urbanomic http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/ Copyright 2010 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:33:55 +0000 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.121 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Collapse VII, Collapse I online The entire contents of Collapse Volume I are now available as PDFs here.

Some preliminary details of Collapse Volume VII here.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/08/collapse_vii_co.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/08/collapse_vii_co.html Fri, 06 Aug 2010 16:33:55 +0000 Urbanomic presents Late at Tate Urbanomic presents Late at Tate: THE REAL THING
Friday September 3rd 2010 1800-2200 hrs
Tate Britain, London

Urbanomic presents performance, film and other interventions exploring the emerging philosophical paradigm of Speculative Realism and its impact on contemporary art practice.

Full details here.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/07/urbanomic_prese.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/07/urbanomic_prese.html Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:11:49 +0000 Copies of Collapse IV: Concept Horror Available updated 24 June 2010: Sorry...all gone

A limited number of copies of the sold out Collapse IV: Concept Horror are available; these are unnumbered review/hors-commerce copies. First come first served!

Available in the store.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/06/copies_of_colla.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/06/copies_of_colla.html Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:49:25 +0000 Middlesex: Clueless Idiots vs Professors and Students Urbanomic urge all to sign the petition for an academic boycott of Middlesex University, after the bizarre and unprecedented suspension of several students and members of staff for protesting against the ill-considered and unjustified decision to close the philosophy department. Find the full facts and latest news here.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/05/middlesex_cluel.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/05/middlesex_cluel.html Thu, 27 May 2010 11:45:56 +0000 Prize Fighter Congratulations to China Miéville.

... and again!!

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/prize_fighter.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/prize_fighter.html Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:37:58 +0000 10 minutes to Impact Some brutal news about the philosophy programme at Middlesex University: Despite the consistently excellent research produced in the subject, apparently the University executive has decided to close all Philosophy programmes: undergraduate, postgraduate and MPhil/PhD. According to inside sources, the Dean explained that the decision to terminate recruitment and close the programmes was "simply financial"; he acknowledged the excellent research reputation of Philosophy at Middlesex, but said that it made no "measurable" contribution to the University.

More here.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/10_minutes_to_i.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/10_minutes_to_i.html Wed, 28 Apr 2010 16:38:11 +0000 Night Crossing cooke.jpg

Night Crossing, an exhibition of new work by Nigel Cooke (Collapse V) opens on 30th April at Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/night_crossing.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/night_crossing.html Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:26:03 +0000 Image Damage Body Count, a co-authored piece by Amanda Beech and Robin Mackay, appears in Parallax 16,2 Image Damage.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/image_damage.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/image_damage.html Thu, 08 Apr 2010 11:14:16 +0000 Rosny Series rosnynavigators01.jpg

Black Coat Press are publishing a most welcome seven-volume series of translations of work by French SF pioneer J-H. Rosny (Collapse III). Information here. (thanks to Paul Wessels for the link)

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/rosny_series.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/rosny_series.html Thu, 08 Apr 2010 10:58:08 +0000 Secrets of Creation Online


Documentation of the Urbanomic Studio residency project Secrets of Creation, which brought together artist Conrad Shawcross (Collapse V) and mathematician Matthew Watkins (Collapse I) - including full video footage of the Symposium which concluded the week - is now available on the Urbanomic Studio website.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/secrets_of_crea_1.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/04/secrets_of_crea_1.html Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:35:04 +0000 Pig Paper An illustrated essay by FIELDCLUB (Collapse VI), Whey to go: On the Hominid appropriation of the Pig Function appears in the latest issue of Antennae - Journal of Nature in Visual Culture.

The issue can be downloaded at: http://www.antennae.org.uk/.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/03/pig_paper.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/03/pig_paper.html Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:49:57 +0000 Our Sun

We are very pleased to offer for sale in our store Our Sun, a book published by Mousse Publishing, Milan and the Istituto Svizzero di Roma in Venice to accompany Pamela Rosencranz\'s show of the same name. The book contains new accompanying texts by Reza Negarestani (Solar Inferno and the Earthbound Abyss) and Salvatore Lacagnina (The Courage of the Surface), as well as full colour photography documenting the show, reproduced on high quality paper stock.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/03/our_sun.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/03/our_sun.html Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:20:01 +0000 Collapse VI Erratum (Please email us if you identify any other errata)

Page 428: after "infinitesimal subversion against God", the limit formula should be reza-correction.jpg - i.e. "the limit of delta p over delta a as delta a approaches delta p", not "as delta a approaches 0".

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/02/collapse_vi_err.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/02/collapse_vi_err.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:47:35 +0000 Store Changes All items in the online store have just been updated. We regret having to increase prices, however the new prices do reflect the cover price and the actual cost of packing and shipping.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/02/store_changes.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/02/store_changes.html Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:19:37 +0000 Sanity Assassin Event ABeech_StuartBunce_9278_web.jpg

Amanda Beech in conversation with Robin Mackay on Tuesday 9 February at Spike Island, Bristol:
details.

]]> http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/02/sanity_assassin_1.html http://blog.urbanomic.com/urbanomic/archives/2010/02/sanity_assassin_1.html Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:27:48 +0000