Mark Fisher (1968–2017) was a writer, theorist, and blogger (since 2003 as k-punk), who taught at the Department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths, University of London, London. He was a founding member of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit and author of Ghosts Of My Life: Writings on Depression, Hauntology and Lost Futures (2014), and Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? (2009). Fisher’s writing has appeared in many publications, including Frieze, The Guardian, New Humanist, New Statesman, Sight & Sound, and The Wire. He also produced two acclaimed audio-essays in collaboration with Justin Barton: londonunderlondon (2005) and On Vanishing Land (2013). [Last updated 2017]
