Overmorrow’s Library
54 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsThe Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève presents Overmorrow’s Library, a podcast series by Federico Campagna, available on the 5th floor (digital extension): https://5e.centre.ch/en/
The library for ‘the day after tomorrow’ is dedicated to books and authors whose work explores the limits of the ‘world’ as the frame of sense through which our consciousness experiences the chaos of reality. Each new episode presents a book that engages with the challenge of world-making, with the end-time of a world, or with the eternal unworldly. Spanning mysticism, politics, mythology, philosophy, video-game design and more, the shelves of Overmorrow’s Library are a space for experimenting with the apocalypse, and with the ignition of new cosmogonies.
Federico Campagna is an Italian philosopher and writer living in London. His latest books are ‘Prophetic Culture: Recreation for Adolescents’ (Bloomsbury, 2021), ‘Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality’ (Bloomsbury, 2018), and ‘The Last Night: Anti-work, Atheism, Adventure’ (Zero Books, 2013). He is a lecturer and tutor at KABK, The Hague, and has presented his work in institutions including the Warburg Institute, the Royal Academy, the 57th and 58th Venice Biennale, Documenta 13, Winzavod Center, Jameel Art Centre, Tate Modern and the Serpentine Gallery. He is the director of rights at the radical publisher Verso Books.
Image credit: The Gilgamesh Tablet (Library of Ashurbanipal), 7th c. BCE. The British Museum, London. © The Trustees of the British Museum.
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Episodes
S2E17 – Arturo Campagna on history for children
October 13, 2022 09:09 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBImage: The Rock Nobody Could Lft, etching by Rain Wu (2018)
S2E16 – Nicolas Jaar on sound and silence
October 06, 2022 08:30 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBImage credit: Ceramic figurine from the Moche culture of the north coast of Peru depicting a flute player.
S2E15 – ‘The Alexander Romance’
September 30, 2022 15:39 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBImage credit: The prophets Elias and Khadir at the fountain of life, late 15th century. Folio from a khamsa (quintet) by Nizami (d. 1209); Timurid period. Opaque watercolor and silver on paper. Herat, Afghanistan.
S2E14 – Manlio Poltronieri on the Buddhist Dharma and the West
September 22, 2022 09:49 - 21 minutes - 19.6 MBImage credit: Womb Realm (garbhakosa-dhatu or taizōkai) mandala. Shingon tantric buddhist school, Heian period (794-1185), Tō-ji, Kyōto, Japan.
S2E13 – Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, ‘The Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art’
September 15, 2022 08:24 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBImage credit: 10th century Chola dynasty bronze sculpture of Shiva, the Lord of the Dance.
S2E12 – Prof. Saul Newman on political theology
September 09, 2022 09:36 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBImage credit: Detail from the frontispiece of Hobbes’ ‘Leviathan’ by Abraham Bosse,1651
S2E11 – Max Stirner, ‘The Ego and Its Own’, Étienne de La Boétie, ‘Discourse on Voluntary Servitude’
September 02, 2022 08:28 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBImage credit: Max Stirner in a cartoon by Friedrich Engels (1820-1895)
S2E10 – Dr. Francesco Strocchi on life in the late Roman republic
August 25, 2022 11:22 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBImage credit: Roman coin celebrating the assassination of Julius Caesar, issued in 42 BC
S2E9 – Rutilius Namatiuanus, ‘On His Return’, and Paulinus of Pella, ‘Thanksgiving’
August 25, 2022 11:20 - 25 minutes - 22.9 MBImage credit: Porphyry column decorated with group of two embracing older Tetrarchs. Rome. 293-305.
S2E8 – Lucia Pietroiusti on analogical thinking
August 11, 2022 08:49 - 43 minutes - 40 MBImage credits: Geometric nest of a pufferfish.
S2E7 – Ernst Jünger, ‘Approaches’
August 04, 2022 10:11 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBImage credit: Ernst Jünger and Albert Hoffman.
