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The Maryanne House, or the extra_musical (Fragments of a Lobe Story)

1 Lamina Dyre, who called herself my sherpa, said as we stood by the back entrance of the Maryanne House: “We’re in the oldest part. Servant’s quarters.” A few moments…
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Tuning Speculation 7: NON

Tuning Speculation 7: NON November 15-17, 2019, Array Space, Toronto Plenary Speakers: Beatrice Fazi (University of Sussex) and Sarah Sharma (University of Toronto). Frequently heard accounts of the ear as…
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TUNING SPECULATION 6: JULY 1 DEADLINE!

Occulturists, present and future, The extended Tuning Speculation deadline for occultural papers is July 1, rapidly approaching! Details here. Looking forward to wild and witchy concoctions! - xenopraxis  
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TS5: Katherine Behar’s Personalities Without People

A preview of the complete set of TS5 talks, coming in the next few weeks on this channel! - xenopraxis
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PERSONALITIES WITHOUT PEOPLE. Guest Post by Katherine Behar!

Editorial note: The Occulture is delighted, in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica revelations, to publish Katherine Behar's extremely lucid diagnosis of the dividualizing mechanisms increasingly modulating collective affordances. This paper was…
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THE PROSODIAC (or, A PRO’S O.D.)

DARPA, Defense Sciences Office, is seeking individuals with advanced musical training and expertise with audio software environments for a wide-range of research initiatives tasked with the development of disruptive technologies…
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ex post facto ex ante

Ah, coffee. The espresso maker hisses at me and I’m glad to interrupt my reverie. A friend once remarked that coffee could be the foundation of an ontology. He never…
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TSpec V (Nov. 2017)

Tuning Speculation V: Vibratory (Ex)changes 17-19 November 2017 at Array Space, 155 Walnut Ave., Toronto (Canada) Plenary Speakers: Johnny Golding and Rasheedah Phillips Organized by The Occulture (David Cecchetto, Marc…
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Alternating Veracity

Reason, n., an imaginary process onto which the responsibility for thinking is off-loaded. — René Daumal, A Night of Serious Drinking. 1.0—My two cents—though it’s worth recognizing that in Canada…
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