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Durations: Philosophy and Magic w/ Mitch Horowitz, Phil Ford, and Maeg Keane [UPSTAIRS]
Durations 2025 presents "In Conversation," a discussion series with some of today’s most forward-thinking philosophers.
Our first panel brings together Mitch Horowitz [author, historian], Phil Ford [Weird Studies], and Maeg Keane [Third Sister Astrology], hosted by Meredith Graves.
About the Panel:
To the newly-curious, both magic and philosophy may seem like daunting fields: both disciplines originate in the earliest eras of human history, require a lifetime of studying endlessly complex material, and leave you with more questions about the nature of existence. They may also initially seem mutually exclusive, with philosophy a formalized area of academic study rooted in logic and rationality, and occultism a more ephemeral mesh of ideas, beliefs and practices.
However, to the trained eye, these two areas of study exist on the same plane — from the arguments of ancient thinkers as to the nature of spirits in the material world, to the entire discipline of metaphysics, the roles divination and dreaming have played in the development of certain schools of thought. Now, in modern times, many thinkers are seeking to further elucidate this historically prevalent yet arcane relationship and shine a light on the role each has played in the development of the other.
Please join us for a mediated conversation between three highly-acclaimed esoteric thinkers as we shine light on potential sites of exploration at the interstice of thought and magic.
Durations Festival 2025
Durations 2025 presents "In Conversation," a discussion series with some of today’s most forward-thinking philosophers.
Renowned philosophical and theoretical podcast, Acid Horizon, joins Durations for its second year, this time with The New Centre for Research and Practice. We invite Jason Mohoghegh and Reza Negarestani to the discussion.
About The Session:
Five rare sightings from digital culture; five philosophies of strangeness hovering over our techno-existential future. This talk will explore the outer boundaries of our virtual age by summoning examples of those most obscure moods and atmospheres found in the shadows of the internet [i.e. AI hallucinations, machine oneirics, deceptive avatars, cyber-undergrounds]. Though placed together in a collector's room, each “incident” holds its own riddles that compel us to reconsider what is happening now to perception, fear, desire, cruelty, and transformation. What seem like glitches may, in fact, mark the return and intensification of a much older code of consciousness: fissures in mind and experience that suspend us between imagination and disturbance as two sides of the same coin.
https://dice.fm/event/v3oy6l-durations-five-gates-disquiet-of-the-virtual-and-the-artificial-8th-nov-public-records-new-york-tickets
DIVINING SOUNDS: Oracular Imagination and Music by Chance
Divining Sounds is a community musical event drawing together oracular imagination and music composed and performed by chance. This gathering is a collaboration between Open Music and Acid Horizon—together we will utilize Vintagia: I Ching Oracle for Psychogeography and Creative Discovery to draw upon the stochastic forces of the cosmos, creating improvisational compositions performed live with the @openmusicpa ensemble.
The experimental workshop and ensuing performance will be preceded by an initiatory talk introducing the multiple creative realms unlocked through Vintagia. Members of the audience will be invited to join us in live experimentation and collective improvisation.
Tarot and I Ching readings will be offered onsite, and there will be a chance to obtain one of five limited-edition copies of Acéphalous: The Erotic Tarot of Georges Bataille—along with one of the few physical copies of Vintagia made available for purchase. A guest raffle will feature both decks and limited-edition Vintagia prints.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County
780 Waupelani Dr, State College, PA
Saturday, November 1st · 6:30–8:30 PM
Suggested donation: $15
The Headless Politics of Georges Bataille with Stuart Kendall
Stuart Kendall joins Acid Horizon for an afternoon of thought provoking discussion on Georges Bataille and "headless politics". This event is part of the Durations Festival held by Public Records of Brooklyn, NY.
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Public Records presents Durations 2024: a weekend-long, multi-instrumentalist exploration of sound as an intentional act of connection. Now in its third year, the lineup — which features Andy Stott, Jan Jelinek, Salamanda, + many more — aims to provide a hotbed of sonic discovery across live and club performances and one daytime event hosted by preeminent philosophy and theory podcasters and authors Acid Horizon.
Presented by Public Records and produced in collaboration with Pioneer Works.
Acid Horizon [feat. Stuart Kendall], Andy Stott [live] + Jill Fraser [live], Dave P., DJ Healthy, Ex-Terrestrial, Francis Harris, Jan Jelinek [live], Leech, Lena Willikens, Lovefingers, Low End Activist [live], Luigi Tozzi [live], Marie Davidson [live], Millie McKee, MJ Guider [live], Moopie, Niecy Blues [live], object blue [live], Pan AmericanandMichael Grigoni [live], Poly-Ritmo, Purelink [live], Roméo Poirier [live], Salamanda [live], Strategy [live], Umfang, Vera Logdanidi, + Windy + Carl [live].
“… there is no state of mind, however simple, which does not change every moment, since there is no consciousness without memory, and no continuation of a state without the addition, to the present feeling, of the memory of past moments. It is this which constitutes duration.” – Henri Bergson, An Introduction to Metaphysics.
The Coolness of the Absolute with Josh Wretzel and Acid Horizon
Philosopher Josh Wretzel (Penn State University) joins Acid Horizon to discuss the philosophy of Hegel and its importance today.
A NIGHT OF ACCELERATIONISM w/ JAKE CHAPMAN, AMY IRELAND, MAYA B KRONIC + ACID HORIZON
About The Nickel presents: A NIGHT OF ACCELERATIONISM w/ JAKE CHAPMAN, AMY IRELAND, MAYA B KRONIC + ACID HORIZON
WHY IS IT EASIER TO IMAGINE THE END OF THE WORLD THAN IT IS TO IMAGINE THE END OF CAPITALISM?
One of Britain’s most provocative artists Jake Chapman (of The Chapman Brothers) responds to the question: Why is it easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of Capitalism?
OMbience II featuring SEREPTIE
Join us for dusk's delicious descent at Rhoneymeade amidst the ambient sounds of local giants EchoEs Bats, Homebodies, Moth Bucket, SEREPTIE, Prime Loiter, Not Your Ordinary None, and Escape Velocity. BYO whatever you like, stay a while, drop in, drop out...
ANTI-OCULUS: A PHILOSOPHY OF ESCAPE
Anti-Oculus maps out the ways we are captured under the eyes of cyber-capital, and provokes us to find each other in pursuit of emancipation, community, and new forms of life.
Acid Horizon Presents "Plastic Ghosts and Trash Immortals: Our Afterlife as Waste" with Nicolas de Warren
Our quest for immortality is complete: we will live forever through our trash. Our penchant for plastic disposables in particular presents us with a future in which forms of life will remain haunted by human waste. What does the legacy of 'homo detritus' mean for humanity and the world?
The Acid Horizon philosophy and theory podcast presents Penn State professor of philosophy Nicolas de Warren for an evening of public philosophy. Libations and live lofi/ambient beats kick off an evening of thoughtful reflection and discussion. $10 entry includes one drink.
Joint Book Launch: 'Anti-Oculus' and 'We Hear Only Ourselves'
Zer0 Utopia and RepeaterBooks will be holding a joint event this month to celebrate the releases of We Hear Only Ourselves and Anti-Oculus!
UK Book Launch - Housmans Bookshop
The UK book launch event for Anti-Oculus: A Philosophy of Escape