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Txt for LSF 46 - How should the capitalization of time resist becoming the violent trap of sound?

Text: Fang, Yen-Hsaing
Translate: Yvonne Kennedy

In the year 2011, a connection to the network of (either a physical or abstract network community), bears witness to a (new) world in the midst of revolution. We feel the magnitude of contemporary times -- from the Jasmine Revolutions in the Arab world, to the white iPhones for sale in the corner store; from anti-imperialism to the worship of consumerism. We witness all, but rarely see the “real world” at present. In fact, our sense of revolution originates in the masses struggling and escaping a multitude of traps. These correspond to the frontiers of contemporary life. Since “the frontiers of imperialism are not external but internal”, traps exist in the sensory organs of daily living, and elements of flight-from-fright have been helpfully removed for you. Your greatest comfort is the elimination of the edict that “fear is not extrinsic but within”. Not only does this represent the contemporary fate of the vanguard, it is also the challenge we most need to confront today.

記失聲祭 L46 - 如何不讓資本化的時間成為聲音最暴力的陷阱？

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連接上2011的網絡（實體的網路或抽象的社群），我們似乎都正在目睹著一個革命（新）中的世界，感受著時代感的壯闊——從阿拉伯世界的茉莉革命到街口轉角直營店的白色iPhone；從反帝國的到消費性崇高，我們目睹一切卻鮮少看到現身的「真實界」——事實上，我們的革命性來自於對眾多陷阱的跳脫與爭鬥，這恰好才是在當代生活中可堪稱為「邊界」的地帶，而且，正如「帝國的邊界並不在其外側而在其內部」，陷阱存在於日常生活的感官之中，並且已為您消除需要逃離的恐懼——最大的舒適是為您刪除「恐懼不在外部而在內部」的指令。這不但是所有「前進者」的當代宿命，也是今日最需要的挑戰。