Tag Archives: Burroughs

Synchronistic Linguistics in the Matrix

By reckon | Published: December 30, 2008
As I write this on the night of April 25th, 1999, a film called The Matrix is number one at the box office. Though by no means a perfect science fiction movie, it still manages to pack one hell of a wallop. I'd hardly put it on the same scale as 2001: A Space Odyssey or Brazil, or even Blade Runner, but at the same time I don't believe the flaws in the film represent a weakness on the part of the Wachowski Brothers' writing talents. I believe the film is designed to disseminate a subversive message through the filter of popular culture. As Marshall McLuhan said, "Anything that's popular is a rear-view image." The Matrix is not about the future, it's about the past.
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Brion Gysin: Calligraffiti of Fire

By reckon | Published: December 12, 2008
Brion Gysin at October Gallery 11 December 2008 - 7 February 2009
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William S. Burroughs Collage Collection

By reckon | Published: August 18, 2008
The photo collage is a way to travel that must be used with skill and precision if we are to arrive [...] The collage as a flexible hieroglyph language of juxtaposition:  A collage makes a statement. – William S. Burroughs (1962) via Burroughs Photo-Collage Archive
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