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Thoughts on Platform Politics + Video

14-May-11

So I’ve arrived home from Platform Politics (at 5.00.a.m – no less). Blimey, that was a good conference. I’ve been to conferences where – you know – there are lots of people and lots of ‘stuff’ happens , lots of papers, lots of references; but at the same time nothing really happens. It’s like a [...]

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Sandcastles and sand piles: Levi on Entropy

10-Apr-11

HERE’S an illuminating post by Levi on Entropy, OOO, societies and systems. “Entropy, rather, is a measure of the order present in a system. A high entropy system is a system in which there is equal probability that an element will be located anywhere in the system. Such a system is characterized by having a high degree [...]

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It’s a tactical scoop

01-Apr-11

DARC (Digital Aesthetics Research Centre) have published and launched their PEER-REVIEWED NEWSPAPER: NYHEDSAVISEN, following January’s public interfaces conference. Heres the PDF of it – it has my paper ‘Why we should be discrete in public.’ in there and everyone else’s paper from the conference in article form, including Geoff’s paper and Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen. This free, fake [...]

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The Platform Politics Schedule is up

29-Mar-11

HERE it is. I’m first up on the Friday for anyone wanting to take potshots.

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Irreducible Determinate Entities: Wolfram, Agency and Complexity

10-Mar-11

WARNING: this is a very long post, but also the beginnings of my position. So tread carefully. Yesterday, Levi and Tim posted intriguing accounts of theorising OOO agency, without descending into individualist freedom or determined holism. So here is the problem, as they both see it politically; “Arguing for agency within individuals risks reiterating a [...]

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Come and see me in Cambridge

09-Mar-11

Heres one for Alex Andrews. I’ve been accepted to deliver a collaborative paper at the Platform Politics Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, on the 12th -13th May. It will be a straight merge of my paper and Geoff Cox’s paper for Januarys Public Interfaces Conference, in Aarhus. We already agreed that Geoff can’t make it, due to other commitments, so [...]

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What is the difference between absorbing and securing?

03-Mar-11

A lot of blog activity has developed around Levi’s claims regarding objects, properties and relations. (DC has a great summary here) One can’t judge till The Democracy of Objects comes out (which is out soon I gather), but he gives us a flavour of what to expect in terms of autopoietic and allopoietic machines. I’m [...]

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OOO Politics: Security and Composition

13-Feb-11

As well as being consumed with the news in Cairo (incredibly exciting times), I’ve finally caught up on a few blog posts from the last week or so. One does not like to miss good blog posts accidentally because of important events, so lets rectify that. So Tim Morton has written a brief response to a [...]

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Egypt’s Epic Win

11-Feb-11

I’m at work, so I’ll be brief. Looks like Hosni Mubarak has stepped down from his leadership of Egypt – finally. The people of Egypt have spoken, they have come together as a unified solid mass and achieved an important historical  mission. If only peace prizes could be given to multitudes. Well done the people of Egypt - that was [...]

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Hostile Object Theory

08-Feb-11

Lets direct your attention to Mute Magazine and Evan Calder Williams’ excellent article Hostile Object Theory. Now, OOO isn’t cited, but its interesting for its rough semblances concerning objects and their contingencies. Do objects intend to hurt us – or do we merely get in the way of their indifferent functioning? (Hat tip to Joasia [...]

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