[...]Earth in ‘="trms">Interstellar,’ and so on) is rendered dead or d="trms"nttrm="danger,stranger">angerous or prosperous, ideologies of ="trms">anthropocentric extensionalism.

(this directly concerns my ="nms">ajayeb ="nms">apass research about the ="trms">past, because hollywood constantly making ="trms">science ="trms">fictions about the ="trms">past.)

='lgc'>[as much as Matt Damon is ="trms">schizo-constructing a ="trms">social environment (on “dead” Mars trying to contact “home”), ="nms">Cinderella's ="trms">schizo-="trms">affective ="trms">relation with the talking ="trms">animals is doing the same='lgc'>: talking back to a ="trms">world that talks to her, where Matt is only able to talk to home station. I think we have better chances with ="nms">Cinderella's kind of split personality.='lgc'>]


="trms">Modernity ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “Project of Enlightenment” ='lgc'>: ="trms">religion ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">="trms"nttrm="metaph,metamorph,metabol,metal">metaphysics ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">science ='lgc'>+ morality ='lgc'>+ art ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->  objective ="trms">science ='lgc'>+ universal morality ='lgc'>+ law  ='lgc'>='lgc'>--='lgc'>--='lgc'>{each with its own “inner logic"='lgc'>}
(="ppl">Luhmann; ="trms">transition to ="trms">modern='lgc'>:) stratified and hierarchical organization ='lgc'>--to='lgc'>='lgc'>--> “functionally ="trms">differentiated” organization
(project of ="trms">modernity requires) a universally assumed but nowhere concretely localizable life="trms">world='strcls'>*** (='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? ="trms">situated knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edges)
="trms">modern person ='lgc'>: the self-fulfilling and self-justifying observing subject

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(="ppl">Freud's) ego='lgc'>: the record of abandoned object cathexes
(cathexes ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= electrical charge; the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object)

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(15.02.2017) three objects from ="nms">apass='lgc'>:
="prgrph">-="trms">complaint
="prgrph">-evidence
="prgrph">-monologue


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on futurity; in SF capital (Mark Fisher) the information (somewhere between cybernetic futurism and “New Economy”) is a direct generator of economic value ='lgc'>==> ‘the information about the future’ circulates as as increasingly important commodity='strcls'>* (="ppl">Eshun)

SF='lgc'>: engineering feedback between its preferred future and its becoming ="trms">present ='lgc'>--='not'>✕='lgc'>='lgc'>--> future ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> manufacturing tools capable of ="trms">intervention (='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? disruption; the Sun Ra, character in the movie The Place is The Space, disrupts when he enters the youth ="trms"nttrm="cluster,club">club.)

='at'>@="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Alex,Alert,Aleph,Alessi">Ale ='lgc'>--her='lgc'>='lgc'>--> predatory features/futures ='lgc'>: (a space for researching='lgc'>[='qstn'>?='lgc'>] dimensions of) anticipatory designs, projects of emulation, manipulation, parasitism, ="trms">interpellation into a b="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">right corporate tomorrow ='lgc'><== faces smiling at screens (='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='qstn'>? a bitter ="trms">joke)
="prgrph">-in her criticism of “eurocentrism” how are afrofuturism and arabfuturism located='qstn'>? (curatorial) let's invite them as her allies in Hansaring Studio.

counter="trms">memorial mediated practices

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خودشیفتگی khodshiftegi='lgc'>:
='lgc'>[="trms">narcissistic personality disorder='lgc'>]
(exaggerated feeling of) self-importance, self-absorbed, self-perception of being unique, ="trms">situated within self-="trms">presentation, sense of entitlement حق به جانب and self-centeredness schema
adult ="trms">neurotic's sense of omnipotence ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> relic of the old megalomania of infancy (='lgc'>~ all ="trms">paranoic disorders) (='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> hurt with denial)

