Eric Schmid is a Master’s candidate at DePaul University in Pure Mathematics. Schmid is an artist, philosopher and musician. He has exhibited at Vilma Gold (London), Neue Alte Brücke (Frankfurt), Croy Nielsen (Berlin), Svetlana (New York), and Galleria Federico Vavassori (Milan). Schmid has released music on labels Mille Plateaux, Recital, Regional Bears, Bánh Mì Verlag, Careful Catalog, Robert & Leopold and Reserve Matinee. He has upcoming releases on Index Clean, Psychic Liberation and Anòmia. Schmid has been published in a monograph of the artist Yngve Holen’s work (published by Distanz Verlag). He has a monthly podcast on Anòmia Radio and sometimes appears on Montez Press Radio. Schmid holds a BA from New York University where he studied ‘Continental Philosophy and Visual Art’ with a Minor in Mathematics.
Articles
Some Brief Notes on Reza Negarestani’s Intelligence & Spirit
Synopsis Reza Negarestani’s “Intelligence and Spirit”1 stands as an intersectional exploration of philosophy, mathematics, logic, and computer science. The work is an intricate tapestry weaving together threads from various disciplines in order to present a comprehensive understanding of intelligence, in both its human and artificial manifestations. Negarestani draws from category theory—a branch of mathematics that… Read More »
Dimes is of the Essence: Gardeners of the creative
Editor’s Note: This piece, written by several authors, oscillates between plural and singular voices, with the intended effect of collaging three perspectives together in a unified décollage. “I’ll never forget the time I went to Dimes Cafe at 4 am for an after party in 2015. Max Brand was there, and I was trying to… Read More »
Mathemetaphysics Exordium*
Preface Through my Prolegomenon, I am attempting to create a «transcendental method» which is arrived at from self-evident axiomatic truths (‹truth› with lowercase t) of mathematics and de-ontologized without a necessary background ontology (for examples of «background ontologies» see how the realm of the virtual supports the realm of actuality in Gilles Deleuze, or how… Read More »
Minor Rationalism
“The difference between minorities and majorities isn’t their size. A minority may be bigger than a majority. What defines the majority is a model you have to conform to: the average European adult male city-dweller, for example … A minority, on the other hand, has no model, it’s a becoming, a process. One might say… Read More »