Talks 🗣️
I’ve spoken about technology, the future, and worlds at events all around the world. The complete list list here.
Myth-Making Mechanisms in Autonomous Worlds
My talk on the design of ‘Myth-Making Mechanisms in Autonomous Worlds’ is one of the best talks I’ve given to date on Worlds Theory.
Worlds A Walk Though
In May I went to Lisbon to give the opening talk at the Autonomous Worlds Summit. The first outing for some of the material from The Web Was a Side Quest.
Twenty-Two Years of Transcendental Time Machines | 0xSalon
For the 22nd anniversary Mistakonic Virtual University Press have brought Anna Greenspan’s hugely influential CCRU infused PHD thesis: Capitalism’s Transcendental Time Machine, to print for the first time.
(Un)Sustainable Perspectives | Patchlab 2022
This Saturday (8th Oct) at 3pm UK time I will be on the panel (Un)Sustainable Perspectives as part of Patchlab Festival’s online programming.
The Model Is the Message | Incredible Machines 2022
Tomorrow I’ll be speaking at Incredible Machines Conference along side my New Centre co-instructor Ross McElwain from 𝔦𝔪𝔭𝔬𝔰𝔰𝔦𝔟𝔩𝔢 ⟠ 𝔬𝔟𝔧𝔢𝔠𝔱.
WHAT PUNK ARE YOU?
I was on a panel at Futurecon 2021 on Saturday: ‘WHAT PUNK ARE YOU? Past, Present and Future Trends in Anti-capitalists Science Fiction’
Solarpunk: A Narrative Strategy, a Memetic Engine | The Stoa
I went to The Stoa last night to talk about Solarpunk, Cultural Fracking, Narrative Strategy & Memetic Engines.
THE FUTURE IS A VIBE | INTONAL FESTIVAL 2021
My talk ‘The Future Is A Vibe’ for Intonal Festival is about scissor labels, memetic engines, ‘future texture’, vibes, Solarpunk and more.
Tales of the Next Internet @ Sonar+D
Talk Video & Transcript of Tales of the Next Internet @ Sonar+D
Coded Matter(s): Terra Fiction | Stage II of Worldbuilding
You may remember I spoke at Fiber Festival last year in Amsterdam. They just released a short 8 minute mini documentary recapping the themes of the festival with interviews with the participants. It features me talking about Platforms and Solarpunk. I almost sound like I know what I’m talking about. The idea of terraformation was…
Work/Life Update 2019
I have just updated the ‘Works’ page on my website with all the upcoming speaking events I have this year
Death to the Internet pls
Gave two talks this week. Both went pretty well the cults one was er. interesting company.
“Dirt Behind Our Ears” : On Solarpunk and the Need for New Futures
Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question “what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?”.
#TTW14 abstract
PHEW. yesterday i finally submitted my extract/talk proposal on the ‘geopolitics of the stacks’ for the theorizingtheweb conference that takes place in april in new york . the piece is reproduced in full below. even if i am unsuccessful, i think the piece is a useful early 2014 ‘flag in the ground’ to orient my…
on #stacktivism – my #ILIW13 talk
:: we cannot have a conversation about something whilst it remains unseen :: ‘The stack’ – The chain of interconnected activities and technologies of current and historical significance that spread far beyond the individual. I think there are many people beginning to have/shape a conversation around the stack: From Jo Guldi the author of Roads to Power: Britain Invents the Infrastructure…
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On thursday I was luckly enough to give a talk at london’s worst artist-run space lima zulu’s fourth #LZPKBYOBRSVP pecha-kucha night.
