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fig. 1. ‘Ancestors’ by antyphayes, 2025. ancestors. The car whispered through pretty as in an optical illusion. Out of the rubble and flame of the Twenty-first Century, was born 30 mile…| the sinister science
fig. 1. ‘Ancestors’ by antyphayes, 2025. ancestors. The car whispered through pretty as in an optical illusion. Out of the rubble and flame of the Twenty-first Century, was born 30 mile…| the sinister science
fig. 1. ‘Maybe’ by antyphayes, 2025. Taking advantage of its enmity, armed with machine pockets, ready to snap over flat and fertile shallow doorways or behind each other out of the way…| the sinister science
I’ve neglected this blog over the last few months, only to return with a vengeance. The second post in as many days! Marx’s Theses on Feuerbach is a foundational text–of revolutionary theory and practice as much as contemporary social science. The shock waves of Marx’s peculiar brand of “materialism”–also called ‘revolutionary’ ‘practical-critical activity’ and ‘revolutionary … Continue reading Ode to Marx’s Theses On Feuerbach→| the sinister science
fig. 1. ‘Planet of the Chumps’ by antyphayes, 2024. Back in 2015 I had the strangest idea: rewrite Planet of the Apes (1968) without the apes. Perhaps not the strangest idea, of mine or…| the sinister science
at Los Alamos; he paints us to whom or to what? In these odd little building the buildings I make out dark shadows of tanks reduced to selfish, vicious animals and a plastic sheet that count themselves wistfully as old-timers. I cannot find the answers in any telephone by which he mysteriously remains in suspended … Continue reading at Los Alamos; he paints us→| the sinister science
the category of lost causes Robots arrange attack targets from none to just a few thousand. that were being set up in factories they deem hostile. Israel an enormous mirror. I remember very little from the vacation, of culture attained by the weakness that tortured his. “A very fine piece of work, the galaxy is … Continue reading The category of lost causes→| the sinister science
In Zürich, I saw no drunken Bolsheviks at the Cafe Odeon. Down the block at the Terrasse Restaurant, there were no anarchists partying with war deserters. This wasn’t 1916. Yet in the river, the swans were a feature still left over from more than a century earlier. They lilted on the surface of the water, […] The post Finding Inspiration in Chaos first appeared on The Smart Set.| The Smart Set
