Weaponising Speculation

Weaponising Speculation

This book contains the proceedings from Weaponising Speculation, a two-day conference and exhibition that took place in Dublin in March 2013. Weaponising Speculation was organised by D.U.S.T. (Dublin Unit for Speculative Thought) and aimed to be an exploration of the various expressions of DIY theory operative in the elsewheres, the shafts and tunnels of the para-academy. The topics covered all come under the welcoming embrace of speculation, spanning a broad range: from art, philosophy, nature, fiction, and computation to spiders, culinary cosmology, and Oscar the Grouch. The book itself aims to be more than just a collection of essays and catalogue of artworks, but also a documentation of the event as a whole. An object that both those present at the event and those who missed it would want to own â€” bringing something new to both sets of readers. The range of topics covered in this collection, along with the added elements of design and photography, result in a book that appeals beyond the (para)academic circle within which the Speculative Realist community currently resides. One of the original aims of the Weaponising Speculation conference, and by extension the book, is to expand what might be considered the expected reach of the subject, bringing Speculation to a new audience â€” artists, designers, fans of fiction, photographers, biologists, film theorists, comedians, culinary artists, illustrators, computer programmers, and individuals from any number of fields. Before the storms the para-academic needs to equip herself. Not only with tools, but weapons. In this way this collection is not only a book to read, an object to own, or a tool for learning, but a weapon with which to break open academic discourse, to invade and conquer as yet unknown territory, and to aid thinkers in the siege to reclaim the real. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Continental Realism and Computation: Turingâ€™s Propaganda â€” Robert Jackson // A Seductive Union: Speculative Realism and Contemporary Art â€” Rebecca Oâ€™ Dwyer // Objects, Actors and Sites of Contingency â€” Alice Rekab // Taken from/Put in Oscarâ€™s bin â€” Sam Keogh // How to Make Space-Time and Influence People â€” Isabel Nolan // â€˜[os mentis] mouth to mouthâ€™ with Nicola Masciandaro â€” MOUTH // Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Speculation â€” Ridvan Askin // All That is Liquid Melts into Solid â€” John Ryan // Mutant: Infiltration of the Hallucinated Mountain â€” Rob Murphy // The Fossils of Sensation â€” Alan Boardman // restless tongues expending into rest â€” Teresa Gillespie // House of Sheaves: The Asymptotic Horror of Nested Nature â€” Ben Woodard // Spider Universe: Weaponising Phobia in Bataille, Nietzsche, Spinoza â€” Scott Wilson // + ARTWORKS by John Ryan, Rob Murphy, Alice Rekab, Andy Weir, Teresa Gillespie, Alan Boardman, and Ciara McMahon

Country	USA
Author	Caoimhe Doyle
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780615956664
ISBN	0615956661
Label	Punctum Books
Manufacturer	Punctum Books
NumberOfPages	140
PublicationDate	2014-09-22
Publisher	Punctum Books
Studio	Punctum Books
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Weaponising Speculation

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