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Disintegrator
What does it mean to be human in an age where experience and behavior are mediated and regulated by algorithms? The Disintegrator Podcast is a limited series exploring how Artificial Intelligence affects who we are and how we express ourselves.
Join Roberto Alonso Trillo, Marek Poliks, and Helena McFadzean as they speak to the artists, philosophers, scientists, and social theorists at the forefront of human-AI relations.
Disintegrator is produced by Rubén Bañuelos.
Episodes
Disintegrator52. Cognitive Futures (w/ Metahaven)
We’re joined by Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden of Metahaven, the Amsterdam design and film studio. In some part we're here to talk about their new book…
Disintegrator51. Worlds (w/ Federico Campagna)
Sorry this took so long we published a major whitepaper and went on tour ok???? But we've got a ton in the chamber we're back we're so back thanks for your…
Disintegrator50. The Infinite Company (w/ Dave Wright and Brian Solis)
We're incredibly honored to be joined by Dave Wright, Chief Innovation Officer at ServiceNow, and Brian Solis, ServiceNow's Head of Global Innovation, digital…
Disintegrator49. Garden (w/ Anna Greenspan)
We're joined by Anna Greenspan: philosopher, Associate Professor at NYU Shanghai, where she co-directs the Center for AI and Culture, and author of Shanghai…
Disintegrator48. Indifference Engine (w/ Wassim Alsindi & Paul Dylan-Ennis)
We're joined by Paul Dylan-Ennis and Wassim Alsindi, two of crypto's sharpest in-house critics, who arrived at the same place from opposite directions. Paul is…
Disintegrator47. Invocation (w/ E. Elias Merhige and Gavin Gamboa)
E. Elias Merhige is the experimental filmmaker behind Begotten (1989) and its sequels Din of Celestial Birds (2006) and Polia & Blastema: A Cosmic Opera…
Disintegrator46. Building Doors (w/ Yancey Strickler)
We're joined by Yancey Strickler: writer, cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, and the person behind a string of projects that try to give creative life a…
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[LIVE AT INDEX] The Datacenter Does Not Exist (Q&A w/ Dena Yago)
Disintegrator's spring tour lecture, love to watch this continue to unfold in real life. Thanks to Index, Montez Radio, Hugh, Elie, the Disintegrator team and…
Disintegrator[NECROLECTURE] The Excarnated Angel: On AI and the Impossibility of Touch
Marek solo ep. To be released on Nuda Mag <3 later this year in text form. Piece starts like 17 minutes in hahaha.
Disintegrator45. El Apocalipsis Ya Está Aquí (w/ no.investigues)
This episode is entirely in Spanish. English translation is here: https://marekpoliks.com/noinvestigues_transcript. We are delighted to be joined by the…
Disintegrator44. The Grid (w/ Molly Taft)
Molly Taft, Senior Writer at Wired, joins us to talk datacenters, AI, US power infrastructure, and big energy. You've almost definitely read her work…
Disintegrator43. The Soft (w/ Laura Tripaldi)
We're joined by Laura Tripaldi: material scientist, writer, and researcher at the Center for AI and Culture at NYU Shanghai. You probably know her from…
DisintegratorThe Teachings of Salesforce Child
Salesforce Child is our favorite artist. More here and on her instagram @salesforcechild. We're on TOUR see us: NY Sat 3/7: https://luma.com/k3ffx3ze YALE Sun…
DisintegratorLONGUE DURÉE II Pt. 2 (w/ Rosi Braidotti)
We're joined by Rosi Braidotti, Distinguished University Professor Emerita at Utrecht University and founding director of the Centre for the Humanities, for a…
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LONGUE DURÉE II Pt. 1 (w/ N. Katherine Hayles)
We're joined by N. Katherine Hayles, Distinguished Research Professor in English at UCLA, to think through cognition in the broadest and most scaled sense…
Disintegrator42. The Cut (w/ M. Beatrice Fazi, Alexander Galloway, Matthew Handelman, and Leif Weatherby)
We're joined by the four authors of *Digital Theory* — M. Beatrice Fazi, Alexander R. Galloway, Matthew Handelman, and Leif Weatherby — for a roundtable on…
DisintegratorHOTHOUSE 2: Evidence (w/ Forensic Architecture's Júlia Nueno Guitart)
This episode continues our collaboration with Hothouse: The Future of Demonstration, a renegade lab for democracy convened in Vienna, and extends our ongoing…
Disintegrator41. Tactics (w/ Bogna Konior)
We're joined by Bogna Konior, one of the most incisive thinkers of AI on the planet. Konior is a media theorist, scholar of emerging technologies, and author…
Disintegrator40. Liturgy (w/ Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix)
We're joined by Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, composer, philosopher, and force behind Liturgy, whose concept of transcendental black metal has redrawn the boundaries…
Disintegrator39. Dissociation (w/ McKenzie Wark)
We're so so so honored to be joined by McKenzie Wark, the writer, theorist, and unmissable figure in the development of critical thought around information…
DisintegratorHito Steyerl & Simon Denny on Exocapitalism
Two of the most important artists of the 21st century help us tease through the implications of our book.
