Mikkel Rørbo
Mikkel Rørbo is an interdisciplinary researcher and, sometimes, artist and curator. He is currently a PhD candidate at the Peter Weibel Research Institute for Digital Cultures and holds degrees in philosophy and cultural studies from University of Copenhagen. His work focuses on the philosophical dimensions of living with machine intelligences and speculative methods for critical engagement with emerging technologies. As an artist and curator, he has performed, released and exhibited internationally as well as collaborated with institutions, festivals and art spaces. He has written about and presented work on technology, philosophy and contemporary experiments in music.
Contact
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Email: mikkel.rorbo[at]uni-ak.ac.at
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- title
- Deterritorializing the Digital Occult
- type
- Speech
- keywords
- Digital Cultures, Occultism, Esotericism, Sigils, Philosophy, Conspirituality, Memes
- texts
- Abstract
- Considering the increasing importance of the digital sphere in contemporary occult and esoteric practices, this paper explores the interplay of virality and hype as activated in the disruption of cyberspace and the physical world. We consider the dissemination tactics of #BRG (Based Retard Gang) and DKMU that, despite different beliefs and frameworks, make use of similar tactics and approaches to interactions with digital cultures: incorporation of pop culture references, visual cues, transversing classic hermetic demarcations and emphasizing the generation of a primarily online-mediated community. We ask what media-specific visual tactics can be found in contemporary esoteric practice as exemplified by #BRG and DKMU and whether they present an elaboration of classic esoterica?
- lecturers
- Mikkel Rørbo, Sophie Publig
- title of event
- Esotericism in Global Visual Culture
- organisers/management
- Faxneld, Per, Noheden, Kristoffer
- date, time and location
- date
- 2024-10-05 - 2024-10-06
- location
- University of Tokyo, Bunkyō, Tokyo, Bunkyo, Japan
- location description
- Faculty of Law and Letters
