Deleuze on the Virtual (in-person)
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Let's read and meet to discuss some of Gilles Deleuze's writings on virtuality!
(NOT to be confused with "virtual reality," the "metaverse," etc. Gilles is talking ontology.)
Readings for this meeting:
"The Actual and the Virtual" from Dialogues II with Claire Parnet (2002—essay from 1993)
Selected philosophical fragments from Cinema 2: The Time-Image (1985)
Do the reading prior to this meetup. Excluding endnotes and empty space from omissions, this is a little over 20 pages total. While these texts are difficult and somewhat out of context, we're hoping they'll get us in the mood to start weekly discussions on Bergson's Matter and Memory the following week. Deleuze develops Bergson's idea of virtuality in cool and confusing ways.
We'll be meeting at Art Cafe + Bar in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
This event is free but we're all still socially obligated to purchase something, and Art Cafe is a cool place that we should support! They have a bar and they serve coffee and tea among other non-alcoholic drinks, as well as food.
