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First Published in Hardback in 2000 in Great Britain by Intellect Books, PO Box 862, Bristol BS99 1DE, UK First Published in USA in 2000 by Intellect Books, ISBS, 5804 N.E. Hassalo St, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, USA

Images and Text Copyright Š2000 Robert Pepperell and Michael Punt

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission.

Consulting Editor: Masoud Yazdani

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN 1-84150-042-9

Introduction

Section One: Technology is the tangible expression of desire motivating human imagination to modify reality.

Section Two: My awareness extends to, and consists in, those things of which I am aware.

Section Three: Histories, like predictions and superstitions, are narratives of human imagination.

Section Four: Language is a technology through which human desire is satisfied and generated.

Section Five: The distinctions between the words -human- and -machine-, and between humans and machines, lose validity as meanings mutate in response to imagination and desire.

Section Six: The practice of art consists in arranging matter so as to add (extra) significance to it.

Section Seven: The idea that livings things consist of organised energy is disavowed by conventional science.

Section Eight: A recording is part of what it records.

Section Nine: Technology can permit limited quantities of specific human energy to be recorded, stored and consumed.

Section Ten: The categories of logic, reason and the binary are absorbed and transcended in the postdigital membrane

Bibliography

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This website contains a selection of images and quotes from the Postdigital Membrane book which, we hope, gives some idea of the content and flavour of each section. The site uses a fair amount of images so please be patient with loading if you have a slow link. First Published in Hardback in 2000 in Great Britain by Intellect Books, PO Box 862, Bristol BS99 1DE, UK First Published in USA in 2000 by Intellect Books, ISBS, 5804 N.E. Hassalo St, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, USA Images and Text Copyright Š2000 Robert Pepperell and Michael Punt All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission. Consulting Editor: Masoud Yazdani A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1-84150-042-9		Introduction Section One: Technology is the tangible expression of desire motivating human imagination to modify reality. Section Two: My awareness extends to, and consists in, those things of which I am aware. Section Three: Histories, like predictions and superstitions, are narratives of human imagination. Section Four: Language is a technology through which human desire is satisfied and generated. Section Five: The distinctions between the words -human- and -machine-, and between humans and machines, lose validity as meanings mutate in response to imagination and desire. Section Six: The practice of art consists in arranging matter so as to add (extra) significance to it. Section Seven: The idea that livings things consist of organised energy is disavowed by conventional science. Section Eight: A recording is part of what it records. Section Nine: Technology can permit limited quantities of specific human energy to be recorded, stored and consumed. Section Ten: The categories of logic, reason and the binary are absorbed and transcended in the postdigital membrane Bibliography Front Cover