Catastrophe Time!
$39.07
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
10 October 2023
Summary
A collection of essays, fictions, and interviews exploring the weird temporalities of finance and catastrophe.
Once, financial practitioners plied a hybrid trade as hydrologists, star-gazers, and weather-watchers who sought to discover the natural laws of value and exchange as they did the divine order of an unchanging nature. Today, corporate firms hire trend forecasters and scenario planners to play out strategic fictions in virtual worlds. Hurricane insurance markets simulate a tur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781913689674 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1913689670 |
| Author: | Gary Zhexi Zhang |
| Publisher: | Strange Attractor Press |
| Imprint: | Strange Attractor Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 10 October 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 184mm x 114mm |
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About The Author
Gary Zhexi Zhang
Gary Zhexi Zhang is a visual artist and writer whose work explores social infrastructures, technical histories, and conceptual systems. He was born in China, grew up in Birmingham, and is currently based in London. He studied at Glasgow School of Art, Cambridge University, and MIT.
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