McKenzie Wark: On ‘Molecular Red’, in collaboration with Existenz Forlag
av Karmaklubb*
On its 10th anniversary, Existenz Forlag will publish a Norwegian translation of McKenzie Wark’s visionary book, ‘Molecular Red: A Theory for the Anthropocene’ (2015). As a preamble, we invite you to revisit this classic of contemporary theory with the author, exploring it within the wider context of her work, including conceptual critiques such as ‘A Hacker Manifesto’ (2004) and ‘Gamer Theory’ (2007). A revival of half-forgotten Soviet thinkers like Platonov and Bogdanov, ‘Molecular Red’ is truly what the latter would call a ‘Science of the Future’, including lost futures and futures to be revived in radical and Martian red science fiction—as well as in a very real politics for a perturbed Planetary Age. Celebrated by critical theorists like Žižek and Haraway, as well as by the Californian climate fiction author Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Molecular Red’ opens up a vista for rethinking the Anthropocene in the light of the possible futures of our recent past. As Wark revisits her seminal book and the questions of utopias and dystopias and their role in culture wars, she will also discuss it in the context of recent writings and world events in conversation with
Remi Nilsen, Editor-in-Chief of ‘Le Monde diplomatique’.
Introduction by Karmaklubb* and Lars Holm-Hansen of Existenz Forlag. 🎟️ FREE! ID: 20. Language: English. The venue is accessible. Location: Pilestredet 24.
Due to limited capacity, please arrive early to secure your spot <3 Please reach out if you have any further questions or concerns regarding the events, and we will do our best to assist and solve it.
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Since 2018, Karmaklubb* has organized several international discursive events, screenings, artist presentations, facilitated artistic and theoretical research as well as published texts focusing on spaces—physically, virtual, hybrid—that allows senses of freedom; where hierarchies dissolve and categories vanish, for something else to form. There are many keys: Art can be one, clubbing too, or writing. Our first encounter was with American artist Tony Cokes’ video work ‘Mikrohaus, or the black atlantic?’ (2018), while one of the most recent outcomes: a week-long festival with Australian thinker and writer McKenzie Wark, taking place at Trekanten, Det Norske Teatret, and MUNCH, followed by a celebration at Black Box teater, Oslo.
Acknowledgements: This series of events has been made possible through the collaboration with McKenzie Wark; PRAKSIS; Anders Dunker and Existenz Forlag, Oslo; ONLY SLIME and Det Norske Teatret; MUNCH and MUNCH Triennale 2025: Almost Unreal; Trekanten, Oslo; Black Box teater, Oslo; Tronsmo bøker & tegneserier, Oslo, and all Partners and Artists involved in the individual events. We are grateful for the support from Arts and Culture Norway (Kulturdirektoratet); Agency for Cultural Affairs, City of Oslo (Kulturetaten, Oslo kommune); The Royal Norwegian Consulate General, New York, NY, USA / The Ministry of Foreign Affairs; The Fritt Ord Foundation / Stiftelsen Fritt Ord; MUNCH, Oslo, and Det Norske Teatret, Oslo.
Photos by Z Walsh. Courtesy of McKenzie Wark.
Sted
TrekantenPilestredet 24
0165 Oslo