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Christian Bok Is Writing Poetry That Eats Jet Fuel and Will Last Until the Sun Dies

Pity the plight of the poet. Misunderstood by the public and unloved by the publishers. Gone are the days of hep cat poets of the beat generation, the celebrated voices of dissent to a modern world enthralled by shopping and atomic bombs. However...
tony hill
8.20.11
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A DIY Solution To the Surveilled Life: Noam Chomsky and Brian Eno in 'Article 12'

In the hubbub over ‘the end of anonymity’ comes Article 12, a documentary that proposes a solution to the soft-Orwellianism of modern life.
tony hill
8.2.11
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Review: Iain Sinclair's 2012 Fears Aren't Mayan; They're Olympian

For writer Iain Sinclair and the other quarter-million locals of Hackney, east London, there is a very good reason to be concerned about the year 2012, and it's already rocking the neighborhood: the Olympic Games.
tony hill
7.10.11
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Stelarc: An Alternate Evolutionary Structure

Billed as ‘the Glastonbury rock festival of cyberculture,’ the only mud to be found at the Virtual Futures 2.0 conference, which took place last week at Warwick University, was made on campus mainframes.
tony hill
6.23.11
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New Medievalism: The Future Is Less AI and More Godfather 2

Future Human got to talking about the future of mankind during a recent “interactive debate” at the Book Club in Hoxton.
tony hill
5.11.11
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Michael Jackson, As Viewed Through His Video Games

An unscientific look at MJ's life in relation to his arcade collection
tony hill
4.16.11
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The Poetics of Surveillance Culture with Iain Sinclair

Psychogeographer Iain Sinclair discusses the poetic effects of CCTV
tony hill
3.27.11