Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Kath O'Donnell]

thank you Marc. I hadn't read the manifesto - I was on my ipad earlier and
it did something weird with the url and didn't load the page - it's working
ok on my computer now though.

ok after reading this more, perhaps I am more aligned to accelerationism
than I first thought. lots to think about in any case. I don't know enough
about the economics parts of it all to comment much on those

from the manifesto:
>> 2.. "What has instead occurred is the progressive elimination of the
work-life distinction, with work coming to permeate every aspect of the
emerging social factory"
I agree that this has happened. I feel it personally in my life at least

>> 3. "Capitalism has begun to constrain the productive forces of
technology, or at least, direct them towards needlessly narrow ends."
I can see their point here too - it seems our tech advances are for
consumerist gains/profit. why can't those clever qants be put to work
solving medical problems or helping to prevent poverty instead of making
internet search and ads algorithms more efficient.

>> 7. "Technology and the social are intimately bound up with one another,
and changes in either potentiate and reinforce changes in the other."
yes, agree, both need to be there not one/tech on its own

>> 12. "We do not believe that direct action is sufficient to achieve any
of this."
I see their point with this and agree, though I think direct action can be
useful as one tool in your toolkit/box. seeing mass protests overseas has
been encouraging to see how people in other countries are thinking on
certain issues. and I think it can help you think you are helping to affect
change.

>> 13. "What is needed — what has always been needed — is an ecology of
organisations, a pluralism of forces, resonating and feeding back on their
comparative strengths."
agree with this. nodes in the network. I think of this like network routing
rules - some are default, some are quicker, some are slower. and hopefully
you don't get stuck in a closed loop & can't get out to the wider wan

>> 17. "We need to construct wide-scale media reform."
that would be nice. I think it might be a generation away though. perhaps
once the major players' leaders leave things might start to change more.
getting people in power to give up their power isn't an easy thing to do.

>> 19. "A positive feedback loop of infrastructural, ideological, social
and economic transformation, generating a new complex hegemony, a new
post-capitalist technosocial platform."
having the feedback loops, yes - like cybernetics' mechanisms. I think we
do need this to be able to adjust as we go & know what's working and what's
not. I think it would need to be a key/integral part of the mechanism, not
an after thought, otherwise it could hinder decision making.


via Marc:
>> I view my relationship with Accelerationism as something one would not
choose to live with, but have come to terms with.
this is a good way of thinking - I guess we have to do this with all 'ism'
as we're living / coming to terms with the effects of Capitalism


On 1 May 2016 at 21:57, marc garrett  wrote:
[snip]

>
>
> Have you read ‘#ACCELERATE MANIFESTO for an Accelerationist Politics
>
> by Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek ‘? - http://bit.ly/1W0jyD0
>
>
>
> The above is linked among other reading materials suggested on the
> Furtherfield page ‘We Need to Talk About Accelerationism’ -
> http://bit.ly/1Uk8HU2
>
>
>
[snip]

>
>
>
> I view my relationship with Accelerationism as something one would not
> choose to live with, but have come to terms with.
>
>
>
>
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[marc garrett]

Hi Kath & all,



>catching up on these discussions. my mind has been

>offline for past month or so, not taking in any new input.



I’m also catching up with the discussions, after being deeply immersed with
too other many things. Which has been immensely frustrating.



However, it is a pleasure to catch up, and read such a diverse mixture of
ideas in relation to how people have been expressing their own positions on
what Accelerationism means to them.



>stil getting my head around the term and its impact or method relating to
art.



I agree, I’ve always felt that art can loosen things up and give us fresh
perspectives and understandings, on almost anything, in contrast to the
custom design and built, top-down controlled narratives. I see art in its
essence and spirit as a grass roots manifestation of grounded, creative
knowledge, being expressed on its own terms.



