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23January 2021 The ICA is set to present a virtual event honouring the late cultural theorist and writer Mark Fisher. Arriving in the wake of the recent book release, Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures of Mark Fisher, the event will see five artists and musicians respond to themes and questions that arise in Fisher’s later work. The event isn’t the first of its kind. An ongoing series in tribute to Fisher – titled For k-punk, in reference to his online alias – began in 2018, as an afterparty for the Mark Fisher Memorial Lecture at Goldsmiths. This year, however, it premieres online as a way for people to “share time when they cannot share space”. ....
Christian Eede , January 20th, 2021 16:55 Oneohtrix Point Never is among the artists contributing work to the virtual event The ICA has commissioned a virtual event honouring late theorist and writer Mark Fisher. For the latest incarnation of an ongoing series of For k-punk events in Fisher s memory, five artists and musicians have been invited to create work responding to the themes of Fisher s final lectures. It s taking place in the wake of the recent release by Repeater Books of Curated by Goldsmiths, University of London s Natasha Eves and writer Matt Colquhoun, For k-punk will include artistic contributions from Oneohtrix Point Never, Tim Lawrence, Time Is Away, INCURSIONS and Iceboy Violet. ....