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Psychedelic drugs, occult arcana, esoteric rituals, conspiracy theories...
In this IMPAKT TV episode we talk with Erik Davis about the turn toward the weird in contemporary culture and theory. Erik Davis is an American journalist, critic and podcaster, known for his creative explorations of esoteric mysticism. His latest book 'High Weirdness: Drugs, Esoterica, and Visionary Experience in the Seventies' (MIT Press/Strange Attractor Press) explores the emergence of a new psychedelic spirituality – and its becoming mainstream. The event is also the latest addition to the new IMPAKT Webproject Weird Gnosis.

From the occult rituals of witchcraft to esoteric psychedelia, the online webproject Weird Gnosis takes you on a journey into some of the weirder parts of the web. With a selection of video and performance art, Weird Gnosis curates a dialogue with artists and thinkers whose practices radically disturb the familiar by invoking the truly weird.

Explore the webproject Weird Gnosis: https://weirdgnosis.impakt.nl

Weird Gnosis is an IMPAKT webproject with artworks by: Camille Barton, Zach Blas, Yin-Ju Chen, Joshua Citarella, Erik Davis, Geoffrey Lillemon, Juliette Lizotte, Agnes Momirski, Suzanne Treister and Ellie Wyatt.
Curated by Inez de Coo and Marc Tuters.
Supported by Creative Industries Fund NL, the City of Utrecht, and the Democracy & Media Foundation.

About IMPAKT TV
IMPAKT TV is a series of monthly online events by IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture] to reflect on current social events and/or (artistic) debates. Previous episodes focused on topics including NFT’s, the power of algorithms in music and conspiracy theories.
The episodes are broadcasted for free on https://planet.impakt.nl

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