What is a creative act? In other words, what is the nature of the forces which bring 'the new' into the world? Also, what is the role of resistance and the potential not to act against notions of creativity? In this episode, Craig, Will, and Adam perform a close reading of Gilles Deleuze's "What is a Creative Act?" and Giorgio Agamben's response, "What is an Act of Creation?", examining the respective nuances in the philosophers' views of creativity. Support the show ? Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' ? - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosoph ..read more

Buy the book: https://repeaterbooks.com/product/anti-oculus-a-philosophy-of-escape/ Anti-Oculus is a work of conceptual espionage: an assemblage of polemical tracts complete with a gallery of graphic illustrations inspired by postmodern and pulp classics from Anti-Oedipus to Ways of Seeing. Through the concept of “Ocularity”, the Acid Horizon crew trace the political, medical, and historical ways power sees us through its categories of control and counter-insurgency. From the thermodynamics of policing in the cyberpunk present, to the psychiatric colonization of the image, to bodies that “g ..read more

Drawing on a parallel between a phrase RuPaul's and Hegel's dialectic of self-consciousness, Adam gets at the nature of the experience of subjectivity and the frustrations of self-knowledge. Support the podcast: Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizon Acid Horizon on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/acidhorizonpodcast Zer0 Books and Repeater Media Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/zer0repeater Merch: http://www.crit-drip.com Order 'Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape': https://repeaterbooks.com/product/anti-oculus-a-philosophy-of-escape/ Order 'The Philosopher's Tarot': https://repeaterb ..read more

Some crucial updates before we come to the end of the year and begin 2025. Support the show ? Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' ? - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosophy and tarot in this daring new deck. Pre-launch is live—discover more and join us in this journey: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille?ref=discovery&term=bataille&total_hits=8&category_id=273 Support the podcast: https://www.acidhorizonpodcast.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/acidhorizon Acid Horizon o ..read more

Support the Kickstarter campaign as you listen: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille "Are We Still Able to Die?": https://camtology.substack.com/p/are-we-still-able-to-die In this episode of Acid Horizon, we are joined by philosopher and writer Cameron Carsten to discuss his recent blog post, "Are We Still Able to Die?"—the first installment in his series Power as Reality. Cameron’s work delves into the nature of power as the control over reality, tracing its manifestations through domination, hegemony, and the symbolic dimensions of ..read more

Some important announcements about the podcast and things to come in the near future. Help us complete the campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille Support the show ? Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' ? - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosophy and tarot in this daring new deck. Pre-launch is live—discover more and join us in this journey: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille?ref=discovery&term=bataille&total_hit ..read more

SUPPORT Acid Horizon's Kickstarter project, Acéphalous: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille DURATIONS FESTIVAL @ PUBLIC RECORDS (BROOKLYN, NY) 11.9.2024 Acid Horizon and Stuart Kendall unite for an in-person discussion that delves into the core concepts of Georges Bataille’s work—excess, heterology, the festival, and more. The conversation explores how these ideas underpin Bataille’s political thought and their implications for navigating the complex political landscapes of 2025 and beyond. Support the show ? Introducing 'Acéphalous ..read more

Support the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille But the 'War on the Social Factory': https://nupress.northwestern.edu/9780810146648/the-war-on-the-social-factory/ About the book:  A collective ethnography of grassroots mobilizations for community safety across the Silicon Valley   This is a narrative of struggle and solidarity and a collective toolkit for grassroots opposition to militarization, policing, and ongoing conditions of war in the current conjuncture of racial patriarchal capitalism. Grassroots res ..read more

Please fund the Acéphalous Kickstarter today!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/acephalous/acephalous-the-erotic-tarot-of-georges-bataille Acid Horizon and Stuart Kendall live at the Durations Festival on November 9th, 2024: https://publicrecords.nyc/events/durations-festival-2024/ Buy Thomas' book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517917456/the-philosophy-of-movement/ About 'The Philosophy of Movement: An Introduction':  Why are city dwellers worldwide walking on average ten percent faster than they were a decade ago? Why are newcomer immigrant groups so often maligned when migrati ..read more

Yuk Hui episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/machine-and-for-114829416?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Join us for the livestream in these places: Campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... https://www.twitch.tv/acidhorizonpodcast https://www.youtube.com/@AcidHorizon ig: @acidhorizonpod See you there! Support the show ? Introducing 'Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille' ? - Uncover the raw, provocative fusion of Bataille's philosophy and tarot in this daring new deck. Pre-launch is l ..read more