This week's syllabus is Lo posmo mata by Natalia García Clark.
Natalia's syllabus moonlights as a work of conceptual art. A satire of academic writing, Lo posmo mata lays out footnotes of footnotes of footnotes. Each entry is an extension, caveat, or complication to what came before, pulling us ever deeper into various dramas and analyses about the art world, colonialism, nationalism, gender, climate change, and technology. The footnotes have no origin, only a blank page, and readers should be prepared to zoom way, way in as the syllabus progresses. The quirks of navigating the document reinforce the point, and the challenge is both frustrating and hilarious.
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