Catastrophe Time! by Gary Zhexi Zhang - ISBN: 9781913689674
Paperback
Finance, fiction, and unraveling times: how speculation shapes our catastrophe.

Catastrophe Time!

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  • Paperback

    192 pages

  • Release Date

    10 October 2023

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Summary

A collection of essays, fictions, and interviews exploring the weird temporalities of finance and catastrophe.

Once, financial practitioners plied a hybrid trade as hydrologists, star-gazers, and weather-watchers who sought to discover the natural laws of value and exchange as they did the divine order of an unchanging nature. Today, corporate firms hire trend forecasters and scenario planners to play out strategic fictions in virtual worlds. Hurricane insurance markets simulate a tur…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781913689674
ISBN-10:1913689670
Author:Gary Zhexi Zhang
Publisher:Strange Attractor Press
Imprint:Strange Attractor Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:192
Release Date:10 October 2023
Weight:369g
Dimensions:184mm x 114mm
About The Author

Gary Zhexi Zhang

Gary Zhexi Zhang is a visual artist and writer whose work explores social infrastructures, technical histories, and conceptual systems. He was born in China, grew up in Birmingham, and is currently based in London. He studied at Glasgow School of Art, Cambridge University, and MIT.

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