Recent Publications and Upcoming Events

12Dec14

Some recent publications: An essay on Tombs and Design appeared in the journal Design Ecologies with a preface by science fiction author Peter Watts. Details here. An essay based on a talk on parasitism and Schelling is in the Weaponsing Speculations collection. Details here. My essay version of a talk done in London on Schelling […]

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Tags: Ariadne, Australia, design, ecological design, ecologies, geology, geophilosophy, Negarestani, paf, parasites, Performing Arts Forum

Rationalism in Berlin

16Jul14

A few days ago the Emancipation as Navigation Summer school came to an end in Berlin. The event was just short of two weeks and included a range of topics from political theory, to logic, to diagramming the space of sex, to technofeminism, to the history of metaphysics, to Iberian cultures, to space travel, and […]

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Tags: accelerationism, berlin, Brassier, emancipation as navigation, Negarestani, Speculative Realism

Asymptotic Thinking and Naturphilosophie: Some Thoughts (pt 1)

07Dec12

This post is largely jumping off from a string of comments between Reza Negarestani, Benedict Singleton, and Alex Williams amongst others from several weeks ago. Also Liam Sprod discusses some similar issues here. It is also jumping from from Reza’s two recent lectures in NYC. It started with this quote from Giuseppe Longo: “In this […]

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Tags: Bertholz, Brassier, Chatelet, German Idealism, Longo, Negarestani, Oresme, reza negarestani, Speculative Realism, Zalamea

Slime Dynamics and Dark Vitalism (Ravaisson, Negarestani)

12Apr12

The proofs for Slime Dynamics have been approved and I’m quite happy to see this project complete. Looking over the draft and working on my talk for the Nonhuman turn conference has gotten me thinking again about Dark Vitalism. Previously I lamented the fact that I once thought Dark Vitalism could be a name for […]

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Tags: Negarestani, ravaisson, Slime Dynamics, Zero books

P.E.S.T. (updated)

20Nov11

Live stream is up. Here is the video of my talk. I will post the written paper shortly once it’s a bit cleaned up.

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Tags: black metal, Negarestani, pest

Emerging Weirdness

07Jul11

The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities ed by Jeff and Ann Vandermeer is now available. “After the death of Dr. Thackery T. Lambshead at his house in Wimpering-on-the-Brook, England, a remarkable discovery was unearthed: the remains of an astonishing cabinet of curiosities. Many of these artifacts, curios, and wonders related to anecdotes and stories […]

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Tags: ann vandermeer, jeff vandermeer, mieville, Negarestani, reza negarestani, steampunk, the weird, weird fiction

Dark Errata

16Dec10

Just wanted to link to SC Hickman’s blog Dark Chemistry which has many very interesting posts on Lovecraft, Negarestani, Lovecraft, Cioran and others. The program for the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, and Ethics conference hosted by George Washington Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute is now online. Unfortunately the first day conflicts with the Cyclonopedia event […]

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Tags: cioran, Cyclonopedia, lovecraft, medievalism, Negarestani