Journal
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Stars of BABALON
Alkistis Dimech’s keynote for Astro Magia 23, on the prehistory of Babalon, the celestial theophanies of the hierodule Inana-Ishtar and the poietics of flesh.
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Dark dance: Eros, illness and the sacred
A lecture by Alkistis Dimech on butô, antinomian dance and the radical reappraisal of the body after Nietzsche, presented at the Occulture Conference in Berlin on 20th October 2023.
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Transgressing angels, entangled bodies
Alkistis Dimech’s lecture for the Astro Magia conference on 18th September 2021, in which she presents material from her work-in-progress Antimony.
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The Mystical Body
A conversation on the place of the mystic and the body in our modern surveillance cities, with Alkistis Dimech and philosopher Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh.
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The Heretic: Body
Alkistis Dimech discusses the body, opening with Tatsumi Hijikata as a focal point of her praxis, and exploring the body as a vehicle for mantic vision, and dance as rebellion.
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Mantic Visions
Alkistis Dimech for Trans-States: The Art of Revelation. It is through the body that the invisible makes itself known to us, visionary states are embodied states.