Ankle Knee Tongue Ear (Not Reconciled)

15th March 2022The Library of the FutureCarnegie International, Catherine David, Danièle Huillet, Documenta X, Jean-Marie Straub, Lothar Baumgarten, Postcommodity, Serge DaneyMinus Plato

From Nicht Versöhnt to Moses und Aron, one idea predominates, entirely contained in this title: not reconciled. Non-reconciliation: neither the union nor the divorce, neither the whole body (to preserve, to regret), nor the bias of desintegration, chaos (Nietzsche: one must desintegrate the universe, lose respect for all), but their double possibility. Straub and Huillet basically start from a […]

Vuk Who? Classical Canonicity, Mass Effect and Rhizome’s Net Art Anthology

13th November 2017Minus Plato TodayAhuvia Kahane, Anacreon, anthologies, Canon, canonicity, Documenta X, Homer, Nestor's Cup, Net Art, Rhizome, Vuk ĆosićMinus Plato

After yesterday’s rather extreme post that called for a “Classics without Antiquity”, aka the grounding of any engagement between Classicists and contemporary artists in the abandoning of antiquity (at least temporarily) by the former so as to better immerse themselves in contemporary debates, today I feel a palpable sense of responsibility to offer some kind […]