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Certainly, in erotic life there are different kinds of fantasies. In the readymade fantasy, the object of my desire is fully substitutable and who my partner really is leaves is […]

The main group, DIYBio.org – is an organisation of more than 2000 members across 30 countries, with most of their equipment being simple and easily mistaken for kitchen utensils, while […]

This turn, from the escabeau to the marketplace, was prefigured by Lacan in his conceptualization of the lathouse in Seminar XVII.2 In 1970, Lacan rightly placed these tiny little objects […]

Anohni performed underneath a large-scale video portrait installation. The video, in crystal-clear resolution, towered above the blank figure of the performer on stage. On the screen, the audience watched a […]

Over the decades of his career however, whilst the motif remains, something changed in emphasis. His 2013 shop window displays for Louis Vuitton emphasised a tie between Vuitton and Buren […]

On the other hand, we have the advances of technology and electronic devices that tend to eliminate body contact as much as possible – from texting, e-mailing, dating apps to […]

The etymology of the word “comedy”, is known to have two origins: a)”komos+odi”(crowd + song), which means the song of the boisterous crowd. b)”komi+odi”(peasants + song), which means the song […]

In the 1940s and 50s Lacan was of course fascinated by the new science of cybernetics and information theory, referencing Claude Shannon and Norburt Wiener among others. Turing is not […]

Belgian policy makers and health insurers are concerned about this proliferating consumption and its negative impact on the overall budget for healthcare. To stop the proliferation, it is now believed […]

It is interesting to note that just one day later, the film The Big Short was competing in the best picture category. The story is based on a true story […]