ken knabb situationist international anthology

He writes also about classification, categories, Aristoteles. Knopf Doubleday, 2011 (INFORMATION-COLLECTING-WRITTING) Information: a history, a theory, a flood. This idea makes sense in the context of my chapter on the politics of classifiation. He believe that the western game as he calls it, is the creation and maintenance of boundaries He touches also the issue of boundaries through classification. He is also talking about the structures in a similar way to Leary. The importance of psychedelics, lecture, (PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE)Īgain for McKenna, psychedelics bring the collapse of boundaries. My project will be based on visual and audio elements that aim to trigger The idea of the collapsing of structures interests me, together with the idea of senses. He also talks about the the tension between the flowing process and the fixed structure. Leary explains it as the collapse of external structures, the awakening of the senses is the most basic aspect. Some basic elements of the psychedelic experience are present in my project, mainly understood as a response to the flattening effect of the list. The politics of ecstasy, 1968.(PSYCHEDELIC EXPERIENCE) The idea of getting lost is very influential on the design of my alternative interface. The group not only questioned the fixed and standard experience in the urban environment, but defined it as boring and flat ('We are bored in the city space, one gets exausted to find a mystery'). The author also quotes Foucault and Latour and refers to their views on listing, modern science and burreocracy. On the other hand she believes that through lists we order and control ourseves and the world we inhabbit. They may order and constrain but they may also surprise. She explores LISP, a programming language that is a good example to see the power of lists.įor Adams, lists are versatile. Im interested in the focus of Adam in the list in computing culture. He holds a bachelor's degree from Shimer College in Chicago, where he enrolled via the early entrance program. More recently, Knabb has written extensively on the Occupy movement. His works include The Relevance of Rexroth (1990), the Situationist International Anthology (1981), and the collection Public Secrets (1997). 1945) is an American radical writer and translator, particularly known for his translations of Guy Debord and the Situationist International.

Ken knabb situationist international anthology