La plus forte cause d’aliénation dans le monde contemporain réside dans cette méconnaissance de la machine, qui n’est pas une aliénation causée par la machine, mais par la non-connaissance de sa nature et de son essence, par son absence du monde des significations, et par son omission dans la table des valeurs et des concepts faisant partie de la culture.
“The most powerful cause of alienation in the world of today is based on misunderstanding of the machine. The alienation in question is not caused by the machine but by a failure to come to an understanding of the nature and essence of the machine, by the absence of the machine from the world of meanings, and by its omission from the table of values and concepts that are an integral part of culture.”
Gilbert Simondon
“Du Mode d’Existence Des Objets Techniques”
Aubier/Montaigne, Paris, 1958
English translation by Ninian Mellamphy
『今年4月，孙一舟带两位韩国朋友去鬼大爷家的胡同小院，我也一起去。在那个带露台的工作室，我被房间里的声音迷住了。』
"In April this year, Sun Yizhou brought two Korean friends to Guibog’s courtyard house in the hutongs; I came along as well. In his workshop, which on one side opens onto a terrace, I was captivated by the sounds occurring in the room."
(Introductory text by Zhu Wenbo tr. by John Wilton)
1. a device used in KTVs to inflict pain on your friends' ears
2. a thin membrane separating the real world from the electronic world, similar to the cochlea
3. a person whose name is Michel or Michael (e.g. Mic Jackson, Mic Angelo)
/guibog aka 鬼大爷
for Soniferous
~ email: guibog@gmail.com
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