https://twitter.com/jackdwagner https://www.instagram.com/versace_tamagotchi/
New Models: Creator Core w/ Joshua Citarella & artist Rachel Rossin
Crossover episode with New Models! Jump into a freestyle audit of the 2022 cultural ecosystem. We discuss how the creative economy, both on and off-platform, is evolving post-lockdown.Subscribe: https://www.patreon.com/newmodels Follow: https://www.instagram.com/newmodels_io/ Follow: https://www.instagram.com/rachelrossin/More: https://rossin.co/New Models, along with Joshua Citarella and Interdependence (Mat Dryhurst & Holly Herndon), is part of the channel.xyz network.
Reflections on Berlin Art Week 2022
I'm writing this week from Mitte in Berlin. It's art week and all the biggest events of the year (outside of Basel) are opening right now in Europe. There's a noticeable trend among the artists and themes present in this year's program that has got me thinking about creative generations and the impact of social media platforms over the last decade. First, let's take a look at some of the exhibitions opening this week:Oliver Laric, "Exoskeleton" at Tanya LeightonKatja Novitskova, "Soft Approximations" at Kraup...
Audiobook: Politigram and the Post-left
A unique look into online memetic subcultures where Gen Z teens explore radical politics like eco-extremism, neoreaction, anarcho-primitivism, transhumanism, anarcho-capitalism, the alt-right, the post-left, egoism and cyber-nihilism.
My Political Journey: Actual Collapse
From Anarcho-primitivist Instagram to local hardcore vegan straight edge. My guest talks eco-extremism, anti-work, climate collapse and the nihilism of extremely online communities.
Who do you want to hear on the podcast?
Who would you like to hear on the podcast? The unique nature of this project gives us access to a wide variety of expert guests. In the past year we’ve heard from Helen Hester, Dorian Electra, Taylor Lorenz, Jreg, Faraday Speaks, Brad Troemel, Angela Nagle, Dean Kissick, Nick Srnicek, JJ McCullough, Yung Chomsky and many more.This is definitely the only program in which these names would all appear together. This project has the unique ability to draw from the political left & right, the radical & the mainstream, and from pop culture & academ...
Yung Chomsky on Physical Fitness and the Left
Yung Chomsky joins me to talk physical fitness and left wing politics. We discuss the strategic importance of contested spaces online and why we shouldn’t cede this valuable territory to the right.https://twitter.com/yungchomskyhttps://www.instagram.com/yungchomsky/https://soundcloud.com/yung-chomskyhttps://twitter.com/TrueAnonPod
e-deologies II, 2022
E-deology is an internet slang term used to describe the overuse of prefixes and suffixes to generate complex ideological labels. These hyper-specific categories serve as a gamified form of identity play and niche personal branding in the chaotic landscape of young online politics.• Anarcho Collectivist Islamo MinarchismA triple headed Gadsen snake, representing the unity of individuals, sits atop a field of collectivist red (top) and minarchist blue (below).• Queer Transhumanist AnarchismA combination of queer anarchist pink and anarcho-tr...
Meme Insider 67: Joshua Citarella and Aidan Walker
I speak with Aidan Walker, a writer at KnowYourMeme.com, for the 67th issue of Meme Insider.Meme Insider #67 :memeinsider.com/releases/whitney-chewstonFollow Aidan’s work:knowyourmeme.com/news/staff/aidan-walkerwordways.us vibechecks.substack.commore:knowyourmeme.com/memes/capitalist…m-by-mark-fisherwww.patreon.com/posts/how-to-plant-64821014
The Stoa
Last week I visited The Stoa to present my writing and research.The Stoa is a unique para-institutional program organized by Peter Limberg in 2019. They have a wide range of talks available from various perspectives, including; Carly Busta, Curtis Yarvin, Noam Chomsky, Contrapoints, John Zerzan, Aleksandr Dugin and Ben Burgis + many more.This is a pretty singular program and I recommend subscribing to the YouTube channel. We've watched a few of their videos on the Monday Twitch stream and will be doing a few more in the near future.
Are Millennial Leftists Aging into Right-wingers? w/ JJ McCullough
What will the declining middle class mean for U.S. party affiliations in the near future? I speak with YouTuber and political commentator J.J. McCullough about his recent column in The Washington Post.https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/09/are-millennial-leftists-aging-into-right-wingers/https://www.youtube.com/c/JJMcCulloughhttps://twitter.com/jj_mcculloughhttps://www.patreon.com/jjmccullough/postshttps://www.instagram.com/jjmccullough/
Recent Appearences:
I'll be back with a new public episode next week. In the meantime, I wanted to share some recent podcast and live-stream appearances with friends and colleagues:The Culture Journalist: The Boomer Ballast effect, with Kevin Munger and Joshua Citarella Hosts Emilie Friedlander and Andrea Domanick moderate discussion between myself and Kevin Munger, the author of Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture. Check out Kevin's recent episode with New Models also.New Books Network: Critical Theory: Politi...
Rhizome Presents: Do Not Research Book Launch 2021-22 at New Museum w/ Lauren Boyle
Audio from the live event: June 6th 2022 at New Museum in NYC.Buy the book (direct link): https://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/9534669/716219b59180600693f98dda95d2c5ba49427e23Thank you to Michael Conner from Rhizome.https://www.instagram.com/rhizomedotorg/Thank you to Lauren Boyle from Dis.https://www.instagram.com/dis/https://dis.art/https://www.instagram.com/everythingbuttheworld/https://youtu.be/TZOChrVFehwhttp://disimages.com/follow Do Not Research:https://www.instagram.com/do.not.research/https://donotresearch.net/posts/over-hyphenate...
Interview: @The_Political_Compass
I recently spoke with one of my longtime favorite accounts: @The_Political_Compass. We chat about her background, the evolution of radical online subcultures and the ever-expanding Overton window.Check below for a downloadable PDF version of the interview.Catch our recent IG livestream with special guest Jreg.
Soros Centers for Contemporary Art w/ Aaron Moulton
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, an estimated 24 million dollars helped to fund 20 newly established art centers throughout eastern Europe. The SCCA mission was to archive “unofficial art” (works that were previously unrecognized by the authoritarian state) and to cultivate a new form of avant garde contemporary art with curious political overtones.Follow Aaron:https://www.instagram.com/aaronkmoulton/Blue Pill Press Release:https://www.instagram.com/p/CejWkqTJmOB/Red Pill Press Release:https://www.instagram.com/p/Cejmhdkv-_n/Voices o...
