Hyperstition, Christopher Roth, Armen Avanessian, 100’, DE, 2016, philosophy documentary
Directors: Christopher Roth, Armen Avanessian Music: Cosimo Barnet Featuring: Ray Brassier, Helen Hester, Steven Shaviro, Benedict Singleton, Nick Srnicek, Suhail Malik... Appearances: Nick Land, Quentin Meillassoux, Reza Negarestani, Patricia Reed
A film on time and narrative. On thoughts and images. On plants and the outside. Abduction and Recursion. Yoctoseconds and Platonia. Plots and anaerobic organisms. About the movement of thinking and philosophy in anthropology, art, design, economy, linguistics, mathematics, and politics. And back into abstraction. A film about the retooling of philosophy and political theory for the 21st Century; ‘Truth is Science is Fiction’. Christopher Roth is a writer and film director. He was awarded the Alfred Bauer Prize for his film Baader at the 2002 Berlinale.
With Q&A with Armen Avanessian.
www.hyperstition.org
ARTISTS/SPEAKERS
Sat 25 Feb
De Brakke Grond
Armen Avanessian studied philosophy and political science in Vienna and Paris. After completing his dissertation in literature, he worked at the Free University Berlin from 2007-2014.