Introduction / Naturing Affairs

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Acknowledgements 4
3. Contents 5
4. Preface 9
5. Once Upon the Autonomy of Words 13
6. Introduction / Naturing Affairs 23
7. I. BREEDING
8. Breeding (Natural Poem 1) 43
9. Breeding (Introduction) 45
10. Tókos 61
11. Voluminous Calli 64
12. Swiss Psychotropic Gold 70
13. Sensorium 80
14. Sirens and Organs 85
15. Proteus 90
16. Cloudism 96
17. Being (Three Pieces of Mind) 102
18. A Letter to a Character 105
19. Noise, Clinamen 110
20. Scales as Spectra 112
21. II. BREATHING
22. Breathing (Natural Poem 2) 119
23. Breathing (Introduction) 121
24. A Brief History of Infinite Games (and Worlds) 141
25. Imaginal 145
26. Gardening 147
27. Counter-Dancing 149
28. Foaming 158
29. Object (Three Pieces of Mind) 166
30. Savouring a Viand 170
31. Excavating Information 180
32. Stillness in the System 186
33. Breathless 189
34. Anti-Ekstasis 192
35. What Are Your Responsibilities as Emissary? 196
36. Atlas 200
37. Hand Book 211
38. Artificial Intelligence 226
39. Cogito 232
40. Architectonics 241
41. III. INHABITING
42. Inhabiting (Natural Poem 3) 247
43. Inhabiting (Introduction) 249
44. XWB 268
45. Engines Turn, Or Passengers Swim 277
46. Rose Painting 283
47. Approximations 292
48. Patterns of Activation 298
49. Pulverisation: Paris Hermitage 304
50. The Ignoramus Palace 314
51. A Lobster Quadrille 317
52. Engendering 323
53. A Celebration of Boring Daily Life 327
54. Design as Allegory 333
55. The Mozartian Chemistry 336
56. Thought (Three Pieces of Mind) 342
57. Image Credits 346
58. Biographies 347