(="ppl">Freud's) primal state='lgc'>: ='lgc'>{id ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= ego ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= external ="trms">world='lgc'>}='lgc'>--(not ="trms">differentiated)
one could not lay hold of oneself as other ='lgc'>==> ="trms">narcissism expires
(="ppl">Lacan's) ego='lgc'> = another ='lgc'>}='lgc'>==> the specular ego (in the mirror ="trms">stage) ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">narcissistic
(‘='lgc'>=/=’ ='lgc'>: ="trms">erotic attraction or aggressive tension)

="ppl">Nietzsche='lgc'>: the utterance “I am ugly” created “the beautiful”
='lgc'>[does this mean='lgc'>: “I am beautiful” created “the ugly” (in the other and ="trms">world)='qstn'>?='lgc'>]


="trms">sublimation is passion transformed
or, object displacement, transformation of instincts,
a desuxualization (from primary to secondary ="trms">narcissism) (='lgc'>='lgc'>--> what is ="frds scrmbld">Aela's “thirst for knowl="trms"nttrm="knowledge,Knowledge">edge”='qstn'>?)='lgc'>='lgc'>~='lgc'>~='lgc'>='lgc'>--> un="trms">folding into (="trms">differentiated elements of a oneness of) instinctual-spiritual experience. (="frds scrmbld">Aela's) ‘oneness’ ='lgc'>[an o="trms"nttrm="righ,rigo,riga,rigi,trig,rign">riginal unity ='lgc'>+ one hidden and defended against='lgc'>] stays alive as connection='qstn'>? ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> the ="trms">question of desire for ="frds scrmbld">Aela is about this hidden linkage.
='lgc'>[="trms">transitional objects, play, modifications of the pleasure principle, genital function,='lgc'>]
,
(noted by ="ppl">="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Christianson">Christian ="ppl">Hubert='lgc'>: for ="ppl">Loewald='lgc'>:) ='strcls'>*="trms">eroticism is genuine ="trms">sublimation='strcls'>* ='lgc'>: a reconciliation in the area of ego development and of ="trms">internalization. (='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Aela)
="prgrph">-de="trms">sublimation (of reason='qstn'>?)
objective of sexuality conceptual transformation into Eros ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> (asking ="frds scrmbld">Aela with ="ppl">Marcuse='lgc'>:) what is the non-repressive ="trms">sublimation of the resexualized body='qstn'>? (='lgc'>=/= ="trms">neurotic reactivation of ="trms">narcissistic libido)
why Eros is so powerful='qstn'>? what kind of ="trms">sublimation is the culture-building power of Eros='qstn'>?

in ="ppl">Derrida, ="trms">narcissism is the passage to the Other, and not necessarily merely a collapse into oneself.

auto-="trms">erotic solipsism

باطل کردن طلسم ضمیر the ego appears ='lgc'>[displaced elsewhere in the ="trms">world as an effect='lgc'>] as the result of primary ="trms">narcissism='qstn'>?
(batel kardan-e telesm-e zamir) dispulsion of ego
='strcls'>*ego forms in the ="trms">world='strcls'>* (="ppl">Lippit)

auto-="trms">erotic economy

the ego in the island, finding footprints of the others
(="ppl">Freudian protocols of existence='lgc'>:) there is no ="trms">world, there is only islands. ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> multiplicity of isolations ='lgc'>='lgc'>~-> individuation

“In ="trms">narcissism the ego disappears from the ="trms">world and reappears in the ="trms">imaginary realm of invisible ="trms">interiority.” (="ppl">Lippit)

='lgc'>{the ="trms">erotic attachment to outside objects='lgc'>}='lgc'><='lgc'>--="trms">pervert ='lgc'>=/= ="trms">narcissist='lgc'>='lgc'>-->='lgc'>{withdraw, calls it “instinct for self preservation"='lgc'>} (a shortcut='lgc'>: my way of undering my own ="trms">narcissistic tendencies has been through ="trms">perversity.)

