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December 15, 2008

how i died (again)

Filed under: new media pollitics (k3) — ABRAXAS @ 12:03 am

words are always an inadequate response to the new media’s
power. most academics aren’t intellectuals, they’re intellect
managers. what they do has more in common with farming
than thinking. she uploaded my plug in. frames imposed
over content. the frameless environment. the meta data
issue. the temporary window. you got it wrong. that
wasn’t constructed. the impossibility of choice.
the most sexless bunch. she gave me a look.
the first i’ve had all day. the first i could
feel. re-purposing the aesthetics of
nothing. money. camera. phone.
finally i’ve been tamed. but i
have to pinch myself, i need
the cash, i’ve got a baby
back home that has to
be fed. so i go along
with all this crapu-
lous jargon pre-
tending to be
meaningful,
surely
every-
one
else
here
must
realise
it’s all a
sham? i can’t
be the only one
who’s onto what an
extraordinary waste of
time and energy this gathering
is? maybe i am the only one. maybe
everybody else here is really getting off
on the waffle. no, i don’t believe it, most probably,
like me, they’ve all got a baby at home that needs to
be fed and so they’re sitting tight on their honest opinions,
swallowing the jargon wholesale and making sure that they get
their paychecks at the end of the month. my dick is so subdued i think
i’m a eunuch. i’ll never fuck again, not after this emasculation. it’s
called growing up. it’s what they do to you when you get an
education. i used to be alive and free. now i’m a
responsible parent. here, here’s my dick in a
jar, you can do whatever you want with it,
i’ll never use it again. exeunt.

One Response to “how i died (again)”

  1. kagablog » « New Media Politics - Experiment number 1 » (2008) Says:

    […] Ce court métrage de Kaganof a été réalisé en novembre 2008 pendant le séminaire éponyme de trois jours, du 2 au 4, à l’Université de Malmo. C’est vraiment un film différent de l’auteur, si on le compare aux précédents de sa filmographie. Il est aussi légèrement ironique. Cette touche d’ironie est aussi différente. Elle est douce et discrète et devient évidente surtout à la fin du film, quand le cinéaste se révèle devant l’objectif en nous faisant un signe « optimiste » avec ses doigts. La musique de Michael Blake est aussi douce et sans continuité, comme l’ironie qui en découle. Si on fait référence à un poème du cinéaste paru quelques jours plus tard sur le kagablog, on prend la confirmation. Voilà un vers traduit par nous : « la plupart des professeurs universitaires, ce ne sont pas des intellectuels mais des agents de la pensée » (voir « How I died (again) » du 15 décembre 2008). […]

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