{"product_id":"matt-bluemink-the-future-is-not-lost-on-music-technology-and-the-creation-of-new-worlds-2026","title":"Matt Bluemink: The Future is not Lost: On Music, Technology, and the Creation of New Worlds (2026)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"editorial-header\"\u003eBecoming Press, 2026, Softcover, 192 pages, \u003cspan\u003e12cm x 19cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"editorial-header\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"editorial-header\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMark Fisher taught a generation to hear the future's disappearance in contemporary music, as if the rhythm of the world was synchronised to the periodic flowering of new creative forms. His diagnosis was devastating: stagnation in music was akin to a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003evenous insufficiency\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, or worse, some kind of nuclear winter that would ward off the spring for endless generations to come. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing on musicians like SOPHIE, Arca and Iglooghost, Matt Bluemink declares that the future is not lost; it still speaks to us through music. If Fisher’s Hauntology — dwelling on ghosts of the past — is the logic of depression, then Bluemink’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnti-Hauntology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e posits a logic of hope where voices from the future continue to guide the development of the present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIsland-hopping through Stiegler's philosophy of technics, Simondon's theory of individuation, and the spatial imaginaries of cyberpunk and solarpunk, Bluemink builds a theoretical framework equal to the times — one that takes seriously our capacity to, not only diagnose the world, but remake it. In order to create a new future we must re-imagine our relationship with music, with technology, and with culture. The world of tomorrow is a blank canvas; an open book. New beginnings are always possible. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatt Bluemink is the founder and editor-in-chief of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bluelabyrinths.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eBlue Labyrinths\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e online magazine. His research is focused on the relationship between the philosophy of technology, media theory and urbanism. He also writes on contemporary music, literature, and digital culture. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58275503767936,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/TFINL.png?v=1781618585","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/matt-bluemink-the-future-is-not-lost-on-music-technology-and-the-creation-of-new-worlds-2026","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}