Capitalist Death Drives and Coin Test China High-Speed Rail Videos
DNA #15
Edited by Anselm Franke. Text by Ho Rui An.
A close examination of two distinct modalities through which vision and motion have converged against late capitalism
Considering the phenomenon of dashcam footage alongside a video testing the stability of China’s high-speed rail system by balancing a coin on a window ledge of a moving train, this essay examines how the discontents of late capitalism become observable, and by extension are imagined as governable.
FORMAT: Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 80 pgs / 30 color. LIST PRICE: U.S. $15.00 LIST PRICE: CANADA $21 ISBN: 9783959055918 PUBLISHER: Spector Books AVAILABLE: 12/9/2025 DISTRIBUTION: D.A.P. RETAILER DISC: FLAT40 PUBLISHING STATUS: Active AVAILABILITY: In stock TERRITORY: NA LA AFR ME
Capitalist Death Drives and Coin Test China High-Speed Rail Videos DNA #15
Published by Spector Books. Edited by Anselm Franke. Text by Ho Rui An.
A close examination of two distinct modalities through which vision and motion have converged against late capitalism
Considering the phenomenon of dashcam footage alongside a video testing the stability of China’s high-speed rail system by balancing a coin on a window ledge of a moving train, this essay examines how the discontents of late capitalism become observable, and by extension are imagined as governable.
