"Usually, noticing you're going in circles implies that you are lost. But many find this quite pleasant." -Diedrich Diederichsen

Text: "Living in the Loop" by Diedrich Diederichsen (from Fillip magazine / Issue 14)

This essay is a shortened version of the first chapter of Diedrich Diederichsen’s "Eigenblutdoping" (Cologne: KiWi Publishing, 2008).

Diedrich Diederichsen is a Berlin-based critic of art, pop music, theater, and politics. He is currently Professor for Theory, Practice, and Communication of Contemporary 
Art at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna.