 
Cosmic Pessimism
Eugene Thacker
A performed lecture concerned with Renaissance occult (musical) thinkers of the cosmic who put forward the notion of the “disharmony of the world”
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A performed lecture concerned with Renaissance occult (musical) thinkers of the cosmic who put forward the notion of the “disharmony of the world”
 
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Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a remote sea cave near Durness.
 
Robin Hayward – exploring the micro-sounds of a tuba, filling slowly with sand.
 
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