{"product_id":"9781907222535","title":"The Space Oracle","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHollings, Ken\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStrange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA radical retelling of our relationship with the cosmos, reinventing the history of astronomy as a new form of astrological calendar.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAstronomy is another form of cinema. Time is fragmented and extended. Matter becomes light in motion. The camera remains fixed, looking outwards into the darkness, while the earth moves beneath our feet.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA carefully constructed text in sixty numbered sections, \u003ci\u003eThe Space Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e reinvents the history of astronomy as a new form of astrological calendar. This radical retelling of our relationship with the cosmos reaches back to places and times when astronomers were treated as artists or priests, to when popes took part in astral rites and the common people feared eclipses and comets as portents of disaster. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePanoramic and encyclopedic in its scope, \u003ci\u003eThe Space Oracle\u003c\/i\u003e brings astronauts and spies, engineers and soldiers, goddesses and satellites into alignment with speculative insights and everyday observations. The universe, Hollings argues, is a work in progress—enjoy it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eKen Hollings is a writer, broadcaster, and cultural theorist based in London. He has given readings, lectures and presentations of his work at the Royal Institution, the Berlin Akademie der Künste, the Venice Biennale, Tate Britain and the Royal College of Art, where he currently teaches. His previous two books, \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Mars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e are published by Strange Attractor Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ken Hollings is a master at connecting the dots between avant-garde art history, outré culture and weird science.” \u003cbr\u003e—David Pescovitz, \u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Strange Attractor Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43406588936447,"sku":"9781907222535","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781907222535_s600x595.jpg?v=1782326054","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781907222535","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}