Hierarchy in Early Modern Culture: Dante’s Divine Comedy and Boccaccio’s Decameron

Roughly and historically speaking, Renaissance, Reformation, and the Copernican Revolution are found nearly at the same time in European history. Continue reading →

Recurring Dreams and Collective Unconscious: An Interview with Alex Zhang Hungtai

In I Had Nowhere to Go, director Jonas Mekas’ diary-like collection of writings covering his life from the abandonment of his Continue reading →

Terminal Velocity: The Cultural Logic of the Dance Music Edit

The presence of the edit looms large in today’s UK dance music scene. Also called bootlegs, refixes and reworks, edits Continue reading →

The Story-Creature Anomaly: Jeff Vandermeer and Digital Ecosystems

There’s an argument to be made about how narratives shape our perception of many things. A story can go beyond Continue reading →

Give Up the Future: Organ Tapes and Tiqqun

By Lorenzo CirnigliaroTranslated by Alessandro Sbordoni In a previous article, entitled Born in the Lost Future, I tried to make Continue reading →

Born in the Lost Future: Bladee and Hauntology

By Lorenzo CirnigliaroTranslated by Alessandro Sbordoni Recently my mother told me that going twenty years back in time, she would Continue reading →

Salò, or the 120 Days of Corona

Beyond its blatant depravity, Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975), feels like a bad omen of contemporary society. Continue reading →

The Philosophy of Jungle and New Breakcore Music: From Rufige Kru to Machine Girl

Through that time machine also known as the Internet, the jungle music of Rufige Kru (AKA Goldie), DJ Crystl, and Continue reading →