Best Documenta Podcasts (2024)

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SD42 - W/ Amy Ireland & Maya B. Kronic - Cute Accelerationism 1:51:54

3M ago1:51:54

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Join us for an euphoric episode with our very good friends of the pod, Amy Ireland and Maya B. Kronic. Inspired by their work on Cute Accelerationism this episode explores the multiple dimensions of contemporary cuteness. From its sensory and cultural impacts to its erotic and semiotic layers, we unravel how Cute opens a gate to the transcendental …

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SD41 - con Manuel Borja-Villel - El Museo en Ruinas 1:03:30

5M ago1:03:30

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Para el presente episodio, hemos tenido el privilegio de conversar con Manuel Borja-Villel, cuya dirección en el Museo Reina Sofía ha marcado un antes y un después en el enfoque museístico moderno. Hablamos de las constantes guerras culturales que enfrenta el arte contemporáneo, del concepto de Cora, discutimos su reciente participación en la Biena…

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SD40 - w/ Alicia Juarrero - Context Changes Everything 1:25:22

5M ago1:25:22

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In this episode of Social Discipline, we're joined by the renowned philosopher and complexity scientist, Alicia Juarrero. Alicia delves into the intricate world of causality in complex systems, offering insights from her seminal work, Dynamics in Action and Context Changes Everything. Throughout our conversation, she unpacks the principles of compl…

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Social Discipline EP39 Howard Slater 2:11:23

7M ago2:11:23

2:11:23

In this cultural biography from the incendiary and radical poet and thinker Howard Slater (Break/Flow), we speak about far-left culture in Britain since the 1970s and its relationship to politics and poetry. Slater started the legendary Break/Flow zine in the 90s and participated in the Virtual Future conference. In the 2000s, he began the eclectic…

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SD 38 w/Marwa Arsanios - Who Is Afraid of documenta fifteen? 1:25:41

1+ y ago1:25:41

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In this episode, we speak with artist Marwa Arsanios about her practice, documenta fifteen, feminism, and the possibility of reshaping the political potential of art. She talks to us about her ongoing project, Who Is Afraid of Ideology?, which Arsanios did as part of documenta fifteen. In this project, she explores through collaboration the possibi…

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S2E17 – Arturo Campagna on history for children 17:45

2y ago17:45

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Image: The Rock Nobody Could Lft, etching by Rain Wu (2018)By Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E16 – Nicolas Jaar on sound and silence 32:37

2y ago32:37

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Image credit: Ceramic figurine from the Moche culture of the north coast of Peru depicting a flute player.By Nicolas Jaar, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E15 – ‘The Alexander Romance’ 26:05

2y ago26:05

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Image credit: The prophets Elias and Khadir at the fountain of life, late 15th century. Folio from a khamsa (quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Timurid period. Opaque watercolor and silver on paper. Herat, Afghanistan.By Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, federico campagna

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S2E14 – Manlio Poltronieri on the Buddhist Dharma and the West 21:22

2y ago21:22

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Image credit: Womb Realm (garbhakosa-dhatu or taizōkai) mandala. Shingon tantric buddhist school, Heian period (794-1185), Tō-ji, Kyōto, Japan.By Manlio Poltronieri, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E13 – Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, ‘The Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art’ 24:32

2y ago24:32

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Image credit: 10th century Chola dynasty bronze sculpture of Shiva, the Lord of the Dance.By Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E12 – Prof. Saul Newman on political theology 29:22

2y ago29:22

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Image credit: Detail from the frontispiece of Hobbes’ ‘Leviathan’ by Abraham Bosse,1651By Saul Newman, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E11 – Max Stirner, ‘The Ego and Its Own’, Étienne de La Boétie, ‘Discourse on Voluntary Servitude’ 31:35

2y ago31:35

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Image credit: Max Stirner in a cartoon by Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)By Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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SD37 - w/ Hamja Ahsan - From Aspergistan to documenta fifteen 1:54:12

2y ago1:54:12

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Conversation with artist, writer and curator Hamja Ahsan on the support campaign he organized for his brother Syed Talha Ahsan, his groundbreaking book Shy Radicals, his project at documenta fifteen and the hate campaign that he is receiving from some of the German media. Hamja talks openly about mental heath issues, islamophobia and the crucial su…