>I did find it ironic the accelerationist reader is

>only available in print form, not pdf/ebook? perhaps

>I haven't searched wide enough yet for the ebook version



Have you read ‘#ACCELERATE MANIFESTO for an Accelerationist Politics

by Alex Williams and Nick Srnicek ‘? - http://bit.ly/1W0jyD0



The above is linked among other reading materials suggested on the
Furtherfield page ‘We Need to Talk About Accelerationism’ -
http://bit.ly/1Uk8HU2



>I was more of an Accelerationist when younger/in

>the early 90s, but less so now. am enjoying reading

>the discussions though. I'm interested in the

>accelerationist art/aesthetic examples to gain a better

>idea of what they would mean/look like.



I view my relationship with Accelerationism as something one would not
choose to live with, but have come to terms with.



Wishing you well.



marc

On 1 May 2016 at 02:39, Kath O'Donnell  wrote:

> catching up on these discussions. my mind has been offline for past month
> or so, not taking in any new input.
>
> stil getting my head around the term and its impact or method relating to
> art.
>
> my first thought was that I wanted to slow down too, so I enjoyed Ruth's
> response to Annie's post below.
> I think from a pov of technology, things are moving ahead quickly, with
> agile comes lots of bugs and regression issues though, and often no time to
> go back and mend. we need both mending/support for systems as well as
> forward movement. and so far wrt working with progression of tech, it seems
> that the idea of letting the machines do the work was a broken promise.
> it's a job for life keeping them running, they're not self sufficient yet.
> perhaps I was more of an Accelerationist when younger/in the early 90s, but
> less so now. am enjoying reading the discussions though. I'm interested in
> the accelerationist art/aesthetic examples to gain a better idea of what
> they would mean/look like.
>
> I did find it ironic the accelerationist reader is only available in print
> form, not pdf/ebook? perhaps I haven't searched wide enough yet for the
> ebook version
>
> On Friday, 22 April 2016, ruth catlow 
> 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.
>>
>> 

Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Kath O'Donnell]

catching up on these discussions. my mind has been offline for past month
or so, not taking in any new input.

stil getting my head around the term and its impact or method relating to
art.

my first thought was that I wanted to slow down too, so I enjoyed Ruth's
response to Annie's post below.
I think from a pov of technology, things are moving ahead quickly, with
agile comes lots of bugs and regression issues though, and often no time to
go back and mend. we need both mending/support for systems as well as
forward movement. and so far wrt working with progression of tech, it seems
that the idea of letting the machines do the work was a broken promise.
it's a job for life keeping them running, they're not self sufficient yet.
perhaps I was more of an Accelerationist when younger/in the early 90s, but
less so now. am enjoying reading the discussions though. I'm interested in
the accelerationist art/aesthetic examples to gain a better idea of what
they would mean/look like.

I did find it ironic the accelerationist reader is only available in print
form, not pdf/ebook? perhaps I haven't searched wide enough yet for the
ebook version

On Friday, 22 April 2016, ruth catlow  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
> > wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>
>> Back in 1996 
>> (to be continued)
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Rob Myers]

On 24/04/16 02:42 PM, BishopZ wrote:
> My name is Bishop Zareh and I don't know much about the topic, but like
> what I have read so far.
> 
> I really connected with the 3D Additivist Manifesto and its description
> of a Junk Body, the body left behind by technology and obsolescence -
> the biological equivalent of Koolhaus' Junk Space - a shopping mall
> forever under construction.

I'm a bit biased regarding Additivism because a descendant of my Urinal
(3D model by Chris Webber) is in the still for the video. :-)

They have a Facebook group that has lots of good stuff as well (linked
from their website).

Their mention of "The Radical Outside" ties in with themes of exit and
escape that some other Accelerationists have been criticised for. They
seem much more grounded in the *negative* consequences of technology and
the concept of the Anthropocene than the more Cosmism-inspired branches
of Accelerationism.

> Visually, the images associated with these works are the most
> distinctive aesthetic to come from theory journals since Glitch. I
> created a pinboard for
> them: 
> https://www.pinterest.com/eduatx/accelerationist-additivist-accelerationism/

Hey that's really good! Some great examples.

