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INCOGNITUM
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art philosophy horror vol.1 Real HorrorContents
Editorial
Caryn Coleman and Tom Trevatt.....................................3
Martin
Carl Neville........................................................................5
Terror!
Ben Rivers........................................................................10
Knowing Horror
Amanda Beech.................................................................12
A Nature to Pulp the Stoutest Philosopher:
Towards a Lovecraftian Philosophy of Nature
Ben Woodard....................................................................20
She Tied the Tag Around My Toe
Simon Clark.....................................................................26
Transcendental Monsters
Steven Shaviro..................................................................27
Notes on Contributors..............................................31Incognitum Hactenus vol. 1
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Editorial
Caryn Coleman and Tom Trevatt
Welcome to the first issue of Incognitum Hactenus.
Following programming The Real Horror Symposium in London (October 2010), it became apparent that we had only begun to scratch the surface on the many layers in which modes of thought on art, horror, and philosophy exist in response to each other. Extending from Graham Harman’s reading of cult gothic novelist H.P. Lovecraft in his essay
“On the Horror of Phenomenology” and the notion of Weird Realism, The Real Horror
Symposium addressed this reciprocal relationship between the expression of horror and reality. The symposium showed that while many dialogues on horror overlap, merge, and diverge, there has not been a designated outlet for writers, artists, and curators that would give voice to this new strain of thinking. Thus, Incognitum Hacetnus came into being.
Meaning “not known yet or nameless and without origin until now”, we find inspiration in Incognitum Hactenus’ definition as “a double-dealing mode of time connecting
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