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Auryn

@lordpook.bsky.social

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Furry filmmaker, werewolf cybernetician, beloved adjunct faculty member, ham radio operator, and certified emotional support animal. Director of "Rukus" rukusmovie.com You CAN and MUST understand shapeshifting NOW.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 26d

Eileen Townsend's review of Room Party is out now in Artillery Magazine! Eileen isn't a furry, but she is my bff, and she really, really GETS IT.

Featuring @attyboy.bsky.social @flausch.bsky.social @scribblechicken.bsky.social @zubrovich.bsky.social @julianahuxtable.bsky.social @elfboys.com & more!

FURRY ARTISTS WILL REMAKE THE WORLD - Artillery Magazine

artillerymag.com

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 8d

@attyboy.bsky.social and I are moderating this panel at the 2nd annual Furry Studies Conference. @glopossum.com @notyet-here.bsky.social @outsidewolves.bsky.social and @cat09tails.bsky.social - live and inhuman! Virtual talks by @uglygirlswag.bsky.social @zubrovich.bsky.social & @flausch.bsky.social

PIMP-alotti-RIZ @attyboy.bsky.social · 8d

Happy to share that I will be moderating a panel at this years @furrystudies.org conference in Tacoma, WA on Halloween! I stepped on to help organize the conference after speaking at it last year and it’s been really near and dear to me. Tickets for in person and virtual attendance are available!

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 12d

Home Movies is the best before bed!

Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 20d

They had website trouble - it's back.

Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 20d

PS - Their website went down for a day or two, but the article is back!

Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 20d

It's back.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 21d

Apparently their website was having issues today. Should be back up soon!

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 24d

I have one like this, it's a great kind of white noise machine. Delighted to see the pufferfox version.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 26d

And you can get a print copy at art galleries and newsstands all over LA, or at Barnes & Noble nationwide!

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 26d

FURRY ARTISTS WILL REMAKE THE WORLD - Artillery Magazine

artillerymag.com

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · 28d

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pseudotsugafox. [ 0/3 slots, - commisions open ] @pseudotsugafox.bsky.social · Sep 7

pufferfox double slit experiment.

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Room Party @roomparty.bsky.social · Sep 6

Hey all! Wanna buy the zines and comics from Room Party? We put together a compiled list on our site so you can purchase directly from the artists. Give it a look!

room-party.com/books/

Books for Purchase—ROOM PARTY

Books included in Room Party: Furry Art at the Beginning of the World, a group exhibition of contemporary and experimental furry art.

room-party.com

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Sep 2

You can't really feel anything.

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flausch @flausch.bsky.social · Aug 9

Incredible talk describing precisely what binds us furry weirdos at the end of the world together, forming a poetic of alien fur, linking it with UFO culture ––– everybody is a friend; beautiful!! Watch it!! And watch Rukus (2018) too.

Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jan 30

Here's my talk from the Furry Studies 2024 conference, "What is Werewolf Cybernetics?"

Turtles in cinema, plushie holography, space brothers, midnight phone calls, and submerged dreams. It's also about staying alive in an alienated world, and the queer alchemy of furry intersubjectivity.

What is Werewolf Cybernetics?

with Auryn (Brett Hanover) It’s the emerging discipline that everyone’s talking about, but just what is Werewolf Cybernetics? Is it truly a revolutionary…

vimeo.com

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Aug 9

Yes. RPG, like the way Warriors fan cat clans do.

Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Aug 6

All artists should be so lucky. You are blessed to be in the middle of a movement like this, at a time when your work is so necessary, so essential.

Furry artists, you are exactly where you need to be. Your work saves lives. We need you now. I need you now.

I'm in this culture war to win it.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Aug 6

I hope Room Party reminds every furry that they are part of a vast collective art project - one that builds intimacy, queers fixed ideas, and dares to imagine a better future. One that thrives on love and authenticity - one that is dangerous, sexy, and actually fun! One that is ALIVE.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Aug 6

This was one of the most important things I've ever had the privilege to be a part of. A chance to turn a gallery into a truly furry community space, to advance the furry contemporary art scene without compromise, to connect so many brilliant people. A chance to reaffirm why we do what we do.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Aug 6

Room Party was everything we hoped it would be. Thank you to co-curators @uglygirlswag.bsky.social @aski.bsky.social and @hypertyping.bsky.social. Thank you to Bunker Projects for seeing furry art as we do. Thank you to the artists and to everyone who visited. Thank you for cuddles, hugs, and tears.

Room Party @roomparty.bsky.social · Jul 22

And with that, the show comes down. Thank you to everyone who made it out to the show over the past two months. From the team: it couldn't have been possible without you 💜

A photo of the Room Party team on the mantle in the gallery. From left to right: Lane, Cass, Brett and Paul.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thanks. Don't need that one, but if no one else is interested in the camera, I might be. Let me know.

Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jul 31

My favorite film camera! I probably don't need another one, but what lenses do you have?

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jul 29

An instant classic of New Furry Cinema, created specifically for Room Party. The effect on the crowd was dramatic - we were stunned, overflowing, riveted, changed. An essential piece for thinking about the future of furry. What have capitalism's placeless places done for us? Where else can we go?

flausch @flausch.bsky.social · Jul 6

I Really Want To Go To 2025 Anthrocon But I’m Too Scared To Enter The States With My Tranny ID
– you can watch my live performance for yesterday’s ROOM PARTY night here:

☁️ www.ivynuss.de/anthrocon2025

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jul 29

Not that there aren't real accessibility problems and exclusions in academic discourse. But it's too easy to just dismiss it, as if access to a seminar is the only way these things move through the culture.

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jul 29

Every time you hear this argument that theoretical/academic stuff should be dismissed as too elite, it's not taking into account how all kinds of sources work together and mutate to build movements. And it's always coming from people who have already read the thing and are now too cool for school

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Auryn @lordpook.bsky.social · Jul 29

Someone once told me that when Gender Trouble first came out, everyone was reading it, but it seemed so theoretical and academic - what was the political program? But he said it was amazing to watch how, over the decades, it trickled into everything, and people figured out what to do with it.

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