Pinned
Our first of three Hinge essays—each of which subtracts a given prior—withdraws the assumption that action requires a bearer. Operation proceeds, as authorship, liability, legitimacy, governance, and consciousness become problems of where to land responsibility.
Étalon #00: Conditions of Production draws the distinction between production and rendering underlying the Inmachinations and Expanded Field series. What follows is a diagnostic framework for testing whether anything—system, text, image, institution—was produced at all.
