Posts tagged with ‘alchemy’

  • Technoculture
    5 min

    The Play-Doh of the Future, Here Today

    The Soft Machine of Gak

    The Soft Machine of Gak

    A glossy, violet glop is oozing through Magda Gross's 10-year-old fingers. "It feels like clams," Magda says, holding a pendulous glob over a nearby minirecorder. "It doesn't drip that easily." With the air of a fifth-grade science whiz, she pads the clammy goo together and holds it next to my Sony. "Let's see what it sounds like," she says, shoving her fingers into the synthetic sludge. "Here's the music!" Ffflarrpptt. The source of the emission was not Magda's intestinal tract...
  • Quotes

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    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    There is a difference between psychedelic experiences and psychedelic people

    A glossy, violet glop is oozing through Magda Gross's 10-year-old fingers. "It feels like clams," Magda says, holding a pendulous glob over a nearby minirecorder. "It doesn't drip that easily." With the air of a fifth-grade science whiz, she pads the clammy goo together and holds it next to my Sony. "Let's see what it sounds like," she says, shoving her fingers into the synthetic sludge. "Here's the music!" Ffflarrpptt. The source of the emission was not Magda's intestinal tract...
  • Quotes

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    But what if the medium is the message?

    But what if the medium is the message?

    A glossy, violet glop is oozing through Magda Gross's 10-year-old fingers. "It feels like clams," Magda says, holding a pendulous glob over a nearby minirecorder. "It doesn't drip that easily." With the air of a fifth-grade science whiz, she pads the clammy goo together and holds it next to my Sony. "Let's see what it sounds like," she says, shoving her fingers into the synthetic sludge. "Here's the music!" Ffflarrpptt. The source of the emission was not Magda's intestinal tract...
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    Quote 4

    It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment

    It is too close, too far-out, its sacred transmissions too muddled with the scandalous grit of its concrete historical unfoldment

    A glossy, violet glop is oozing through Magda Gross's 10-year-old fingers. "It feels like clams," Magda says, holding a pendulous glob over a nearby minirecorder. "It doesn't drip that easily." With the air of a fifth-grade science whiz, she pads the clammy goo together and holds it next to my Sony. "Let's see what it sounds like," she says, shoving her fingers into the synthetic sludge. "Here's the music!" Ffflarrpptt. The source of the emission was not Magda's intestinal tract...
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    Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?

    Terminal. What other journey, you might ask, begins at the end?

    A glossy, violet glop is oozing through Magda Gross's 10-year-old fingers. "It feels like clams," Magda says, holding a pendulous glob over a nearby minirecorder. "It doesn't drip that easily." With the air of a fifth-grade science whiz, she pads the clammy goo together and holds it next to my Sony. "Let's see what it sounds like," she says, shoving her fingers into the synthetic sludge. "Here's the music!" Ffflarrpptt. The source of the emission was not Magda's intestinal tract...
  • Quotes

    Quote 3

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    “Messages from beyond” are forms of information, and information is a trickster

    A glossy, violet glop is oozing through Magda Gross's 10-year-old fingers. "It feels like clams," Magda says, holding a pendulous glob over a nearby minirecorder. "It doesn't drip that easily." With the air of a fifth-grade science whiz, she pads the clammy goo together and holds it next to my Sony. "Let's see what it sounds like," she says, shoving her fingers into the synthetic sludge. "Here's the music!" Ffflarrpptt. The source of the emission was not Magda's intestinal tract...