Obsolete

Published: March 21, 2020, 6:39 p.m.

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When the world changes suddenly - how do we know what to abandon and what to keep? William Gibson, Don Paterson, Caro C, and K\\u1ecd\\u0301l\\xe1 T\\xfab\\u1ecd\\u0300s\\xfan explore the writing of obsolescence with Ian McMillan.

The iconic 1960s television series 'The Twilight Zone' is replete with sudden ruptures to daily life -Don Paterson explains how he used the series to write poems that explore our relationship with obsolescence. Sound artist and composer Caro C shares a new commission for The Verb, the novelist famed for conceiving 'cyberspace', William Gibson, considers the disappearance of the future, and K\\u1ecd\\u0301l\\xe1 T\\xfab\\u1ecd\\u0300s\\xfan explains why he strives to give Nigerian English and the Yoruba language a technological presence.

Presenter: Ian McMillan\\nProducer: Faith Lawrence

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