Posts Tagged ‘ political theory ’

the artistic process of cultural production

Mar 13th, 2010 | By editor | Category: Life in a petri dish

We live in a world in which creativity is recognised only when it is productive. This notion of cultural production is explored by many modern cultural and political theorists (of which I know little of but will be learning more about when we start a new series of articles on the subject in next months issue) and although for some it is merely an academic theory for many it is a sorry fact of life. It is a damning indictment of the society we live in.

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the new language of thinkers

Mar 9th, 2010 | By editor | Category: Life in a petri dish

I don’t have the tools to talk about the large political, philosophical, sociological issues of our times. I don’t have the language, the exactness to express that need I have, that desire to explain my frustration with the system in which I live. The control it has over me, the all pervasiveness of it. I am frustrated in my attempts to try and articulate the situation I find myself in – like a baby who knows what they want but can’t say it, can’t be succinct, can only point in the general direction and grunt until someone eventually gets it. I am a babble machine vomiting goobledegook as I try to make my way beyond the shadow of control into the light of freedom.

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