DisintegratorΠάμε Βενετία! (w/ Becoming Press)
A transmission from Becoming Press' Πάμε Βενετία! conference in Venice this past September. Contributions in order from: Palais Sinclaire Lucas Ferraço Nassif…
DisintegratorHOTHOUSE: The Future of Demonstration (w/ Sylvia Eckermann & Gerald Nestler)
Welcome to the first episode of Hothouse, a limited series exploring experimental forms of demonstration, resistance, and civic imagination. Produced in…
Disintegrator38. Natural Language (w/ Leif Weatherby)
We’re joined by Leif Weatherby, associate professor at NYU, founding director of the Digital Theory Lab, and author of the new Language Machines: Cultural AI…
Disintegrator37. Center (w/ Mohammad Salemy)
We're joined by Mohammad Salemy, organizer and facilitator of the New Centre for Research and Practice, fierce critic, social media (@inhumansofberlin)…
Disintegrator36. Violence (w/ Fred Moten and Stefano Harney)
We’re joined by Fred Moten and Stefano Harney — co-conspirators of The Undercommons — to think with us about AI, study, and brutality, and the long histories…
Disintegrator35. The Pre-Individual (w/ Ramon Amaro)
We’re joined by Ramon Amaro, Creative Director of Design Academy Eindhoven — an engineer, philosopher, writer, curator, and altogether…
Disintegrator34. Spirit (w/ Catherine Malabou)
We couldn't be more honored to have Catherine Malabou on the pod, a serious inspiration for all of us. This episode covers so much, moving from AI to education…
Disintegrator**EXOCAPITALISM** (w. Charles Mudede & Becoming Press)
Charles Mudede & Claire from Becoming Press sit down to discuss Exocapitalism: Economies w/ Absolutely No Limits! Charles Mudede is an author, critic…
Disintegrator33. After Us (w/ Émile P. Torres)
We're back to our regularly-scheduled Disintegrator programming! We've been hard at work on our book (buy it, wtf!) but have a number of killer episodes queued…
DisintegratorVESPERS Pt. 2 (w/ Millaze)
CW: eating disorders are discussed a few times in this episode. Vespers is a limited series within Disintegrator that focuses on the creative feedback loops…
DisintegratorVESPERS Pt. 1 (w/ RayonBase)
Vespers is a limited series within Disintegrator that focuses on the creative feedback loops between music and social media. It follows from the Nobody Listens…
Disintegrator32. I Put a Post on You (w/ Dana Dawud, feat. Open Secret)
Artist and curator Dana Dawud joins Disintegrator to talk about Open Secret, her touring platform for internet cinema, and her evolving film series Monad. We…
Disintegrator31. Incarnation (w/ Pete Wolfendale)
We’re joined by philosopher Peter Wolfendale — a singular voice in contemporary theory, known for his work on autonomy and the metaphysics of cognition. In…
DisintegratorLONGUE DURÉE Pt. 2 (w/ Timothy Morton)
CW: There is some brief discussion of abusive familial relationships at several points within this episode. Two titanic figures in contemporary theory join us…
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LONGUE DURÉE Pt. 1 (w/ Ray Brassier)
Two titanic figures in contemporary theory join us for two separate and strongly divergent episodes on the status of revolutionary thought in political…
Disintegrator28. Imperative Pythagoreanism (w/ Giuseppe Longo)
It’s such an honor to welcome Giuseppe Longo to the pod! Professor Giuseppe Longo is the Research Director Emeritus at Centre National de la Recherche…
Disintegrator27. Critique as Commodity (w/ Morgane Billuart)
We’re on with Morgane Billuart, a writer and artist and a researcher whose work engages critically with technologically mediated and determined worlds — not…
Disintegrator26. The Great Outdoors (w/ Gordon White)
Gordon White is a chaos magician, shamanic practitioner, and permaculture designer based in Tasmania. He podcasts and teaches through the vehicle of Rune Soup…
Disintegrator25. CRIT (w/ Avocado Ibuprofen)
You already follow @avocado_ibuprofen. His memes IV-ed into the arm of the artworld, circulating through the DMs; they are acidic and thereaputic, they throw…
Disintegrator24. A Girl is a Gun (w/ Alex Quicho)
Few people have done more to define the contemporary media theory landscape than Alex Quicho @amfq, an indefinable thinker and artist and intellectual force…
Disintegrator[Superlecture]: Nobody Listens to Music Anymore (Marek)
On finishing the project of music, on TikTokCore and SpotifyCore, on music as cosplay and the technicity of cultural imperialism, on the bureaucratic turn in…
Disintegrator23. The Club (w/ Li Zhenhua)
No notes, pure vivid realness and realism. Li Zhenhua is a major force in the art world, especially in film. A tone poem from Torino. Marek's favorite episode.
