Simulation, Exercise, Operations

Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. Robin Mackay is a philosopher, Director of the UK arts organization Urbanomic, and Associate Researcher at Goldsmiths University of London. McKenzie Wark (she/her), awarded the 2019 Thoma Prize for writing in digital art, is the author of A Hacker ManifestoGamer Theory, and The Beach Beneath the Street. Wark's correspondence with Kathy Acker was published by Semiotext(e) as I'm Very Into You. Eyal Weizman is Professor of Spatial and Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths College, University of London and a Global Scholar at Princeton University. A founder of Forensic Architecture, he is also a founding member of the architectural collective DAAR in Beit Sahour/Palestine. His books include Mengele's Skull, The Least of All Possible Evils, and Hollow Land. Mark B. N. Hansen is Professor of Literature at Duke University.

Leon Krempel, 'Foreword'; Robin Mackay, 'Introduction'; Antoine Bousquet, 'A Brief History of Wargames'; James Der Derian, 'Virtuous War'; Stepan Kment, 'Programming Worlds'; McKenzie Wark, 'Players'; Eyal Weizman, 'Forensic Temporality'; Shane Brighton, 'Tragic Witnessing'; Mark Fisher, 'The Labour of Simulation'; Eivind Rossaak, 'More than an Image'; Mark Hansen, 'Feed-Forward'; Anne-Franicoise Schmid, 'On Contemporary Objects'; Antoine Bousquet. Shane Brighton. James Der Derian. Mark Fisher. John Gerrard. Mark Hansen. Stepan Kment. Eivind Rossaak. Anne-Franicoise Schmid. McKenzie Wark. Eyal Weizman, 'Discussion'