> I see a lot of connection to Virilio's work. Even before Dromology, in
> War & Cinema Virilio writes about the apparatus of perception control.
> As we move from Mass Media to Mass Technology, the same apparatus
> appears. The Internet's always-on resilience is also a product of
> military invention. Left Accelerationism seems to make a call to action
> towards creating a beneficial technology with remnants of the corrupted
> commercial systems.

Yes that's a good characterisation.

> Are they attempting a middle path between the extremes of "use the
> API" and "get off the grid"?

Maybe it's API hacking? Or a mash-up:

"3.1 [...] an accelerationist politics seeks to preserve the gains of
late capitalism while going further than its value system, governance
structures, and mass pathologies will allow"

That "further" isn't one of technology-for-technology's sake, rather
it's the creation of:

"3.19 [...] A positive feedback loop of infrastructural, ideological,
social and economic transformation, generating a new complex hegemony, a
new post-capitalist technosocial platform."

I'd emphasize the "social" part of that. I'm sympathetic to criticism of
these goals as a bit lofty or abstract. There are some suggestions in
the MAP for how to achieve them, and "Inventing The Future" goes into
great detail about them.

> From Alan's question:
> 
> does accelerationism deal with issues of pollution, extinction, and
> so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has one already waited?
> 
> My guess is that they also split a middle path between Kurzweil-style
> utopian futurism and doomsday dystopia. Saying something like, The
> future is set, we are going there anyway, lets just get on with it
> already. I could be completely wrong.

Yes a positive and realistic middle path into a better future. As the
MAP ends:

"The future needs to be constructed. It has been demolished by
neoliberal capitalism and reduced to a cut-price promise of greater
inequality, conflict, and chaos. [...] The future must be cracked open
once again, unfastening our horizons towards the universal possibilities
of the Outside."

There's that Outside again...

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[BishopZ]

My name is Bishop Zareh and I don't know much about the topic, but like
what I have read so far.

I really connected with the 3D Additivist Manifesto and its description of
a Junk Body, the body left behind by technology and obsolescence - the
biological equivalent of Koolhaus' Junk Space - a shopping mall forever
under construction.

Visually, the images associated with these works are the most distinctive
aesthetic to come from theory journals since Glitch. I created a pinboard
for them:
https://www.pinterest.com/eduatx/accelerationist-additivist-accelerationism/

I see a lot of connection to Virilio's work. Even before Dromology, in War
& Cinema Virilio writes about the apparatus of perception control. As we
move from Mass Media to Mass Technology, the same apparatus appears. The
Internet's always-on resilience is also a product of military invention.
Left Accelerationism seems to make a call to action towards creating a
beneficial technology with remnants of the corrupted commercial systems.
Are they attempting a middle path between the extremes of "use the API" and
"get off the grid"?

>From Alan's question:

does accelerationism deal with issues of pollution, extinction, and so
forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has one already waited?

My guess is that they also split a middle path between Kurzweil-style
utopian futurism and doomsday dystopia. Saying something like, The future
is set, we are going there anyway, lets just get on with it already. I
could be completely wrong.

Anyway, thanks for the article Rob and discussion Ruth, much needed!
Bz


On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 12:48 PM, Rob Myers  wrote:

>
>
> On April 21, 2016 10:27:26 AM PDT, ruth catlow <
> ruth.cat...@furtherfield.org> wrote:
> >
> >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.
>
> Yes definitely 2. :-).  This is wonderful description of the spirit of
> contemporary left accelerationism.
>
> >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.
>
> Yes absolutely. My first thought on reading some of the MAP was "this has
> the potential to be a bit totalitarian". Srnicek & Williams very
> thoroughly address how to ensure an open society in their follow-up.
> Reflecting what you wrote above, they do this in part by reference to
> neoliberalism, ironising its negative examples of international movement
> and regional mutaton into positive proposals.
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[Rob Myers]

On April 21, 2016 10:27:26 AM PDT, ruth catlow  
wrote:
>
>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.

Yes definitely 2. :-).  This is wonderful description of the spirit of 
contemporary left accelerationism.

>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.

