DeLillo's SciFi

I had the pleasure of taking a writing class with writerbloggereditor, Ed Park this past fall. He is the author of the novel Personal Days (hugely funny, maybe the greatest sentence ever written), his blog is called disambiguation, and he writes a scifi column for the LA Times called Astral Weeks.



This week Part took a look at The Secret History of Science Fiction, in which DeLillo's short story, "Human Moments From World War III," is included. It is most certainly worth the trouble of searching out. Of the little short fiction I've read of DeLillo's, this piece stands out as one of his best (not that he's really capable of doing much wrong).


Did I mention that Ed Park is also the founder and editor of The Believer? Here's a 2004 interview with Slavoj Zizek because, why not?

Thanks Professor
via disambiguation

Zizek's Universe

Cosmogramma

Hiatus over. Cosmogramma is here



And it's probably the augmented reality piece fiedlines that speaks to the genius of this record more aptly than any intellectual form of communication can wish to.



But I can try, with no apologies for any gushiness. No artist today, in my eyes, is more inspiring or important to the evolution of music while simultaneously, unabashedly, composing accessible, pleasant music. Cosmogramma is effortless for the listener.

Just listen to it, very very loud.

I'm Here

Beautiful short by Spike Jonze for Absolute

Retrospective Apocalyptic Visions

http://backdoorbroadcasting.net/2009/11/slavoj-zizek-apocalyptic-times/

From cyborgs to Nazis, Zizek theorizes the threat of a digital revolution in humanity based on nano-technology, bio-engineering and computer intelligence. Zizek discusses the eminent integration of digital media with human biology. Even at this point, it is believed that there are more interactions between computers, than there is between man and computer. This suggests that the digital language between computers has its own interactions and may form its own agenda, and manipulate us.





Compare this with Pollen's thesis about corn or potatoes. Who is manipulating who? Have we already reached the point where machines are manipulating us with perfect, intuitive design? For the Digital Transcendentalist, this is just more justification that we already occupy a meta-reality, far from what history has defined humanity to be.

New Website for Timothy Saccenti

The new timothysaccenti.com is a collaborative visual experience involving the mind-melting photography and motion work of Timothy Saccenti, along with the brilliant, meta-conceptual design and interface of Build, one of the more progressive and stunning design studios around. It's a trip. Here are some of my personal favorites, old and new:










... and of course





... truly the palette for idea's beyond words. Digital Transcendentalism at its finest.

Psychedelic-Influenced Astrophysics

Courtesy of Space Collective:

http://spacecollective.org/aloksubbarao/5731/PsychedelicInfluenced-Astrophysics-

OK TO GO from universe on Vimeo.

This is a montage put together by Claire Evans of YACHT. It is an exploration of hyperspace in films.