Author: xenopraxis

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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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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THE RESTRICTED AND THE GENERAL

Deep Throat was slouched against a pillar at the north end of the underground parking lot we used to meet in. It had been over 40 years, but the vagaries…
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