UF13 SPECULATIVE SOLUTION

Urbanomic commissioned Florian Hecker to make a new work exploring themes from philosopher Quentin Meillassoux's book After Finitude.

The commission takes the form of a sound piece with additional non-sonic elements. A preview performance took place on 3rd September 2010 at Urbanomic&apos Late at Tate: The Real Thing event.

A further developed version of Speculative Solution was performed at INSTAL in Glasgow, Friday 12 - Sunday 14th November 2010.

A further performance took place on 30th April 2011 at the Graham Foundation, Chicago.

[Photograph: Peter Derbsch]

A special CD edition (available in our online store) was released by Editions Mego in April 2011 (catalogue no. eMEGO 118). The release includes a bilingual (French/English) book produced by Urbanomic and featuring the following texts:
Robin Mackay: This is This
Quentin Meillassoux: Metaphysics and Extro-Science Fiction
Elie Ayache: The Real Future

Commission supported by The Elephant Trust.

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