Alan N. Shapiro, Hypermodernism, Hyperreality, Posthumanism

Blog and project archive about media theory, science fiction theory, and creative coding

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Homage to Bernie Sanders’ Democratic Socialism and George Orwell’s 1984, by Alan N. Shapiro

February 17th, 2016 in the categories: English Literature, Presidential Politics

On April 4th of a year he presumes to be 1984, Winston Smith positions himself in a small recessed space in his apartment, the only spot from which he cannot be observed by the telescreen. He begins to tranfer his “interminable restless monologue” onto the pages of a clandestinely procured hardbound writing tablet.
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The Paradox of Foreseeing the Future, by Alan N. Shapiro

February 17th, 2016 in the categories: Future Design

I am a science fiction theorist, but for me science fiction is never about the future, predictions of the future, or the question of the “accuracy” of those predictions. Science fiction is about the present, the virtual reality of the present that dominant ways of thinking prevent us from seeing.
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Das Zeitalter des Raumes, von Denise Werth

February 17th, 2016 in the categories: Folkwang Heterotopia Masters Students: Architecture

Das Zeitalter des Raumes, wie Foucault es beschreibt, muss um die Betonung des digitalen Raums ergänzt werden. Das Nahe und Ferne, das Nebeneinander und das Zerstreute sind noch enger und auf digitaler Seite ohne zeitlichen Versatz miteinander Verbunden.