The Institute of the Mechanical Surround (IMS) is a production studio, a label, and a workspace for experimental collaborations between scholars, musicians, and artists. The…
Mixtape Metaphysics, a Multimedia Installation Exploring Philosophy, Technology, and Religion On View at Modern Art Through Fall 2025 Mixtape Metaphysics is a space of deep…
Introductory remarks on the screening of 2001: A Space Odyssey; or, Communique #7 from the Institute of the Mechanical Surround (11.13.24) <<<<>>>> As co-director of…
Machines in Between is an audio-visual experiment that reimagines our present state of technological saturation. It is part mixtape, surreal performance, and philosophical experiment. Featuring a series…
Miscellany, sundry ephemera, backstories, non-sequiturs from: Neuromatic; or, a particular history of religion and the brain (University of Chicago Press, 2021) ________________________________________________________________________________ Press Play for…
“Marshall McLuhan, Playful Prophet,” Journal of American Religion and Culture (part of a forum on The Religious Situation, 1968) 29:2 (2019): 153-62.
A video lecture produced for CNX 122: Technology! (Fall 2016) Written by John Modern. Directed by Chris Silansky
On 4.20.17, Cory McAbee came to town to deliver his Small Star Seminar. Genius, hilarity, and devastating cultural criticism ensued. Please consider supporting Cory’s…
