The instrumentarium of Prof. Kittler

© Isabell Schrickel 2013

Lecture-performance and talk with Sebastian Döring, Paul Feigelfeld, Jussi Parikka, Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag

Following Kittlers circuits and codes, operating with and against him, having an encounter with Nietzsche and going beyond Foucault, we are not just simply undertaking a vivisecion of the modular synthesizer the media philosopher constructed during the 80’s. – By means of thinking and composing we are conducting philology, exegesis, epistemology with the residues.

apparatus operandi is conceptual art project by Jan-Peter E.R. Sonntag in various formats. The project investigates the power of apparatuses to generate perception. The arguments are derived from media archeology, history, combined with sensual perception. In terms of hardware, the project rejects matters of substance as obsolete and is more interested in procedural behaviour. apparatus operandi offers a critique of outdated institutions that still reign our performatives because of their tendency to render inert.
Sebastian Döring triggers and reflects the rhetorical, structural, and dispositive aspects the project focuses on.
Paul Feigelfeld opens up the field through the presentation of his research to the source code of Kittler. Joined by the media archeologist Jussi Parikka the discussion addresses issues of archiving, institutions and the user.

http://www.transmediale.de/content/sources-synths-circuits-instrumentarium-prof-kittler

Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Theatersaal), B-Mitte, February 2nd, 2013, 9.30 pm – 11 pm.