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A comedy of noodles

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Carolyn Korsmeyer Philosophy Department, University at Buffalo

Tuesday, March 1, 2011 — 9:28 pm

a meal. Noodles are one of those foods that one wants to gulp, or at least I do. (I believe Inspector ... your noodles while at the same time observing the pork pieces-- at least without getting a splash or ...

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Eyeball, Anyone?

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Carolyn Korsmeyer Philosophy Department, University at Buffalo

March 03, 2011

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to identify the reptile and amphibian filets stacked in the kitchen, one suspects that at least a few ...

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Disgust as delicious or desirable?

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Kristopher L. Cannon Georgia State University

Thursday, March 3, 2011 — 8:51 pm

cuisine (at least for many in the US?). I would imagine that this isn't exactly the pleasure we ...

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The Alien Wonder of Animal Worlds

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Ron Broglio Arizona State University

March 08, 2011

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After initial disorientation the viewer begins to see the sparkles are shimmering reflections of light ...

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Portrait of a Posthuman

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Eva Rorandelli Visual artist

March 09, 2011

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this question more and more. Or at least I think I do, presuming that I myself am real. Recently I’m ... interested in representing this contemporary reality. Or at least that’s how it seems to me, when attempting ...

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Material Illusions

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Eva Rorandelli Visual artist

Thursday, March 10, 2011 — 12:47 am

very real liquefaction of form into space, in which material figures begin to disappear into a purely ...

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Would You Kindly?: Bioshock and Posthuman Choice

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Timothy Welsh Loyola University New Orleans

March 10, 2011

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Would You Kindly?: Bioshock and Posthuman Choice video games posthuman objectivism choice bioshock Curator's Note by Edmond Chang and Timothy Welsh Department of English, University of Washington The video game Bioshock (Irrational Games, 2007) takes ...

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Choosing not to Choose

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Drew Ayers Eastern Washington University

Thursday, March 10, 2011 — 2:54 pm

are two avenues (at least) to approach this topic. The illusion of choice, which you discuss, is ... The work of experimental filmmaker Phil Solomon provides an example of how players can begin to ...

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“A More Vital Communication”: Telepathic Hallucination and the Proto-Posthuman Event

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r.d. crano Ohio State University, Department of Comparative Studies

March 11, 2011

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“A More Vital Communication”: Telepathic Hallucination and the Proto-Posthuman Event televisuality telepathy psychical research networks communication Curator's Note Marshal McLuhan famously quipped that the electronic revolution would eventually rea ...

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