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URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/the-serving-library-liverpool-bi
 ennial-2018-the-fabric-of-the-planetary-surface-jussi-parikka/
SUMMARY:The Serving Library: The Serving Library: Liverpool Biennial 2018: 
 The Fabric of the Planetary Surface – Jussi Parikka
DESCRIPTION:The Fabric of the Planetary Surface – Jussi Parikka\n\nA talk
  by Jussi Parikka (Professor of Technological Culture and Aesthetics\, Uni
 versity of Southampton\, UK\, and Docent of Digital Culture Theory\, Unive
 rsity of Turku\, Finland) curated by The Serving Library in partnership w
 ith LJMU’s Exhibition Research Lab for Liverpool Biennial 2018\n\nHow d
 o we address the ebbs and flows of media culture on a global scale? This t
 alk will address those planetary infrastructures that deliver beautiful th
 ings – namely\, the factories\, production facilities\, routes\, network
 s and logistics that make up the fashion industry. Parikka will consider t
 he global character of the textile industry via Unravelled\, a recent vid
 eo-installation by the nomadic\, design research studio Unknown Fields Div
 ision. The installation is based on recent expeditions to India and Bangla
 desh and depicts the ‘planetary conveyor belt’ of contemporary fashion
 .\n\nJussi Parikka (b.1976) is Professor in Technological Culture &amp\; A
 esthetics at the Winchester School of Art (University of Southampton) and 
 Docent of Digital Culture Theory at the University of Turku\, Finland. His
  work has addressed a wide range of topics contributing to a critical unde
 rstanding of network culture\, aesthetics\, and media archaeology of conte
 mporary society. His books include the media ecology trilogy Digital Cont
 agions (2007 and 2016)\, the award-winning Insect Media (2010) and most
  recently\, A Geology of Media (2015)\, which addresses the environmenta
 l contexts of technical media culture.\n\nJoin us from 6pm for drinks and 
 conversation ahead of a prompt 6.30pm start.\n\nThis event is part of the 
 public programme for Liverpool Biennial 2018\, which includes a series of
  talks by leading thinkers and artists in response to the question Beauti
 ful world\, where are you?
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LOCATION:The Serving Library\, Exhibition Research Lab\, Liverpool John Moo
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