The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism:Part II

An international array of philosophers, critical theorists, media theorists, art historians, architects, and artists discussed the state of the mind and brain under the conditions of contemporary capitalism, in which these cognitive apparati have become the new focus of labouring. Like its predecessor &#8216;The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism: Part I&#8217;, this conference investigated how the conditions of &#8216;semiocapitalism&#8217; and &#8216;cognitive capitalism&#8217; have transformed the conditions of labour – specifically the fact that so much contemporary labour is immaterial, affective, and cognitive – and as a result détourned the role of emancipatory politics, art/architecture, and education today. Might these new conditions also have lasting material ramifications for the brain and mind? The conference elaborated upon many of the questions left unattended in Part 1. Questions such as: What is the future of mind in cognitive capitalism? Can a term such as &#8216;plastic materialism&#8217; describe the substantive changes in neural architectures instigated by this contingent cultural habitus? Is there such a thing as &#8216;cognitive communism&#8217;? Is designed space an agent or platform in the production of subjectivity and is parametrics complicit with its devices? How does artistic research create new emancipatory possibilities in opposition to the overwhelming instrumentalization of the general intellect in semiocapitalism?The Psychopathologies of Cognitive Capitalism: Part II, conference, ICI Berlin, 7–9 March 2013 <https://doi.org/10.25620/e130307

The Deleuze Spray, New York 1977 : an Interview with Sanford Kwinter, Professor of Architectural Theory and Criticism at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, on the Architectural Reception of Gilles Deleuze in America

So what do you want to know? I was in Paris between ‘75 and ‘78. But about half way through, Sylvère published the Anti-Oedipus issue of Semiotext(e) and, actually, that was for me one of the deciding events that made me decide to come to the United States, to come study at Columbia University. There appeared to be this little group working at Columbia working around these issues. In 1970, in Paris even, Deleuze was a cult – there was an incredibly small number of people following Deleuze... A transcript of my Interview with Kwinter about the Architectural Reception of Deleuze in America, which took place at Jerry’s,' Soho, New York, 15 January 2003. The transcript appeared as an Appendix at the back of my Masters Thesis undertaken at Yale School of Architecture, printed May 2003

Rem Koolhaas: Conversations with students.

Houston, Texas94 p.; 20 cm

Betty Goodwin : Steel Notes

Catalogue produced to coincide with Goodwin's representation of the Sao Paulo Biennale. Focusing on themes of the body, memory, interrogation and loss, two essays and an interview explore the development of Goodwin's work, and her approach to materials and the process of drawing

Paisajes generativos. Del control a lo salvaje mediante el diseño resiliente

Desde los años sesenta del siglo pasado, la planificación y el diseño urbano han experimentado una fuerte transformación, de la mano de una renovación del concepto del paisaje, regido por las lógicas de los sistemas adaptativos complejos. Su aplicación práctica ha sido posible a través de los concursos de grandes parques públicos. Estos vastos territorios han incorporado los procesos programáticos, primero, y los ecológicos, después, como medio para la adaptación dinámica. Una evolución del diseño basado en el control de la forma y la función, a otro que propicia lo salvaje, entendido como regeneración adaptativa.Peer ReviewedPostprint (published version