Daniel Kulla

Daniel Kulla (born 1977 in Blankenburg (Harz)) is a German writer and journalist. He briefly served as editor-in-chief of the Saxon youth magazine SPIESSER and has published books on intoxication and conspiracy ideologies.

Life and career Kulla grew up in Thale and performed Zivildienst in Germany.

Kulla organized literary remix projects with other authors, initially publishing them through his own imprint, Systemausfall '90 Verlag, before becoming an editor and author with Werner Pieper in 2001.

In his 2007 book Entschwörungstheorie. Niemand regiert die Welt, Kulla examined the history and dangers of ideological conspiracy thinking, distinguishing it from more open-ended forms of conspiracy theorizing. Together with Torsun Burkhardt, singer of the Berlin electropunk band Egotronic, he wrote the documentary novel Raven wegen Deutschland. He has also given lectures and readings on subjects including conspiracy ideology, The Coming Insurrection, occupied workplaces in Argentina, and intoxication and intimacy.

Kulla's book Leben im Rausch. Evolution, Geschichte, Aufstand, first published in 2012 and reissued in 2014, develops a concept of intoxication as a fundamental capacity of nervous systems to make use of their own "noise". Reviewing the book in taz, Sebastian Dörfler wrote that Kulla related intoxication to capitalist forms of valorization and to its social functions, dangers and possible uses. In an interview with jetzt, Kulla said that intoxication is "neither good nor bad" and can either reinforce or disrupt domination.

Outside literature, Kulla has recorded songs with Egotronic and with Björn Peng. Working under the name classless Kulla with the Hamburg musician Istari Lasterfahrer, he released the albums Nein, nein, das ist nicht der Kommunismus (2008), Wir hatten doch noch was vor (2010) and Auf- & Zustände (2012).

After periods in Dresden and Berlin, he returned to live in Thale.

Works Katzes Schrödinger. Dresden, 1997. Eine perfekte Welt mit Pickeln. Dresden, 1999. Eins auf's Auge. Es könnte alles falsch gewesen sein. Dresden, 1999. Weichkern-AufSchnitt. Die endgültige Versöhnung von einfach allem mit einfach allem. Dresden, 2000. Fresse in die Kamera. Und die eine oder andere Ummischung. Dresden, 2001. Warum schlug Marek seinen Kopf gegen die Mauer? Und die eine oder andere Ummischung von zahlreicher Hand. Anthology with contributions by Ulrich Holbein, Werner Pieper, Micky Remann, Arvid Leyh and others. Löhrbach, 2001. Der Phrasenprüfer. Szenen aus dem Leben von Wau Holland, Mitbegründer des Chaos Computer Clubs. Löhrbach, 2003. Aus der Produktion. Sukultur, Berlin, 2004. Entschwörungstheorie. Niemand regiert die Welt. Löhrbach, 2007. Kapitulatus! Das Illuminal. SuKuLTuR, Berlin, 2009. Raven wegen Deutschland (with Torsun). Mainz, 2011. Leben im Rausch. Evolution, Geschichte, Aufstand. Mainz, 2014. (first published in Löhrbach, 2012. )

Translations Die Abschaffung der Arbeit by Bob Black. Löhrbach, 2003. Dieser zeitlose Moment by Laura Huxley. Löhrbach, 2003. (with Sharon Levinson and Werner Pieper) Sind Unternehmen die besseren Menschen? by Paco Xander Nathan. Löhrbach, 2004. Wir sind ein Bild der Zukunft (ed. by A.G. Schwarz, Tasos Sagris, Void Network). Hamburg, 2010. (with Nina Knirsch, Karl Rauschenbach and Bernd Volkert) Kampf im Herzen der Bestie. Militanter Widerstand in den USA by Dan Berger. Hamburg, 2011. (with Bernd Volkert) Sin Patrón, Herrenlos, Arbeiten ohne Chefs. Instandbesetzte Betriebe in Belegschaftskontrolle. Das argentinische Modell: besetzen, Widerstand leisten, weiterproduzieren (ed. by Lavaca; translated and introduced by Daniel Kulla). 2015.