There is evidence of prior glacial activity in the region but the landscape around our property has been too eroded since the last ice age for it to show that much. The landscape is extremely folded - so in that sense there is a D&G quality.
best Simon Simon Biggs si...@littlepig.org.uk http://www.littlepig.org.uk http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs > On 22 Apr 2016, at 11:27, Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Doesn't seem to be a lot of Dolce and Gabb... I mean Deleuze and Guattari > striation going on there. > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:27 PM Simon Biggs <si...@littlepig.org.uk > <mailto:si...@littlepig.org.uk>> wrote: > The Adelaide Hills aren’t much like Iceland… > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryville,_South_Australia > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryville,_South_Australia> > > best > > Simon > > > Simon Biggs > si...@littlepig.org.uk <mailto:si...@littlepig.org.uk> > http://www.littlepig.org.uk <http://www.littlepig.org.uk/> > http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs <http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs> > http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs > <http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs> > http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs > <http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs> > > > > > > > >> On 22 Apr 2016, at 08:46, Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com >> <mailto:pallt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> In Iceland, we have plants that we call "peningablóm" (moneyflowers). Maybe >> that would work... >> https://www.google.com/search?q=peningabl%C3%B3m&client=ms-android-google&prmd=mivn&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&fir=BoLzPM6yCZYzmM%253A%252CO4-EINlQmWn-lM%252C_%253B169047Z1P1krYM%253A%252CDfvXgtm3vtm8FM%252C_%253BetsLnp62ayiF2M%253A%252CtCJ-x7uP2jqqUM%252C_%253BmN8OivGCgz7l6M%253A%252CixtNDhiNIm_99M%252C_%253B41MjeO36AoMuUM%253A%252CT_6pGGsog_UPOM%252C_%253BbNLJykJh5aUD3M%253A%252Ce55hMwGN7a73jM%252C_%253BGMihfDfR8yV8QM%253A%252CNBKZCuCfFWNZ5M%252C_%253Bg_y37WtJA09dFM%253A%252CN1oS9lNgY1YUmM%252C_%253Bk2cKRFYb1pEYqM%253A%252Cc8cJ8f5R9M1xqM%252C_%253BUm7bQ1XFeIylZM%253A%252CN1oS9lNgY1YUmM%252C_&usg=__XDkhUg9a_CokXUFIwMhadO_96Q0%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY25_97aDMAhUMIcAKHcpgCscQsAQIHg&biw=592&bih=280 >> >> <https://www.google.com/search?q=peningabl%C3%B3m&client=ms-android-google&prmd=mivn&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&fir=BoLzPM6yCZYzmM%253A%252CO4-EINlQmWn-lM%252C_%253B169047Z1P1krYM%253A%252CDfvXgtm3vtm8FM%252C_%253BetsLnp62ayiF2M%253A%252CtCJ-x7uP2jqqUM%252C_%253BmN8OivGCgz7l6M%253A%252CixtNDhiNIm_99M%252C_%253B41MjeO36AoMuUM%253A%252CT_6pGGsog_UPOM%252C_%253BbNLJykJh5aUD3M%253A%252Ce55hMwGN7a73jM%252C_%253BGMihfDfR8yV8QM%253A%252CNBKZCuCfFWNZ5M%252C_%253Bg_y37WtJA09dFM%253A%252CN1oS9lNgY1YUmM%252C_%253Bk2cKRFYb1pEYqM%253A%252Cc8cJ8f5R9M1xqM%252C_%253BUm7bQ1XFeIylZM%253A%252CN1oS9lNgY1YUmM%252C_&usg=__XDkhUg9a_CokXUFIwMhadO_96Q0%3D&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiY25_97aDMAhUMIcAKHcpgCscQsAQIHg&biw=592&bih=280> >> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 19:13 Simon Biggs <si...@littlepig.org.uk >> <mailto:si...@littlepig.org.uk>> wrote: >> We’re revegetating it with local flora. There’s a lot of ornithological >> commerce... >> >> best >> >> Simon >> >> >> Simon Biggs >> si...@littlepig.org.uk <mailto:si...@littlepig.org.uk> >> http://www.littlepig.org.uk <http://www.littlepig.org.uk/> >> http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs <http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs> >> http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs >> <http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs> >> http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs >> <http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 22 Apr 2016, at 08:16, Pall Thayer <pallt...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:pallt...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> ...Unless you decide to turn your parcel of land into a bustling center of >>> commerce. >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 18:41 Simon Biggs <si...@littlepig.org.uk >>> <mailto:si...@littlepig.org.uk>> wrote: >>> We (my family and I) did grab what we can and head for the hills. >>> Literally. We now live high up in the hills in an obscure and hard to find >>> place a reasonably safe distance from where other people live about as far >>> from the cradle of Western civilisation one can be (Australia). We are >>> surrounded by a parcel of land that is ours and functions something like a >>> fortress. I guess that means I can’t be an accelerationist - even if I >>> wanted to be… >>> >>> best >>> >>> Simon >>> >>> >>> Simon Biggs >>> si...@littlepig.org.uk <mailto:si...