S2E6 – Prof. Giulio Busi on Jewish mysticism
July 28, 2022 07:27 - 27 minutes - 25 MBImage credit: Cosmic Rose Engraving from Amphitheatrum Sapientiae Aeternae by Heinrich Khunrath (1595).
S2E5 – Giulio Busi, ‘Heavenly Palaces in Judaism’, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, ‘The Sabbath’
July 28, 2022 07:24 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBImage credit: Throne Angels
S2E4 – Huw Lemmey and Isabel Valley on psychiatry and unknown languages
July 14, 2022 08:10 - 36 minutes - 33 MBImage credit: Antidotum tarantulae, a curative musical score from Athanasius Kircher (c. 1660).
S2E3 – Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, ‘Shipwrecks’
July 08, 2022 13:30 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBImage credit: Francesco Guardi, Marina in Tempesta, circa 1765/70.
S2E2 – Dr. Beatrice Bottomley on Ibn Arabi
June 30, 2022 08:15 - 25 minutes - 57.4 MBImage credit: Muhammad Ibn 'Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn 'Arabi (D. 1240 Ad): Fusus Al-Hikam. Mamluk Egypt, dated 19 Dhu'l Hijja Ah 797/4 October 1395 AD.
S2E1 – Pico della Mirandola, ‘Heptaplus’
June 24, 2022 08:30 - 29 minutes - 67.9 MBImage credit: Portrait of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, by Tobias Stimmer, 1589
Francesco Fusaro on musical cosmologies
March 18, 2021 08:37 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBMusicologist and producer Francesco Fusaro discusses world-building music across the centuries. Credit: Francesco Fusaro, Tafelmusik Var. I, 2021. Collage, 65x92. Courtesy of the artist.
S1E18 – Francesco Fusaro on musical cosmologies
March 18, 2021 08:37 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBMusicologist and producer Francesco Fusaro discusses world-building music across the centuries. Credit: Francesco Fusaro, Tafelmusik Var. I, 2021. Collage, 65x92. Courtesy of the artist.
S1E17 – Arturo Campagna on children's literature
March 11, 2021 15:32 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB6-years old Arturo Campagna discusses children’s literature and dispenses advice to writers for children. Image credits: Rain Wu, Arion, 2019. Stoneware clay and glazes, 9x11cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Episode 17: Arturo Campagna on children's literature
March 11, 2021 15:32 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB6-years old Arturo Campagna discusses children’s literature and dispenses advice to writers for children. Image credits: Rain Wu, Arion, 2019. Stoneware clay and glazes, 9x11cm. Courtesy of the artist.
Elemire Zolla, "Children's Awe" and Cristina Campo, "The Flute and the Rug"
March 04, 2021 12:33 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBFederico Campagna presents the philosophical take on children’s world-view and culture in Elemire Zolla’s 1994 “Children’s Awe” and Cristina Campo’s 1971 “The Flute and the Rug”. Image credits: Ivan Bilibin, Stage-set design for Scene Two, Act Four of the opera the "Tale of the Lost City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia" by Rimsky-Korsakov, 1929.
S1E16 – Elemire Zolla, "Children's Awe" and Cristina Campo, "The Flute and the Rug"
March 04, 2021 12:33 - 19 minutes - 17.9 MBFederico Campagna presents the philosophical take on children’s world-view and culture in Elemire Zolla’s 1994 “Children’s Awe” and Cristina Campo’s 1971 “The Flute and the Rug”. Image credits: Ivan Bilibin, Stage-set design for Scene Two, Act Four of the opera the "Tale of the Lost City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia" by Rimsky-Korsakov, 1929.
S1E15 – Fr. Paul Butler on radical theology
February 25, 2021 09:06 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBLiberation theologian Father Paul Butler discusses the radical interpretations of the Christian message. Image credits: The oldest surviving depiction of Saint Francis, Benedictine abbey of Subiaco, painted between March 1228 and March 1229.
Fr. Paul Butler on radical theology
February 25, 2021 09:06 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MBLiberation theologian Father Paul Butler discusses the radical interpretations of the Christian message. Image credits: The oldest surviving depiction of Saint Francis, Benedictine abbey of Subiaco, painted between March 1228 and March 1229.
