– O troubled humanity! O the emptiness of life! – Who wants to read about that? – Are you asking me? No one, by Hercules! – No one? – No one or two. –That’s wretched, pathetic. You know how to serve up warm tripe, Make a shivering client the gift of a second-hand cloak, Then […]
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If, like me, you can barely contain your excitement for the opening of documenta 14 next year – first in Athens in April, followed by Kassel in June – then I recommend preparing yourself by reading the first three issues of South as a State of Mind – the Greek art and culture journal, which […]
I just read the philosopher Alain Badiou’s essay in the new book Intersubjectivity Vol. 1: Language and Misunderstanding, published by Sternberg Press. There is lots to chew on in this exciting volume – and I am sure to return to it. It includues Cory Arcangel on misunderstanding, another ‘variation from Paul Chan’s New New Testament […]