Yes absolutely. My first thought on reading some of the MAP was "this has the 
potential to be a bit totalitarian". Srnicek & Williams very thoroughly 
address how to ensure an open society in their follow-up. Reflecting what you 
wrote above, they do this in part by reference to neoliberalism, ironising its 
negative examples of international movement and regional mutaton into positive 
proposals.
-- 
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[Simon Biggs]

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 
quality.

best

Simon


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> On 22 Apr 2016, at 11:27, Pall Thayer  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  > wrote:
> The Adelaide Hills aren’t much like Iceland…
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryville,_South_Australia 
> 
> 
> 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 08:46, Pall Thayer > > wrote:
>> 
>> In Iceland, we have plants that we call "peningablóm" (moneyflowers). Maybe 
>> that would work... 
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=peningabl%C3%B3m=ms-android-google=mivn=isch=u=univ=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_=__XDkhUg9a_CokXUFIwMhadO_96Q0%3D=X=0ahUKEwiY25_97aDMAhUMIcAKHcpgCscQsAQIHg=592=280
>>  
>> 
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 19:13 Simon Biggs > > wrote:
>> We’re revegetating it with local flora. There’s a lot of ornithological 
>> commerce...
>> 
>> 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 08:16, Pall Thayer >> > 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 >> > 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 
>>> 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 
>>> 

Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Pall Thayer]

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  wrote:

> The Adelaide Hills aren’t much like Iceland…
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryville,_South_Australia
>
> 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 08:46, Pall Thayer  wrote:
>
> In Iceland, we have plants that we call "peningablóm" (moneyflowers).
> Maybe that would work...
> https://www.google.com/search?q=peningabl%C3%B3m=ms-android-google=mivn=isch=u=univ=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_=__XDkhUg9a_CokXUFIwMhadO_96Q0%3D=X=0ahUKEwiY25_97aDMAhUMIcAKHcpgCscQsAQIHg=592=280
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 19:13 Simon Biggs  wrote:
>
>> We’re revegetating it with local flora. There’s a lot of ornithological
>> commerce...
>>
>> 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 08:16, Pall Thayer  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  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
>>> 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 02:57, ruth catlow 
>>> 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 

Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Simon Biggs]

The Adelaide Hills aren’t much like Iceland…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherryville,_South_Australia

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 08:46, Pall Thayer  wrote:
> 
> In Iceland, we have plants that we call "peningablóm" (moneyflowers). Maybe 
> that would work... 
> https://www.google.com/search?q=peningabl%C3%B3m=ms-android-google=mivn=isch=u=univ=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_=__XDkhUg9a_CokXUFIwMhadO_96Q0%3D=X=0ahUKEwiY25_97aDMAhUMIcAKHcpgCscQsAQIHg=592=280
>  
> 
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 19:13 Simon Biggs  > wrote:
> We’re revegetating it with local flora. There’s a lot of ornithological 
> commerce...
> 
> 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 08:16, Pall Thayer > > 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 > > 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 
>> 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 02:57, ruth catlow >> > 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 

Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Pall Thayer]

In Iceland, we have plants that we call "peningablóm" (moneyflowers). Maybe
that would work...
https://www.google.com/search?q=peningabl%C3%B3m=ms-android-google=mivn=isch=u=univ=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_=__XDkhUg9a_CokXUFIwMhadO_96Q0%3D=X=0ahUKEwiY25_97aDMAhUMIcAKHcpgCscQsAQIHg=592=280

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 19:13 Simon Biggs  wrote:

> We’re revegetating it with local flora. There’s a lot of ornithological
> commerce...
>
> 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 08:16, Pall Thayer  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  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
>> 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 02:57, ruth catlow 
>> 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 

Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Simon Biggs]

We’re revegetating it with local flora. There’s a lot of ornithological 
commerce...