Pavel Florenksy, "Reversed Perspective"
February 18, 2021 09:45 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFederico Campagna presents Russian theologian (and mathematician, engineer and philosopher) Pavel Florensky’s 1920 essay “Reversed Perspective” and his interpretation of the language of sacred forms. Image credits: Andrey Rublev, The Trinity or The Hospitality of Abraham, 1411-1427.
S1E14 – Pavel Florenksy, "Reversed Perspective"
February 18, 2021 09:45 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBFederico Campagna presents Russian theologian (and mathematician, engineer and philosopher) Pavel Florensky’s 1920 essay “Reversed Perspective” and his interpretation of the language of sacred forms. Image credits: Andrey Rublev, The Trinity or The Hospitality of Abraham, 1411-1427.
S1E13 – Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers on otherworldly imagination
February 11, 2021 11:20 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIgnota publishers Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers discuss their ongoing cultural work on the “techniques of awakening”. Image credits: Hildegard von Bingen, God, Cosmos, and Humanity, 1165.
Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers on otherworldly imagination
February 11, 2021 11:20 - 25 minutes - 23.7 MBIgnota publishers Sarah Shin and Ben Vickers discuss their ongoing cultural work on the “techniques of awakening”. Image credits: Hildegard von Bingen, God, Cosmos, and Humanity, 1165.
Russel Hoban, "Riddley Walker"
February 04, 2021 08:41 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBFederico Campagna presents Russel Hoban’s 1980 science-fiction masterpiece “Riddley Walker” and the problem of post-future life and culture. Image credits: Punch with the Judge and the Hangman, 1870. Litograph.
S1E12 – Russel Hoban, "Riddley Walker"
February 04, 2021 08:41 - 17 minutes - 16.1 MBFederico Campagna presents Russel Hoban’s 1980 science-fiction masterpiece “Riddley Walker” and the problem of post-future life and culture. Image credits: Punch with the Judge and the Hangman, 1870. Litograph.
Tom Cheetham on Henry Corbin and James Hillman
January 28, 2021 09:32 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBAmerican philosopher Tom Cheetham discusses the parallels between Henry Corbin and Jungian psychoanalyst James Hillman, looking in particular at the practice of “Creative Imagination”. Image credits: Elijah and Khidr praying together, XI century. Illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets.
S1E11 – Tom Cheetham on Henry Corbin and James Hillman
January 28, 2021 09:32 - 26 minutes - 23.9 MBAmerican philosopher Tom Cheetham discusses the parallels between Henry Corbin and Jungian psychoanalyst James Hillman, looking in particular at the practice of “Creative Imagination”. Image credits: Elijah and Khidr praying together, XI century. Illuminated manuscript version of Stories of the Prophets.
S1E10 – Henry Corbin, "History of Islamic Philosophy"
January 28, 2021 09:21 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBFederico Campagna presents Henry Corbin’s 1964 “History of Islamic Philosophy” and his esoteric interpretation of philosophy and of religion. Image credits: Sultan Mohammed, The Miraj of the Prophet, 1539-1543. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper.
Henry Corbin, "History of Islamic Philosophy"
January 28, 2021 09:21 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBFederico Campagna presents Henry Corbin’s 1964 “History of Islamic Philosophy” and his esoteric interpretation of philosophy and of religion. Image credits: Sultan Mohammed, The Miraj of the Prophet, 1539-1543. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper.
Bill Sherman on Frances Yates and Aby Warburg
January 14, 2021 15:30 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBBill Sherman, director of the Warburg Institute, discusses the work of Frances Yates and Aby Warburg’s library. Image credits: Aby Warburg, Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, 2020. Exhibition view. Courtesy of Silke Briel / HKW
S1E9 – Bill Sherman on Frances Yates and Aby Warburg
January 14, 2021 15:30 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBBill Sherman, director of the Warburg Institute, discusses the work of Frances Yates and Aby Warburg’s library. Image credits: Aby Warburg, Der Bilderatlas Mnemosyne, 2020. Exhibition view. Courtesy of Silke Briel / HKW
S1E8 – Frances Yates, "The Art of Memory"
January 08, 2021 12:03 - 21 minutes - 20 MBFederico Campagna looks at Frances Yates’ work on the philosophy of mnemotechnics in her 1966 book “The Art of Memory”. Image Credits: Giulio Camillo, Memory Theatre, 1510.
Frances Yates, "The Art of Memory"
January 08, 2021 12:03 - 21 minutes - 20 MBFederico Campagna looks at Frances Yates’ work on the philosophy of mnemotechnics in her 1966 book “The Art of Memory”. Image Credits: Giulio Camillo, Memory Theatre, 1510.
S1E7 – Stefano Gualeni on how to philosophize with a digital hammer
December 17, 2020 10:05 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBStefano Gualeni presents his philosophical take on digital worlds and virtual subjectivity. Image Credits: ‘Here’, video game by Stefano Gualeni. 2018.
Stefano Gualeni on how to philosophize with a digital hammer
December 17, 2020 10:05 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBStefano Gualeni presents his philosophical take on digital worlds and virtual subjectivity. Image Credits: ‘Here’, video game by Stefano Gualeni. 2018.
S1E6 – Stefano Gualeni, "Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools"
December 10, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBFederico Campagna looks at Stefano Gualeni’s books “Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools” (2015) and “Virtual Existentialism” (2020) and at the cosmogonic function of play. Image credits: The Royal Game of Ur, 2600BC-2400BC. Wood game-board. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Episode 6: Stefano Gualeni, "Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools"
December 10, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBFederico Campagna looks at Stefano Gualeni’s books “Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools” (2015) and “Virtual Existentialism” (2020) and at the cosmogonic function of play. Image credits: The Royal Game of Ur, 2600BC-2400BC. Wood game-board. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Stefano Gualeni, "Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools"
December 10, 2020 09:00 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBFederico Campagna looks at Stefano Gualeni’s books “Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools” (2015) and “Virtual Existentialism” (2020) and at the cosmogonic function of play. Image credits: The Royal Game of Ur, 2600BC-2400BC. Wood game-board. © The Trustees of the British Museum
Julia Gale on Simone Weil’s life and mysticism
December 03, 2020 09:44 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBPlaywright Julia Gale discusses her personal and theatrical interpretation of Simone Weil’s life and thought. Photo: Simone Weil
S1E5 – Julia Gale on Simone Weil’s life and mysticism
December 03, 2020 09:44 - 18 minutes - 16.9 MBPlaywright Julia Gale discusses her personal and theatrical interpretation of Simone Weil’s life and thought. Photo: Simone Weil
Simone Weil, "The Iliad or the Poem of Force
December 02, 2020 14:24 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBFederico Campagna presents Simone Weil’s 1939 essay "The Iliad or the Poem of Force" in the context of her mystical existentialist philosophy. Image credits: Virgilius Solis, The Suicide of Ajax , 1563.
S1E4 – Simone Weil, "The Iliad or the Poem of Force
December 02, 2020 14:24 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBFederico Campagna presents Simone Weil’s 1939 essay "The Iliad or the Poem of Force" in the context of her mystical existentialist philosophy. Image credits: Virgilius Solis, The Suicide of Ajax , 1563.
S1E3 – Franco Berardi Bifo on the contemporary psychosphere
December 02, 2020 14:24 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBFranco Berardi Bifo discusses his book “The Third Unconscious” and the state of the contemporary psychosphere. Image credits: Franco Berardi ‘Bifo’, L’apocalisse (quadro primo), 2020. Courtesy of the artist.
Franco Berardi Bifo on the contemporary psychosphere
December 02, 2020 14:24 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBFranco Berardi Bifo discusses his book “The Third Unconscious” and the state of the contemporary psychosphere. Image credits: Franco Berardi ‘Bifo’, L’apocalisse (quadro primo), 2020. Courtesy of the artist.