OHP Seed Books: 100 Atmospheres by the Meco Network

We are delighted to announce the first of the OHP Seed Books: 100 
Atmospheres by the Meco Network, a collectively written book/breath for 
the troubled present.

100 Atmospheres is available at 
http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/one-hundred-atmospheres/
Published with assistance from https://theseedbox.se/

At a time when climate panic obscures clear thought, 100 Atmospheres is 
an invitation to think differently. Through speculative, poetic, and 
provocative texts, thirteen writers and artists have come together to 
reflect on human relationships with other species and the planet. The 
process of creating 100 Atmospheres was shared, with works (written, 
photographic and drawn) created individually and collectively. To think 
differently, we need to practice differently. The book contains thirteen 
chapters threaded amidst one hundred co-authored micro-essays. In an era 
shaped by critical ecological transformation 100 Atmospheres dwells in 
the deep past and the troubled present to imagine future ways of being 
and becoming.

"This collection is simply wonderful. Truly. The text manages to be 
performative and pedagogic at once (it enacts its content through its 
form; it teaches). It invites extended contemplation (such gravity, the 
fate of the planet and more) and then tempts with moments of distraction 
and slivers of insight (and sometimes light humor/chunked conversation). 
There is so much of a world (several worlds, and *this* one) in this 
collection.”
Greg Seigworth – Professor of Communication Studies in the Department of 
Communication and Theatre, Millersville University

“100 Atmospheres is an ambitious and unique collection. Driven by an 
experimental spirit, it beautifully articulates, in multiple voices, our 
current planetary concerns. The book’s vignettes, embracing a plethora 
of genres, styles and voices, challenge the reader in her intellectual 
assumptions and theoretical affinities. The theoretical-writerly 
‘compost’ produced as a result of the authors’ joint efforts takes the 
form of a powerful narrative about the polysemic concept of the 
‘atmosphere’ - which stands for breath, vapour, weather, climate, 
sensation, affect and relationality. Inviting the reader into their 
already crowded conversation, the book becomes a hospitable space for 
learning how to live with multiple voices, viewpoints and agencies.”
Joanna Zylinska – Professor of New Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, 
University of London

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Gary Hall, http://www.garyhall.info
Professor of Media, Coventry University
Director of Open Humanities Press: http://www.openhumanitiespress.org

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