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 08:16, Pall Thayer  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  > 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 
> 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 02:57, ruth catlow > > 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 >> > wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>> 
>>> Back in 1996 
>>> (to be continued)
>>> ___
>>> NetBehaviour mailing list
>>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org 
>>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour 
>>> 

Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Pall Thayer]

...Unless you decide to turn your parcel of land into a bustling center of
commerce.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 18:41 Simon Biggs  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
> 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 02:57, ruth catlow 
> 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> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>
>> Back in 1996 
>> (to be continued)
>> ___
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>> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org
>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
>>
>
>
>
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> 
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> 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.
>
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> 
>
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Simon Biggs]

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…

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> On 22 Apr 2016, at 02:57, ruth catlow  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 > > wrote:
>> Hello,
>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>> 
>> Back in 1996 
>> (to be continued)
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Pall Thayer]

My name is Pall Thayer and I'm a Libre Office Calc-er... not an
excel-erationist.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 18:35 Simon Biggs  wrote:

> I’ve always been sceptical of manifestos, isms and movements. They
> typically corrupt themselves and end up in a car crash. The same goes for
> ideology.
>
> I have two questions:
>
> In what sense is accelerationism distinct from prior isms?
> Distinct or not, do I want to be associated with it - or don’t I have a
> choice (perhaps Marc can answer that one…)?
>
> best
>
> Simon
>
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 21 Apr 2016, at 22:55, dave miller  wrote:
>
> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot
> more - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand,
> to be honest.
>
> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg
> Manifesto
>
> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it is,
> and why.
>
> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are all
> new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting with
> art, networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we
> should
> a) take very seriously
> b) embrace
> c) be sceptical of?
> d) be scared of?
> e) wish that we'd thought of
>
> cheers dave
>
>
> On 21 April 2016 at 14:06, Alan Sondheim  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of
>> pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has
>> one already waited?
>> Thanks, Alan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>>
>>> Back in 1996 
>>> (to be continued)
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[Simon Biggs]

I’ve always been sceptical of manifestos, isms and movements. They typically 
corrupt themselves and end up in a car crash. The same goes for ideology.

I have two questions:

In what sense is accelerationism distinct from prior isms?
Distinct or not, do I want to be associated with it - or don’t I have a choice 
(perhaps Marc can answer that one…)?

best

Simon


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> On 21 Apr 2016, at 22:55, dave miller  wrote:
> 
> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot more 
> - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand, to be 
> honest.
> 
> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto
> 
> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it is, 
> and why.
> 
> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are all 
> new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting with art, 
> networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we should 
> a) take very seriously
> b) embrace
> c) be sceptical of?
> d) be scared of?
> e) wish that we'd thought of
> 
> cheers dave
> 
> 
> On 21 April 2016 at 14:06, Alan Sondheim  > wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of 
> pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has 
> one already waited?
> Thanks, Alan
> 
> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> My name is Ruth Catlow,
> and I am an Accelerationist.
> 
> Back in 1996 
> (to be continued)
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Tom Kohut]

Regarding what an accelerationist aesthetics might resemble (or the set of 
things which m ight be grouped via family resemblance as an "accelerationist 
aesthetics"), there's the June 2013 EFlux which was devoted to exactly this 
question. In it, Patricia MacCormack (In "Cosmogenic Acceleration: Futurity and 
Ethics") asks:
"[…] what is the qualitative difference between a nihilistic reading of 
acceleration as saturation without refined intensity [as in its 90s, Nick Land 
versions], and an accelerationist aesthetic that does not equate speed with the 
too-fast replacements of capitalism, instead seeking intensity in all movement, 
and thus all movement as acceleration (even multidirectional)?"
I think this last point is particularly interesting insofar as it insists, as I 
think Rob Myers pointed out vis-à-vis Futurism, that speed is not an absolute 
quality, but is a relational concept. In this sense, no continents without 
islands. 
I also wonder about how accelerationism's aesthetics relates to the larger 
question of political aesthetics. What I mean by this is: accelerationism, in 
its latest version, started off primarily as a way of naming a political 
tendency: how to best bring about a post-capitalist global situation using the 
tools which are available. Thus, not exactly an oppositional stance – we must 
smash capitalism – but rather a repurposing/hacking of the platforms that 
capitalist interests have made available and using them as weapons against that 
which impedes a transition to post-capitalism. Is aesthetics one such tool? I 
might point out that the 90s cyber version of accelerationism certainly had 
aesthetic investments (Neuromancer, Blade Runner, Terminator, etc.). So the 
question that accelerationism poses might be something like: what sort of 
coordination can/should exist between a post-capitalist political program and 
art? 

