Hypersonic Hyperstitions
<p>There used to be supersonics and superstitions. Then hyper came along.</p> <p>Marko Peljhan invited Šum journal to produce a special issue that would accompany his exhibition <em>Here we go again… SYSTEM 317</em> in the Slovenian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The invitation included, among a lot of referential vectors, this short description: “The exhibition will feature a full-scale model of a hypersonic aircraft system and will appropriate, combine and hack actual US, Russian and Chinese blueprints. The cockpit will be done in the style of a West Coast lowrider … how to light a match and keep it lit during a hurricane.”</p> <p>Šum in turn approached theory-fiction and hard sci-fi, that is, mobilized their agents, to provide overlaps with Peljhan’s exhibition and his work in general.</p> <p>War. Evolution. Tech. Escape/Exit. The Arctic.</p> <p>Conversion/Convergence. Transpiercement. Surrationality. Shadow-subsuming. Intelligent Battlespace. UGO.</p> <p>Godspeed.</p>
Issue Executive Editor: Marko Bauer
Issue Managing Editor: Andrej Škufca
Issue Associate Editor: Miroslav Griško, Tjaša Pogačar, Andrej Tomaži
Issue Concept: Marko Peljhan
Contributors: Edmund Berger, Miroslav Griško, Manabrata Guha, Primož Krašovec, Reza Negarestani, Luciana Parisi, Kevin Rogan, Andrej Tomažin, Peter Watts
Editors: Izidor Barši, Robert Bobnič, Kaja Kraner, Voranc Kumar, Tjaša Pogačar, Andrej Škufca
Designer: Juan Manuel Escalante, Mina Fina
Proofreader: Miha Šuštar, Michael C. Jumic
Društvo Galerija Boks, MG+MSUM, Projekt Atol
Part of: Šum
ISBN: 25362194
ISSN: 2536-2194