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The Goldsmiths' Department of Media & Communications, Radical Media Forum: Media Experiments presents:<br>
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"Electronic Nocturne: Aesthetics of Debris" presentation and reading by Jeff Noon<br>
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Thursday, June 20, 2013, 5:30, NAB 326 (New Academic Building)<br>
Goldsmiths, New Cross, London<br>
Free, open to the public, no reservations necessary.<br>
See: <a href="http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=6609" target="_blank">http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=6609</a><br>
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Author's statement: My novels and stories frequently imagine a post-digital future. In particular, I am interested in how the remnants, ghosts and debris of the current digital age will impact that future. I view debris as a subject matter, and as the building blocks of a novel’s atmosphere, and also as something that defines the style of my writing at the most basic level.<br>
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Over the years, I have devised several writing techniques, which are largely based on musical sampling and remixing: a way of collecting fragments of the past, remixing them to make something new. I will examine the concept of liquid remixing as a narrative device in my novels Nymphomation, Needle in the Groove,Cobralingus and the short story collection, Pixel Juice.<br>
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I will also read from Electronic Nocturne, a laboratory of stories, ideas and imagery all dealing with the post-digital age, including an extract from my radio play Dead Code and a number of the Sparkle Town episodes, both of which deal explicitly with the remixing of digital debris to create new kinds of art and lifestyles. I will also discuss my current spore-based microfiction project on the @jeffnoon twitter page.<br>
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Biography: Jeff Noon was born in Manchester in 1957. He trained in the visual arts and drama and was active on the post-punk music scene before becoming a playwright. His play Woundings won a Mobil prize and was performed at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester. His novels include Vurt (Arthur C. Clarke Award winner), Pollen, Automated Alice, Needle in the Groove and Falling Out Of Cars, and a collection of 50 avant-pulp stories called Pixel Juice. He also writes microfictional 'spores' via @jeffnoon on twitter. His latest novel Channel SK1N is an experiment in independent digital publishing. He lives in Brighton, on the south coast of England. More information can be found at <a href="http://www.metamorphiction.com" target="_blank">www.metamorphiction.com</a>.<br>
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