A fortnightly reading group in londonon. Readings listed below in reverse chronological order.
Ngai, Sianne. Our Aesthetic Categories: Zany, Cute, Interesting. Harvard University Press, 2012.
“Introduction”
Steyerl, Hito. Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat. Verso Books, 2025, part II
“Knuckleporn or Phocomelia: GenAI’s Dialectics of Enlightenment” + “Mean Images”
Steyerl, Hito. Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat. Verso Books, 2025, part I
“Introduction” + “Burnt-Out Images: A Thermodynamical Turn”