December 08
THE PURPLE DEATH: Further Notes on Camp and the Rise of the Lowbrow, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Five
MORPHOLOGY OF THE WOUND: Bodily Images of Ecstasy and Excess, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Four
November 08
‘No Retreat, No Surrender: Images of Ecstasy and Excess in Sport’ Joint lecture presentation with Dr Axel Vogelsang at University of Applied Sciences and Art, Institute of Design in Lucerne – containing preparatory material from ‘Morphology of the Wound’
‘Information as Art Form’ A lecture at Bern University of the Arts on the role of research and interdisciplinary practice in the use of text, music and film: an expanded version of the Walsall College lecture, including a screening of ‘SpaceBaby’, plus a presentation on the themes of ‘Welcome to Mars’ and a reading from the book. This was followed by an afternoon workshop with the students and Dr Axel Vogelsang
‘Welcome to the Labyrinth’ An informal talk given at the University of Applied Sciences and Art, Institute of Design in Lucerne, based on the first lecture in the Bright Labyrinth series exploring the digital regime, ‘assemblage critique’ and the concept of design as thought.
TOWARDS A SOCIAL HISTORY OF MACHINES: History and Hardware, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Three
THE FUTURE IS WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU’RE DEAD: We Connect Marshall McLuhan with Herbert Marcuse, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture Two
October 08
WELCOME TO THE LABYRINTH: Travels in the Digital Regime, The Bright Labyrinth, Lecture One
January 08
‘Information as Art Form’ Lecture on the use of text, music and video to Fine Art students at Walsall College
About Me
- Ken Hollings
- Ken Hollings is a writer based in London. His work appears in a wide range of journals and publications, including The Wire, Sight and Sound, Strange Attractor, Frieze, Noon and Satori, and in numerous anthologies and collections. His novel Destroy All Monsters was hailed by The Scotsman as ‘a mighty slab of trippy, cult, out-there fiction, mind-bending reading’. He has written and presented critically acclaimed programmes for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4, Resonance FM, NPS in Holland and ABC Australia. Ken is the author of Welcome to Mars, The Bright Labyrinth, The Space Oracle, Inferno and Purgatory - all available from Strange Attractor Press/MIT. His latest book 'Paradise: The Trash Project Volume Three' will be published by Strange Attractor Press/MIT in the autumn of 2024. His album with Howlround as The Howling, Incredible Night Creatures of the Midway, is currently available from The Tapeworm.