My first webinar in the OCCULTURE lecture series (“The occultural methods and mutations of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth/TOPY”) was a great success and made me feel very inspired about the forthcoming ones. Thank you, everyone who attended! I will announce the next webinar very shortly. And I will make the TOPY lecture available at Vimeo On Demand soon too. My book Occulture – the hidden forces that drive culture forward can be pre-ordered right HERE!
The following text constitutes the foreword to my upcoming book An Art Apart. It’s been a long and winding road through different media but now it’s all on course and quite soon docking in the harbour of your mind (I hope). An Art Apart In early 2013, I was sitting in a hotel room in Tallinn, Estonia, staring at an insanely ugly orange coloured wall. I was there to supervise the printing of an art book, feeling quite miserable. The book didn’t interest me at all and yet I had promised to deal with it. The printing, of course, did not go well. What to do? Dive into escapism, of course! Any excuse I could find to distract myself was more than welcome. The closest thing at hand was a small point and shoot camera that I’d borrowed from my daughter. Ugly wallpaper, ugly fridge, ugly bed, snap, snap, snap… After that, I was so bored I decided to try and shoot some video of myself. Boredom-infused narcissism! After a moment of hesitation and embarrassing silence I started...
I’m entering the webinar sphere and hope that you want to join me! In awaiting the release of my book Occulture – the Hidden Forces that Drive Culture Forward (Inner Traditions, March 2018), I will present a series of webinars focusing on that endlessly fascinating subject: Occulture. The first focus will be TOPY. The occultural methods and mutations of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) have left a legacy that continues to inspire. In this talk, I look back at my time working (1986-1991) with TOPYSCAN and TOPY Europe in collaboration with TOPYUK and TOPYUS. It was a magical, ultra-creative time that taught me many things as well as allowed me to share my own findings with others. TOPY was a unique experiment in occulture, and one that still resonates today. Join me for an illuminating ride through sigil magic, roto-rites, underground publishing, recording the album AT STOCKHOLM with Genesis P-Orridge, and experimental erotic video work with international...
I’m entering the webinar sphere and hope that you want to join me! In awaiting the release of my book Occulture – the Hidden Forces that Drive Culture Forward (Inner Traditions, March 2018), I will present a series of webinars focusing on that endlessly fascinating subject: Occulture. The first focus will be TOPY. The occultural methods and mutations of Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth (TOPY) have left a legacy that continues to inspire. In this talk, I look back at my time working (1986-1991) with TOPYSCAN and TOPY Europe in collaboration with TOPYUK and TOPYUS. It was a magical, ultra-creative time that taught me many things as well as allowed me to share my own findings with others. TOPY was a unique experiment in occulture, and one that still resonates today. Join me for an illuminating ride through sigil magic, roto-rites, underground publishing, recording the album AT STOCKHOLM with Genesis P-Orridge, and experimental erotic video work with international...