@littlepig.org.uk> >>> http://www.littlepig.org.uk <http://www.littlepig.org.uk/> >>> http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs <http://amazon.com/author/simonbiggs> >>> http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs >>> <http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/homepage.asp?name=simon.biggs> >>> http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs >>> <http://www.eca.ed.ac.uk/school-of-art/simon-biggs> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 22 Apr 2016, at 02:57, ruth catlow <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org >>>> <mailto:ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear Annie, Dave, Alan and Paul, >>>> >>>> Annie you asked >>>> "I want to slow down, to be attentive, to touch - can that be part of >>>> Accelerationisme?" >>>> >>>> Yes. I think so. >>>> This is less about speed (as distinct from Futurism) than it is about >>>> rates of change. >>>> >>>> The technologies that we use are bound up with with advanced capitalism. >>>> We watch our political and social infrastructures unable to evolve fast >>>> enough to solve the wicked problems - for environment, democracy, justice >>>> and a good life- than they create. >>>> >>>> I think we can take two attitudes >>>> >>>> 1) Save ourselves! Take what we can carry, run for the hills and build the >>>> best fortresses we can with people whose values we share. >>>> >>>> or >>>> >>>> 2) coordinate and collaborate in the higher interests of all living beings >>>> - constantly working out who and what these are- and using all means at >>>> our disposal. >>>> >>>> I like the idea of living in the hills. >>>> But not under siege, and not in earshot of future generations of bemused, >>>> brutalised, alienated people. >>>> >>>> The dominant model of global coexistence is that of endless economic >>>> growth and Neoliberalism (the (increasingly automated) marketization of >>>> everything). This tends to centralize power and resources and renders >>>> less effective the usual ways of blocking and resisting; of work-based and >>>> traditional-identity based solidarity. >>>> >>>> Instead Contemporary Accelerationism suggests (I think) that we use in new >>>> combinations all the tools, tactics, and knowledges in an attempt to >>>> perform a series of judo moves (using the force rather than resisting the >>>> force), or to sling-shot our way through the mess we are in. >>>> >>>> As always, there needs to be a way to accommodate the visions and madcap >>>> schemes of all sorts- many islands rather than one land mass as Paul said. >>>> That's why this discussion here and now. >>>> >>>> Respect! >>>> Ruth >>>> >>>> On 21/04/16 12:01, Annie Abrahams wrote: >>>>> My name is Annie Abrahams and I don't know if I am an Accelerationist. >>>>> I don't like the word and I know that words are not innocent. >>>>> I do like Ruth and I know she never is completely wrong. >>>>> >>>>> Why in the first place I should think about it? Modernism, the >>>>> Postmodern, the New Aesthetics, Post Internet Art - just names, almost >>>>> forgotten names - containers that served to categorize discussions, >>>>> postures ... analyses? perspectives? >>>>> >>>>> Is Accelerationisme the most recent one in this row? >>>>> What should we discuss ... ? >>>>> Accelerate? What is knowledge in this frame, how is it constructed? Is it >>>>> a-historical? Is it prospective? >>>>> >>>>> I want to slow down, to be attentive, to touch - can that be part of >>>>> Accelerationisme? >>>>> >>>>> (to be continued) >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 11:37 AM, ruth catlow >>>>> <ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org <mailto:ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> Hello, >>>>> My name is Ruth Catlow, >>>>> and I am an Accelerationist. >>>>> >>>>> Back in 1996 .... >>>>> (to be continued) >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>>> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Gretta Louw reviews my book >>>>> <http://www.furtherfield.org/features/reviews/personal-politics-language-digital-colonialism-annie-abrahams%E2%80%99-estranger> >>>>> from "estranger to e-stranger: Living in between languages", and finds >>>>> that not only does it demonstrate a brilliant history in performance art, >>>>> but, it is also a sharp and poetic critique about language and everyday >>>>> culture. >>>>> >>>>> New project with Daniel Pinheiro and Lisa Parra : Distant Feeling(s) >>>>> <http://bram.org/distantF/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>>> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Co-founder Co-director >>>> Furtherfield >>>> >>>> www.furtherfield.org <http://www.furtherfield.org/> >>>> >>>> +44 (0) 77370 02879 >>>> Meeting calendar - http://bit.ly/1NgeLce <http://bit.ly/1NgeLce> >>>> Bitcoin Address 197BBaXa6M9PtHhhNTQkuHh1pVJA8RrJ2i >>>> >>>> Furtherfield is the UK's leading organisation for art shows, labs, & >>>> debates >>>> around critical questions in art and technology, since 1997 >>>> >>>> Furtherfield is a Not-for-Profit Company limited by Guarantee >>>> registered in England and Wales under the Company No.7005205. >>>> Registered business address: Ballard Newman, Apex House, Grand Arcade, >>>> Tally Ho Corner, London N12 0EH. >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>>> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >>> -- >>> P Thayer, Artist >>> http://pallthayer.dyndns.org >>> <http://pallthayer.dyndns.org/>_______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >>> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> >> -- >> P Thayer, Artist >> http://pallthayer.dyndns.org >> <http://pallthayer.dyndns.org/>_______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > -- > P Thayer, Artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > <http://pallthayer.dyndns.org/>_______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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