='lgc'>[for ="frds scrmbld">Juan:='lgc'>] (artistic) ="trms">narcissism ='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? fossilization (='lgc'>='lgc'>~->='qstn'>? ="trms">mimesis)

='strcls'>*="trms">mimesis='strcls'>* is not about form
in order to re="trms">present the character of the ="trms">supposed ‘word’ of another
="trms">mimesis ='lgc'>+ ="trms">techne ='lgc'>='lgc'>~= copy (='at'>@="frds scrmbld">Juan)

diegesis ='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? ="trms">mimesis
(telling) ='lgc'>-- (showing)
(recounted) ='lgc'>-- (enacted)
='lgc'>}='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">poiesis _////(actually a useful and necessary ="trms">difference, synthesized by the ="trms">Greeks='lgc'>--="ppl">Plato and ="ppl">Aristotle)
(...and what about the ="trms">question of the medium='qstn'>?)

='strcls'>*="frds scrmbld">Juan's ="trms">relationship with the (in)dependency of the individuated self of the artist='lgc'>--in this case himself='lgc'>--by means of ="trms">mimetic ="trms">techne is to overcome the visual artist's ="trms">narcissism='qstn'>?

(="frds scrmbld">Pierre='lgc'>:) being alone ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">mimesis ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> through ="trms">mimetic ="trms">intra-acting with the other
(="frds">Sina='lgc'>: there is no “being alone” only ‘feeling lonely’ which is itself a form of ="trms">intra-acting ='lgc'>: ="trms">internalizing an external ="trms">phenomena. “loneliness” is a belief that one has.)

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="trms">narcissism as a ="trms">mimetic and performative mode
transindividual ="trms">narcissism ='lgc'>--Maitra='lgc'>='lgc'>--> movement of the subject beyond ethnicity (ethnic formations that the bio-political processes of ="trms">interpellation ="trms">demand of the subject)
remediation of ethnic ="trms">narcissism

='lgc'>[Maitra's queer diasporic ="trms"nttrm="already,spread">reading practice of='lgc'>] (in diaspora media theory) performing an identity (that is “="nms">Iranian” for example)

="large lg3" stl="font-size:111%"> ='strcls'>*="trms">intermedia='strcls'>* (='lgc'>=/= multimedia='lgc'>: fuse disparate media)
frictions between ="trms">different media
conceptual ="trms">interplay between media
space of alchemical transformation
(at the level of) conflict of ="trms">interpretations
radical understanding of ="trms">interdisciplinarity

diaspora='lgc'>: no longer having a clear answer to “where are you from='qstn'>?”

what might we learn from ="trms">narcissism (from ="trms">mimesis)='qstn'>?
mediate and fracture the ="trms">writing of the self

wound='lgc'>: disconnected event
not adding up to a comprehensive ="trms">narrative of the ethnic self

="large lg4" stl="font-size:112%"> ='strcls'>*ego-under-construction='strcls'>*
="ppl">Freud's primary ="trms">narcissism, we ="trms">love ourselves before ="trms">loving others
(for the ="trms">child) ="trms">narcissism='lgc'> = ="trms">intermediate
(secondary) ="trms">narcissism='lgc'>: the processes by which the distinction between the ego and external object is lost
(="ppl">Lacan) loss of distinction between the ego and its reflection in the mirror
='lgc'>='lgc'>--> ="trms">narcissism helps the infant in trying to distinguish himself from the mother/other

="trms">narcissism beyond infantile sexuality ='lgc'>='lgc'>-->
="trms">narcissism='lgc'>: structure (='lgc'>=/= state) ='lgc'><== when the burden of desire on the subject becomes intolerable

(='qstn'>?what are new structures of) artistic ="trms">narcissism
='strcls'>*an occasion to ="trms">erotisize your own body='strcls'>*
to ="trms">erotically emphasize a particular ="trms">memory
stitching together of the naked ethnic body

hupersexuality
...those who are undersexed

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='prcnt'>%note on ="frds scrmbld"nttrm="Alice,Shariati">Alice's workshop='lgc'>:
how ='thdf'>the idea of ="trms">mimesis came when we were not sure what she meant by “make note.” the signifier of “note” defined itself in a collective ="trms">mimetic semi-conscious way.
(='lgc'>=/=='qstn'>? ='mywrk'>my work on how signifiers transmit and transform ='lgc'>='lgc'>--> parasitism, ="trms">rumorology,[...]