Disintegrator22. Janky (w/ Daniel Felstead and Jenn Leung)
Two of our discourse besties from UAL's Fashion Media Practice & Criticism -- experiential designers Daniel Felstead and Jenn Leung -- join us to talk Janky…
Disintegrator21. LIFE (w/ Blaise Agüera y Arcas)
Blaise Agüera y Arcas is one of most important people in AI, and apart from his leadership position as CTO of Technology & Society at Google, he has one of…
Disintegrator20. Low-Power Mode (w/ Tega Brain)
A very warm welcome to Helena McFadzean, who is joining the Disintegrator wrecking crew. This week’s episode features one of our favorite artists, Tega Brain…
Disintegrator19. Anamnesis & Prosthetic Imagination (w/ Jonathan Impett)
Here’s a gem from our archive, a recording with Jonathan Impett — Director of Research at the Orpheus Instituut. Impett has had a MAJOR impact on Roberto and…
Disintegrator18. What is a World? (w/ Patricia Reed)
Majorly excited to have Patricia Reed on the pod. This is a beefy episode! If I was looking for a major reset in my relationship to the world around me, I'd…
Disintegrator17. Computation is Computation (w/ M. Beatrice Fazi)
This episode features one of our most anticipated guests: M. Beatrice Fazi. M. Beatrice Fazi is a philosopher working in philosophy of computation, philosophy…
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16. Sh*tshow Theory (w/ Mattin & Inigo Wilkins)
BACK with some of the world's foremost experts on NOISE: Mattin & Inigo Wilkins. Relevant links include: The Noise Research Union (NRU) which involves both…
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15. Systems (w/ Georgina Voss)
In this episode, Georgina Voss helps Roberto and Marek kick off on a journey to think about the relationship between human agency and political scale…
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[Hyperlecture] Marek & Roberto: Non-Player Dynamics: Agency Fetish in Game-World
Youtube for the full experience + Q&A. In the pod, I say to just listen to the audio, but honestly the video is really really fire. Lecture given to our…
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14. Deathcare for the End of the World (w/ Patricia MacCormack)
This one is deep so see tons of explanatory resources below. The philosophy talk turns to political talk (easier to grok) after about 15 minutes, but the…
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12. Piles (w/ Alex Reisner)
Alex Reisner's writing in the Atlantic is some of the best investigative coverage of Large Language Models out there. In this episode, we talk through the…
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11. Reinventing the Surface (w/ Refik Anadol)
Refik Anadol, and by extension Refik Anadol Studio, is one of the most visible, if not the most visible, artists working with large models today. His work is…
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10. Voice (w/ Jennifer Walshe)
Jennifer Walshe is one of the coolest people we know. Her artistic work and thought has broken our brains for years, leaving us shipwrecked in its torrential…
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[Bonus] Non-Player Dynamics (Teaser)
Go here for more information about the upcoming talk that Roberto and Marek are doing Sunday, March 10, at 10AM Pacific. It's virtual, so come join us!!!
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9. Alignment (w/ Benjamin Bratton)
Benjamin Bratton writes about world-spanning intelligences, grinding geopolitical tectonics, “accidental megastructures” of geotechnical cruft, the…