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S2E10 – Dr. Francesco Strocchi on life in the late Roman republic 28:18

2y ago28:18

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Image credit: Roman coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar, issued in 42 BCBy Francesco Strocchi, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E9 – Rutilius Namatiuanus, ‘On His Return’, and Paulinus of Pella, ‘Thanksgiving’ 25:00

2y ago25:00

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Image credit: Porphyry column decorated with group of two embracing older Tetrarchs. Rome. 293-305.By Paulinus of Pella, Rutilius Namatianus, Federico Campagna, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E8 – Lucia Pietroiusti on analogical thinking 43:40

2y ago43:40

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Image credits: Geometric nest of a pufferfish.By Lucia Pietroiusti, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E7 – Ernst Jünger, ‘Approaches’ 33:11

2y ago33:11

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Image credit: Ernst Jünger and Albert Hoffman.By Ernst Jünger, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève, Federico Campagna

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S2E6 – Prof. Giulio Busi on Jewish mysticism 27:17

2y ago27:17

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Image credit: Cosmic Rose Engraving from Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath (1595).By Federico Campagna, Giulio Busi, Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

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S2E5 – Giulio Busi, ‘Heavenly Palaces in Judaism’, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, ‘The Sabbath’ 23:41

2y ago23:41

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Image credit: Throne AngelsBy Giulio Busi, Federico Campagna

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SD36 - w/ Diana Walsh Pasulka - A New Form of Religion 1:48:29

2y ago1:48:29

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Miguel Prado and fellow Guild navigator (and co-host for today's episode) Sonia de Jager meet Diana Walsh Pasulka: professor of philosophy and religion at UNCW and author of American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology. We discuss what do we mean by agnostic when we want to be challenged by new knowledge, the UFO phenomena as a new form of relig…

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S2E4 – Huw Lemmey and Isabel Valley on psychiatry and unknown languages 36:03

2y ago36:03

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Image credit: Antidotum tarantulae, a curative musical score from Athanasius Kircher (c. 1660).By Huw Lemmey, Isabel Valley, Federico Campagna

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S2E3 – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, ‘Shipwrecks’ 20:11

2y ago20:11

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Image credit: Francesco Guardi, Marina in Tempesta, circa 1765/70.By Federico Campagna

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SD35 - w/ Jeffrey J. Kripal - Make the Impossible Possible 1:03:58

2y ago1:03:58

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We had the great pleasure of being joined by Jeffrey J. Kripal in conversation about how to lift the veil of Isis, the radical collapse of the subject-object structure, paranormal research, LaMBDA alleged consciousness, conspirituality, Esalen Institute and its impact on American culture and many other liminal topics. Jeffrey Kripal is J. Newton Ra…

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S2E2 – Dr. Beatrice Bottomley on Ibn Arabi 25:04

2y ago25:04

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Image credit: Muhammad Ibn 'Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'Arabi (D. 1240 Ad): Fusus Al-Hikam. Mamluk Egypt, dated 19 Dhu'l Hijja Ah 797/4 October 1395 AD.By Federico Campagna, Beatrice Bottomley

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S2E1 – Pico della Mirandola, ‘Heptaplus’ 29:40

2y ago29:40

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Image credit: Portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, by Tobias Stimmer, 1589By Federico Campagna

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SD 34 - w/ Wassim Z. Alsindi - ₿etween Collective Salvation and Private Enrichment 1:32:36

2+ y ago1:32:36

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Crypto collapse! Simply HODL and stay with us while we talk with Wassim Z. Alsindi: veteran of the timechain, founder and host of the 0x Salon, conducting experiments in post-disciplinary collective knowledge practices. Wassim specialises in conceptual design and philosophy of peer-to-peer systems. Today he guides us through the speculative hellsca…

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SD33 - w/ Elvia Wilk - Death by Landscape 56:48

