The Banana Peel Project

It’s been 250 years since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution and we’re still afraid of becoming machines. This music video by Jehro is just one more example of how far we’ve (not) come.

[via infosthetics]

A net of edges
A spider’s inside-out web
Lines that refuse to stay straight
A transparent plane
Zillions of pieces, round or dodecahedral
There’s nothing but differences
In shattered safety glass
But you say there must be some reason
Even an accident of design
Because a net of edges
Does nothing if not resist
Gravity, power, wind
But you say that’s what made it so
A net of […]

Power is employed through a net-like organisation.  And not only do individuals circulate between its threads; they are always in the position of simultaneously undergoing and exercising this power.  They are not only its inert or consenting target; they are always also the elements of its articulation. (Foucault, “Two Lectures,” 98)
In one sense, this is […]