K-punk parties on: new online film commission at ICA in London remembers late cultural theorist Mark Fisher
Since then, For k-punk—named after Fisher’s online alias and blog—has become an ongoing tribute event, organised by students at Goldsmiths, University of London, where he taught. DJ sets by UK-based creatives—last year’s edition included the artist Mark Leckey—mourn one of the pre-eminent voices of the radical left, who took his own life after a well-documented struggle with depression. Mark Fisher in 2014 © Paul Samuel White This year, due to Covid-19, For k-punk has moved online, incorporating a new visual element, and now stretches over an entire month...