Mónica Belevan's guest appearances

Mónica Belevan

Other Life

Outsider Theory

Angela Nagle

Alex Lee

Georges Bataille

Blake Smith

Dan Brown

Robin Hanson

Eric Weinstein

Geoffrey Miller

Leo Strauss

Joe Edelman

Papa John

Nicole Williams

Richard Craib

Flannery O'Connor

Paul Skallas

OwlTail

Mónica Belevan is a Peruvian theorist and crypto entrepreneur. She's the author of a newsletter called Covidian Aesthetics and co-founder of a Web3 production studio called Accursed Share. Her current focus is an NFT project called The Curse, which you can search for on Open Sea.We talk about Georges Bataille and the meaning of energy expenditure in the cryptoeconomy; Spengler, Wittgenstein, and Duchamp; the aesthetics of covid, the sentimentality of markets; the affective drama of Wallstreet Bets; egregoric warfare; and much more.➡️  Covidian Aesthetics newsletter: https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com➡️  Accursed Share production studio: https://accursedshare.art➡️  The Curse NFT: https://accursedshare.art/curse-nft-auction/Other Life✦ Join 6,000+ academics, creators, and investors who read the Other Life newsletter https://OtherLife.co✦ Join the Urbit group via https://exit.otherlife.coIndieThinkers.org✦ If you're working on long-term intellectual work outside of institutions, request an invitation at https://indiethinkers.org

Mónica Belevan is a Peruvian theorist and crypto entrepreneur. She's the author of a newsletter called Covidian Aesthetics and co-founder of a Web3 production studio called Accursed Share. Her current focus is an NFT project called The Curse, which you can search for on Open Sea.We talk about Georges Bataille and the meaning of energy expenditure in the cryptoeconomy; Spengler, Wittgenstein, and Duchamp; the aesthetics of covid, the sentimentality of markets; the affective drama of Wallstreet Bets; egregoric warfare; and much more.➡️  Covidian Aesthetics newsletter: <a href="https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com</a>➡️  Accursed Share production studio: <a href="https://accursedshare.art/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://accursedshare.art</a>➡️  The Curse NFT: <a href="https://accursedshare.art/curse-nft-auction/https://accursedshare.art/curse-nft-auction/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://accursedshare.art/curse-nft-auction/ </a> Other Life✦ Join 6,000+ academics, creators, and investors who read the Other Life newsletter <a href="https://otherlife.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://OtherLife.co</a>✦ Join the Urbit group via <a href="https://exit.otherlife.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://exit.otherlife.co </a> <a href="http://IndieThinkers.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IndieThinkers.org</a>✦ If you're working on long-term intellectual work outside of institutions, request an invitation at <a href="https://jmrphy.typeform.com/to/WqsHxC#source=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://indiethinkers.org</a>

Bataille, NFTs, and Crypto-Sovereignty with Mónica Belevan

Outsider art historian and hypnotist collector Mónica Belevan joins Outsider Theory to discuss her various attempts to track the structures of feeling of the present. We explore the aesthetics and sensibilities of the Baroque and their relevance for grasping the topoi of the Covid era – in particular, the image of the labyinth, the theme of the madness of the world, and the figure of the clown (embodied lately in Joaquin Phoenix's Joker). Finally, we reflect on the awakening of the sacrificial unconscious by the Dionysian onslaught of the plague and the still unfulfilled need for symbolic resolution. https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/ https://www.lapsuslima.com/

Outsider art historian and hypnotist collector Mónica Belevan joins Outsider Theory to discuss her various attempts to track the structures of feeling of the present. We explore the aesthetics and sensibilities of the Baroque and their relevance for grasping the topoi of the Covid era – in particular, the image of the labyinth, the theme of the madness of the world, and the figure of the clown (embodied lately in Joaquin Phoenix's Joker). Finally, we reflect on the awakening of the sacrificial unconscious by the Dionysian onslaught of the plague and the still unfulfilled need for symbolic resolution. <a href="https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://covidianaesthetics.substack.com/</a> <a href="https://www.lapsuslima.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.lapsuslima.com/</a>

Joker in the Labyrinth with Mónica Belevan