Ginsberg was one of the most high-profile representatives of the American counterculture and anti-war movement.
- Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
Every crystal ball has a shelf life, even the most prescient.
For art to imitate life is understandable, but politics inspired by films can be a recipe for disaster.
Time travelling back into internet art of the past, the contrast between today’s paranoia and banality and the early optimism that initially greeted it is striking.
The battle for public opinion over whether Edward Snowden was right might just be won out, not in the press or the US Congress, but in fiction.
Focusing on the extravagances of a select few overlooks a broader affinity between the madness of Burning Man and the West Coast’s technocracy.
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