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July 19, 2008
Under Pressure
List of Works (PDF) for Under Pressure Show at Urbanomic Falmouth. nb. Show will now run from 6pm on Saturday 19th and 12pm-6pm Sunday 20th July.
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Urbanomic Studio Event
UNDER PRESSURE
Prints by
Henri Matisse
Edward Bawden
Sara Ogilvie
Simon Dara
Sam Bradbury
Kristen Alvanson
Ruth & Robin Mackay
Saturday 19th July, From 6pm
at Urbanomic, Falmouth.
Urbanomic
The Old Lemonade Factory
Windsor Mews Studios
Falmouth
TR11 3EX
07977 449416
office@urbanomic.com
June 28, 2008
Urbanomic Vacation
Please note, there will be no-one in the Urbanomic Office from 28 June-14 July Inclusive. All orders received during this period will be fulfilled 15 July.
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Parrhesia/Collapse/iRes Event
PARRHESIA - A Journal of Critical Philosophy (www.parrhesiajournal.org)
,
COLLAPSE - Journal of Philosophical Research and Development (www.urbanomic.com)
and
iRes - Research in Interactive Art & Design (www.ires.org.uk)
present a one day symposium:
THINKING NOTHING - the void and its resurgence in contemporary thought
From the emergence of empty set as a basis for ontology, to materialist negative theology, to Metzinger's 'nemocentric' destitution of the subject, contemporary thought seems to be obsessed with nothing. But the politics of this nothing seems drastically different from its earlier existentialist and postmodern nihilistic incarnations. This symposium seeks to explore the problem of nothing in contemporary thought, asking precisely how the postulation of an inherent negativity as a productive realm of philosophical discourse has come to characterise our intellectual landscape, and how the contemporary void relates to those of Ancient and Modern philosophical traditions.
Speakers (TBC) to include:
Justin Clemens (University of Melbourne; Author of 'The Mundiad', 'Avoiding the Subject' [with Dom Pettman], and coeditor/translator of Alain Badiou's 'Infinite Thought')
Ray Brassier (Middlesex University; Author of 'Nihil Unbound', Translator of Alain Badiou's 'Saint Paul')
John Sellars (University of the West of England; Author of 'The Art of Living' and 'Stoicism')
Robin Mackay (Middlesex University; Editor of 'Collapse', Translator of Alain Badiou's 'Number and Numbers')
Iain Hamilton Grant (University of the West of England; Author of 'Philosophies of Nature After Schelling')
Please contact Alex Murray for further details or to register.
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Collapse V
The Copernican Imperative
Copernicanism tore asunder the fit between the world and man's organs: the congruence between reality and visibility.
- Hans Blumenberg, The Genesis of the Copernican World
In his Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Galileo proclaimed, through his mouthpiece Salviati, that he could "never sufficiently admire the outstanding acumen" of those early advocates of Copernicanism who, "through sheer force of intellect" - that is, without even the benefit of a telescope to confirm the theory observationally - "had done such violence to their own senses as to prefer what reason told them over that which sensible experience plainly showed them to the contrary".
Since Galileo published his work in 1632, recognition of the deeply counterintuitive nature of scientific findings has become virtually commonplace, and the 'explanatory gap' between the 'manifest' and 'scientific' images of reality has long been a central concern for philosophers and philosophically-minded scientists alike. In this volume of Collapse, our aim is to bring together samples of the most intellectually challenging contemporary work devoted to exploring the philosophical implications of 'Copernicanism' in this sense from a variety of overlapping and complementary standpoints. In line with the vision of Collapse as an exploratory space for interdisciplinary philosophy or experimental metaphysics, we plan to include in the volume contributions from researchers in fields as divergent as the history and philosophy of science, theoretical physics and cosmology, biology, mathematics, cognitive neuroscience, and astrobiology, which in one way or another address the issue of the 'deanthropomorphisation' of reality initiated by the Copernican Revolution, as well as contributions from artists and writers whose work addresses these philosophical concerns. The resulting volume will comprise a thought-provoking compilation of papers and interviews which we hope will exemplify that characteristic blend of speculative audacity and scientifically informed insight which has always been the hallmark of 'Copernicanism'.
Collapse V is scheduled for publication November 2008. Further details will be announced on this site.
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Chatterbox
High resolution image of Keith Tilford's Chatterbox (Cover of Collapse IV, for those who requested it.
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June 23, 2008
Falmouth - The Wrongest Day
Many thanks to everyone who came to the Falmouth show (despite the rain) and helped to make this inaugural event for the Urbanomic Studio such a success. Special thanks to Plymouth's mysterious noisemonger Oddstep Deployment Unit for providing the sonic horrors.
Thanks to Madla for the photos and to Divus crew ('The Professionals') for their hard work.
June 22, 2008
Mieville Skulltopus Print
Signed China Miéville Skulltopus art prints, from China's illustration to his article 'M.R.James and the Quantum Vampire' in Collapse 4 are available, at only £20 + postage - An edition of only 35 prints printed by Divus in Prague, on high-quality cartridge paper. Please mail us for more details.
