Tag Archives: Paul-Virilio
Simon Norfolk – channeling Virilio?
The supercomputer at the Wellcome Trust’s Sangar Institute, Cambridge, UK. It’s taken a few days, but I finally found the time to read BLDGBLOG’s substantial interview with the “landscape photographer” Simon Norfolk, who is attempting — with considerable success, I … more…
Posted in photography, War
Tagged logistics, Paul-Virilio, photography, Simon-Norfolk, urbanism, War, warfare
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Modern Enchantments
Modern Enchantments James Flint reviews what looks very much like a revisionist account of the power of media in Simon During’s Modern Enchantments, which provides lots of interesting material from the history of (secular) illusionism, but argues that audiences are … more…
Posted in Social Studies
Tagged Guy-Debord, illusions, Jean-Baudrillard, Leni-Riefenstahl, Paul-Virilio, Social Studies
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Paul Virilio on 9/11
Brief but pertinent comments from Paul Virilio on 911 and after – “A Crash of Strategic Thought?” (Autonomedia info exchange, via nettime)
Posted in philosophy, reality hacking
Tagged 9/11, Paul-Virilio, philosophy, reality hacking, WoT
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