Category Archives: Culture

Written on the Body: Difference and Transgression

By Steen | May 2, 2008

My paper for the Cultural Production and Negotiation of Borders conference was accepted today. The abstract is below.
Our bodies define a border between ourselves and the world around us. However we might feel about our body, it is what we present to the world. Victoria L. Blum in her book Flesh Wounds discusses how bodies […]

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Soft Machines and the Design of Perception

By Steen | March 31, 2008

This weekend, I was at a succesful conference in Copenhagen, on the subject of “The Word Becoming Flesh”. It was organized by Circle 4 at Nordisk Sommer Universitet. I’m posting my talk here, after the cut. Right here, however, are the slides.

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Celebrity Pastiche

By Steen | February 26, 2008

It is this relationship between the old and new celebrity icons which is interesting. There is no parodic thrust to any of these shoots, but rather a desire to recreate, perhaps even channel or ressurect, the old icons. Margaret Rose refers to pastiche as reviving things from the past, without parody’s incongruous structure or comic […]

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Essay: Today Repeats the Future

By Steen | April 18, 2007

Stefanie Jenssen from Oslo University contacted my about submitting a piece for the conference Negotiating the Future at Oslo University. I sent her my piece entitled “Today Repeats the Future”, so we’ll see how it goes. I might post it here soon, as well.

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Viral Connectivity: Culture, Society, Technology

By Steen | January 16, 2007

I’ve applied for a Fellowship at Cambridge, funded by Danish brewery Carslberg. We’ll see how it goes. So far, here is the project description I sent them.
The spaces and borders of cultural life are currently breaking down, being transgressed and challenged. No longer can we easily divide our lives into private and public spheres, real […]

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