2+ y ago56:48

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This week, we had the great pleasure of being joined by Elvia Wilk, writer and editor, author of Oval (2019) and Death by Landscape, a collection of essays forthcoming this July from Soft Skull Press. We talked about her new book, the pandemic, plants, the weird, LARP, the Web 3.0 and post-nuclear religious fiction!!!Errata corrige: 29:30 Yes, plan…

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SD32 - w/ Matana Roberts - The Power of the Pushback 1:26:53

2+ y ago1:26:53

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We had the great pleasure of being joined by Matana Roberts, multidisciplinary artist, saxophonist, composer, and sound adventurer. We talked about the unequal mental health toll of the pandemic, the healing power of live music, their Coin Coin work and many other things!By Social Discipline

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SD31 - w/ Gabriel Tupinamba and J.P. Caron - It Takes Some Structure to Make Negativity Productive. 1:58:55

2+ y ago1:58:55

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We are back with Brazilian philosophers Gabriel Tupinamba and J.P. Caron from Círculo de Estudos da Idéia e da Ideologia, an institution with the task of investigating the political thought and collective organizational practices called for by the return of the communist hypothesis. They give us a primer on the institution and their meta-structural…

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SD30 - w/ Pan Daijing - Extraction of Spinal Fluid and other Physical and Psychological Depths 1:28:45

2+ y ago1:28:45

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We are back with Pan Dajing. We talk her work(that we love!), about solitude, crypticism, intimate "connection at a distance" and many other digressions into the emotional core of our "spiritual fluid".By Social Discipline

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AiG #11 - Pretty Much Everyone Has Herpes 55:32

2+ y ago55:32

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By Documenta Barbrism

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D&S #21 - Stanley Stellar: The Piers 59:06

2+ y ago59:06

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By Documenta Barbrism

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CP #11 - I Want You(r Story)! 1:56

2+ y ago1:56

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Hey, Barbs. Do you like the new nickname I came up with for my young, hip, rabidly devoted, extremely online House of Barbrism fan base? I was gonna go with Army, but that was already taken…by the military. So, Barbs, here’s the deal, I want you. I mean I want your body. I mean I want you so bad right now. Dammit, Doc, we talked about this! I mean …

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D&S #20 - Flee 1:04:26

2+ y ago1:04:26

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By Documenta Barbrism

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AiG #10 - Talking IVF and Miscarriages 1:07:05

2+ y ago1:07:05

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By Documenta Barbrism

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SD29 - w/ Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm - The Goth Philosopher of Revolutionary Happiness 1:41:04

2+ y ago1:41:04

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We welcome philosopher and social scientist Jason Ānanda Josephson Storm, author of The Invention of Religion in Japan (2012), The Myth of Disenchantment (2017) and Metamodernism (2021). Among many other things, we talk about his work, modernity and its alleged departure from the supernatural, Mark Zuckerberg completely misreading Snow Crash, and h…

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D&S #19 - Bright Light Bright Light 1:06:04

2+ y ago1:06:04

1:06:04

By Documenta Barbrism

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CP #10 - Adam 39:23

2+ y ago39:23

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By Documenta Barbrism

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D&S #18 - Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts 59:40

2+ y ago59:40

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By Documenta Barbrism

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SD28 - w/ Simon Reynolds - Depressive Hedonism and Musical Exorcism in Traptimes 2:01:40

2+ y ago2:01:40

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We had the great pleasure of being joined by majuscule music journalist and author Simon Reynolds. In times of "Shock and Awe" we discuss the legacy of CCRU and Mark Fisher(and its neo-reactionary co-option), depressive hedonism and the attention economy, if there are any subversive attributes left to be found in subcultures... and among many other…

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AiG #9 - The Chode Must Go On 1:03:48

2+ y ago1:03:48

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By Documenta Barbrism

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D&S #17 - Bear Nation 59:51

2+ y ago59:51

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By Documenta Barbrism

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CP #9 - HOME/BODY by Documenta Barbrism 21:24

2+ y ago21:24

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Since I started House of Barbrism last fall, a lot of people have been asking about my closet and coming out experiences. Like the cocktease I am, I’ve revealed bits of it here and there but figured it was high time to do so a little more formally. I published a slightly longer version of this piece in the recent issue of the Signal House Edition a…