Wake Festival

In this talk I clarify the theory and technology of Pyrotheology using the Lacanian ideas of Demand, Desire and Drive

The Death Drive Denomination | Pyrotheology and Future Church

Encountering the Hysterical Absolute

The Pervert's Guide to Church | Between Knowledge and Belief

Belief, Knowledge and the Fetish

Beyond the Fetish | Faith and the Contradiction

Trash of the World | In Defence of Non-Identity Politics

I wanted to share with you the audio from the first half of The Death of God Supper Club. The second half wasn't recorded, as it was an interactive circle.

I want to thank the following people:

Gene and Deedie Street for providing food and financial support for the event. Alec Ekvall for creating a live soundscape, Lisa Gungor and James Spaite for their musical performances and Maggie Rowe for her spoken word.

The song that Lisa plays here is only one movement in a larger piece.

Death of God Super Club | Live in LA | Part 1

Watching a movie is anything but a passive experience. What happens on the screen is not something we merely observe, but rather offers a mise-en-scène that hooks our desire. Movies show us something about the desire of the society from which they emerge, and something of the desire of the individual that enjoys them. Yet great movies can do more than simply express, incite and manipulate our desire. Some of the most critically acclaimed movies - such as Citizen Kane - confront us with the frailty, contingency and impotence of the objects that often fascinate us the most. This unnerving experience is something that Lacan referred to as an experience of the Gaze. 

In this seminar, I be look at what this means via reference to some concrete cinematic examples and then connecting it to the work of pyrotheology.

Confronting the Void | Transformance Art, Citizen Kane and the Gaze

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Confronting the Void | Transformance Art, Citizen Kane and the Gaze

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