UF13 SPECULATIVE SOLUTION

Urbanomic commissioned Florian Hecker to make a new work exploring themes from philosopher Quentin Meillassoux's book After Finitude.

The commission takes the form of a sound piece with additional non-sonic elements. A preview performance took place on 3rd September 2010 at Urbanomic's Late at Tate: The Real Thing event at Tate Britain in September 2010.

A further developed version of Speculative Solution was performed at INSTAL in Glasgow, Friday 12 - Sunday 14th November 2010.

Further performances took place on 30th April 2011 at the Graham Foundation, Chicago, and at Documenta 13 in Kassel, 10 September 2012.

[Photograph: Peter Derbsch]

A special CD edition (available in our online store) was released by Editions Mego in April 2011 (catalogue no. eMEGO 118). The release includes a bilingual (French/English) book produced by Urbanomic and featuring the following texts:
Robin Mackay: This is This
Quentin Meillassoux: Metaphysics and Extro-Science Fiction
Elie Ayache: The Real Future

Commission supported by The Elephant Trust.

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Current/Forthcoming

UF24 04 03 13 SPECULATIVE AESTHETICS ROUNDTABLE
Research roundtable addressing open questions regarding the relation between aesthetics and new forms of philosophical realism

UF23 24 02 13 FINAL MACHINE
Launch event and panel discussion for Amanda Beech's Final Machine

Past

UF22 20 11 12 THE DEGROWTH OF PHILOSOPHY: FOR A GENERIC ECOLOGY
Lecture by François Laruelle

UF21 18 11 12 ABDUCTING THE OUTSIDE: MODERNITY AND THE CULTURE OF ACCELERATION
Lecture by Reza Negarestani

UF20 15 11 12 THE NON-TRIVIAL GOAT AND THE CLIFFS OF THE UNIVERSAL
Performance in New York with Florian Hecker and Reza Negarestani.

UF19 11 07 12 SIMULATION, EXERCISE, OPERATIONS

UF18 19 05 12 EXTRACTION AND ITS COMPLICATIONS

UF17 06 05 12 THE COUP DE DÉS, OR THE MATERIALIST DIVINIZATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS

UF15 18 01 11 NON-PHILOSOPHY, NON-PHOTOGRAPHY

UF13 01 11 10 SPECULATIVE SOLUTION

UF14 19 01 11 THE MEDIUM OF CONTINGENCY

UF12 03 09 10 LATE AT TATE: THE REAL THING