Description
CONTRIBUTORS
Arie Altena, Mirna Belina, Michael Doser, Anil Anathaswamy, Félicie d’Estienne d’Orves, Roger F. Malina, David P.D. Munns, Andrew Pickering, Peter Bruyn, Raviv Ganchrow, Gert-Jan Prins, Matthew Biederman, François Laruelle, HC Gilje, George Dyson, Omar Muñoz-Cremers, Geoff Manaugh, Andrew Blackwell, Saskia Sassen, Keller Easterling, Brigitte van der Sande, Bitcaves (Femke Herregraven, Nina Stotturup Larsen)
DESCRIPTION
The Dark Universe takes its title from Sonic Acts Festival 2013. The lectures, works, films, events, and performances presented at the festival explored a variety of aspects of our unknown universe and the state of our planet, and this collection of essays, interviews and images complements and extends the festival theme. The book, through a series of critical essays, follows a trajectory from the unknown universe as explored by physics and astronomy, to the outlook for humanity and human society on our planet. Along the way, conversations and interviews with artists reveal how they investigate phenomenological reality and the dark spots in our sensory apparatus. Interwoven throughout the book is a series of visual ‘data essays’ by Bitcaves explore earth orbiting satellites, space debris, and the infrastructures of global finance.
CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
Arie Altena - FROM THE DARKROOM
Mirna Belina - DARKNESS LIES IN THE EYES OF THE BEHOLDER
Michael Doser - THE SEARCH FOR DARK MATTER
Anil Anathaswamy - FÉLICIE D’ESTIENNE D’ORVES: SUPERNOVA (CASSIOPEIA A)
Interview by Arie Altena - DARK ENERGY, DARK MATTER, BIG DATA, INTIMATE DATA
Roger F. Malina - A SINGLE SKY: LEARNING TO SEE THE HEAVENS THROUGH RADIO
David P.D. Munns - THE ORBITING GAZE
Bitcaves - CYBERNETICS AND THE POLITICS OF THE DARK UNIVERSE
Andrew Pickering - CM VON HAUSSWOLFF: THE GHOST OF THE SOUND
Interview by Peter Bruyn - FRAY
Raviv Ganchrow - JUSTIN BENNETT: SPECTRAL ANALYSIS
Interview by Arie Altena - MATTHIJS MUNNIK: GEOGRAPHIES OF FLICKER
Interview by Arie Altena - YOLANDA URIZ ELIZALDE: TO SWAY IN SOUND
Interview by Arie Altena - BLACK AND WHITE
Simon Ings - THE ORBITING GAZE
Bitcaves - GERT-JAN PRINS: MODULATING NOISE
Interview by Arie Altena - MATTHEW BIEDERMAN: THE PERCEPTION OF COLOUR
Interview by Arie Altena - ON THE BLACK UNIVERSE IN THE HUMAN FOUNDATION OF COLOUR
François Laruelle - HC GILJE: TIME, SPACE, SPEED, MOTION
Interview by Nicky Assmann - GEORGE DYSON: THE DARK DIGITAL UNIVERSE
Interview by Arie Altena - THE ORBITING GAZE
Bitcaves - IN SEARCH OF THE LOST FUTURE
Omar Muñoz-Cremers - LEBBEUS WOODS: WITHOUT WALLS
Interview by Geoff Manaugh - MONUMENTS OF SMOKE
Bitcaves - VISIT SUNNY CHERNOBYL
Andrew Blackwell - SASKIA SASSEN: IN THE SHADOW OF ITS OWN BRILLIANT LIGHT
Interview by Willem van Weelden - EXTRASTATECRAFT
Keller Easterling - GEOGRAPHIES OF AVOIDANCE
Bitcaves - UNVEILING A DARK UNIVERSE
Brigitte van der Sande
