Mercury Retrograde

Autofiction. Emily Segal, artist and trend forecaster in her 20s, tries to tell the future by reading the present. Literature finds commercial form in the shape of eXe, a mysterious and well-funded internet start-up that offers her a job. A conceptual take-over is deployed; gendered power play ensues; queerness incubates; memes converge. Set in New York City, post-Occupy and pre-Trump. First person / mixed media / pulp. Not actually about astrology. Published in 2020.

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Mercury Retrograde

Autofiction. Emily Segal, artist and trend forecaster in her 20s, tries to tell the future by reading the present. Literature finds commercial form in the shape of eXe, a mysterious and well-funded internet start-up that offers her a job. A conceptual take-over is deployed; gendered power play ensues; queerness incubates; memes converge. Set in New York City, post-Occupy and pre-Trump. First person / mixed media / pulp. Not actually about astrology. Published in 2020.

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Mercury Retrograde

Mercury Retrograde

by Emily Segal
Mercury Retrograde

Mercury Retrograde

by Emily Segal

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Overview

Autofiction. Emily Segal, artist and trend forecaster in her 20s, tries to tell the future by reading the present. Literature finds commercial form in the shape of eXe, a mysterious and well-funded internet start-up that offers her a job. A conceptual take-over is deployed; gendered power play ensues; queerness incubates; memes converge. Set in New York City, post-Occupy and pre-Trump. First person / mixed media / pulp. Not actually about astrology. Published in 2020.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781736210406
Publisher: Deluge Books
Publication date: 11/30/2020
Pages: 216
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Emily Segal (b. 1988, New York, NY) is an artist, writer, and trend forecaster based in Los Angeles. She co-founded the trend forecasting group K-HOLE, and currently directs the think tank and consultancy Nemesis. Her essays and interviews have appeared in e-flux journal, Frieze, Texte zur Kunst, Flash Art, Dazed, Mousse, 032c and many other publications. Mercury Retrograde is her first novel. Emilysegal.net @nemesis_emily (Instagram) @khole_emily (twitter)

Table of Contents

  1. RECRUITMENT
  2. RIVA THE AURA READER
  3. ORIGINS
  4. Y COMBINATOR FASHION FANTASY
  5. BRANDING 101
  6. JOINERDOM
  7. CONSCIOUSNESS / CAKE
  8. THE CONFERENCE
  9. MASSIVE AND VISIBLE
  10. TALKING BOUT MY GENERATION
  11. LIKE SEEKS LIKE
  12. ARCHITECTURE
  13. MEMES
  14. ANNOUNCEMENT
  15. COMMON KNOWLEDGE
  16. THE OPPOSITE OF PROGRESS
  17. RIDING IN CARS WITH BOYS
  18. SANT AMBROEUS
  19. RECURSIVE PAREIDOLIA
  20. BABY'S FIRST MEDITATION RETREAT
  21. PAUSE FOR REFLECTION
  22. SHIMSHIMMERY
  23. WELCOME TO THE FUTURE NAUSEOUS
  24. TWITCH
  25. NITE OUT
  26. JAPAN
  27. THREE THEORIES
  28. REVELATION
  29. NEGOTIATION
  30. BLOOD MOON
  31. QUITTING
  32. THE PAINTING
  33. DEVIL WEARS PRADA THEORY
  34. I DREAMT WE MADE OUT IN THE BACK OF A LIMO
  35. CERTAIN FORMS OF INTELLIGENCE
  36. FACE LOSS
  37. BUBBLES
  38. FUCK MARRY KILL
  39. THE DIP
  40. ANXIETY <> RELIEF
  41. CHRISTMAS PARTY
  42. DEMIGODS
  43. INTO THE NIGHT (TAXI PLEASE)
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