Author Description

<p>'I get it now. They want humanity to consume in every single corner of the planet. I'm a cave hyena with a golden credit card chewing on Karl Lagerfeld's ankle bone after midnight. Expensive. Luxurious. Comfort food. Lovely.'</p><p><br></p><p>Pop Killer takes up arms against celebrity despotism and the maelstrom of mediocrity served up as party favours in the never-ending age of pop. By turns riddling and ferociously direct, oracular and of the utmost clarity, the texts presented here form the multifaceted manifesto of a highly explosive worldview and aesthetic. Fusing prose and poetry, fiction and autobiography, Hofstede creates a verbal fireworks to</p><p>shatter the sinister charade of the pop phenomenon and clear the air for the liberating dawning of 'Paleo Psycho Pop' - a mystical state that reconnects the modern imagination with nature and the creative power of the Paleolithic mind.</p><p><br></p><p>Hilarius Hofstede is a Dutch multimedia artist and author whose work explores tensions between nature and popular culture. His previous publications include the experimental prose text De Markies van Water and the mind-bending collection of techno aphorisms Microsoft Mon Amour. Hofstede is the initiator of the traveling group show Bison Caravan and - in collaboration with Patrick Healy - co-founder and editor of the underground journal Paleo Psycho Pop (1996-2020). For more information visit hilariushofstede.com</p>