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> On Apr 21, 2016, at 3:11 PM, Rob Myers  wrote:
> 
> I think Haraway is a good historical example. Their Cyborg Manifesto was 
> written against sclerotic essentialist-/eco- feminism and amidst the decline 
> of left politics in the US during the Reagan era. They take the Cold War 
> figure of the cyborg and re-purpose it to critique all of this. There are 
> strong parallels to Srnicek & Williams' current argument that "folk politics" 
> is insufficient to bring about political change.
>  
> I don't think that Accelerationist aesthetics are even slightly resolved yet, 
> and that's a good thing. In "Accelerationist Art" I mention some examples and 
> possibilities, particularly art that tries to exit the confines of 
> Contemporary Art's simulacrum of freedom. Maybe we can come up with something 
> here. :-) In general, Accelerationist aesthetics would presumably be about 
> increasing the capabilities of our reason in/via art, which I think would 
> require increasing the capabilities of our perception. One view of this would 
> be something like Cultural Analytics, the ability to deal in millions of 
> images or other cultural/perceptible phenomena at a time. But then there's 
> the singular power of myth and icons/iconography to guide and organise our 
> thought and perception. Which brings us back to the quarantine zone in which 
> we can look at Hyperstition...
>  
> I think that a) and c) are good positions to combine. If they lead to b), 
> that's great. If not, hopefully understanding why not will lead to positive 
> action in other ways.
>  
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, at 06:25 AM, dave miller wrote:
>> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot more 
>> - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand, to be 
>> honest.
>>  
>> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg Manifesto
>>  
>> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it is, 
>> and why.
>>  
>> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are all 
>> new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting with 
>> art, networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we should 
>> a) take very seriously
>> b) embrace
>> c) be sceptical of?
>> d) be scared of?
>> e) wish that we'd thought of
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Rob Myers]

I think Haraway is a good historical example. Their Cyborg Manifesto was
written against sclerotic essentialist-/eco- feminism and amidst the
decline of left politics in the US during the Reagan era. They take the
Cold War figure of the cyborg and re-purpose it to critique all of this.
There are strong parallels to Srnicek & Williams' current argument that
"folk politics" is insufficient to bring about political change.
 
I don't think that Accelerationist aesthetics are even slightly resolved
yet, and that's a good thing. In "Accelerationist Art" I mention some
examples and possibilities, particularly art that tries to exit the
confines of Contemporary Art's simulacrum of freedom. Maybe we can come
up with something here. :-) In general, Accelerationist aesthetics would
presumably be about increasing the capabilities of our reason in/via
art, which I think would require increasing the capabilities of our
perception. One view of this would be something like Cultural Analytics,
the ability to deal in millions of images or other cultural/perceptible
phenomena at a time. But then there's the singular power of myth and
icons/iconography to guide and organise our thought and perception.
Which brings us back to the quarantine zone in which we can look at
Hyperstition...
 
I think that a) and c) are good positions to combine. If they lead to
b), that's great. If not, hopefully understanding why not will lead to
positive action in other ways.
 
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, at 06:25 AM, dave miller wrote:
> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a
> lot more - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to
> understand, to be honest.
>
> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg
> Manifesto
>
> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it
> is, and why.
>
> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are
> all new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been
> experimenting with art, networked technology and politics for ages, is
> this something we should
> a) take very seriously
> b) embrace
> c) be sceptical of?
> d) be scared of?
> e) wish that we'd thought of
 
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Rob Myers]

Regarding poetry and Acceleration, here's an interview with Amy Ireland
about Xenopoetry (via Nick Land) -
 
https://www.academia.edu/24546212/Poetry_is_Cosmic_War_Interview_
 
 
On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, at 08:16 AM, Paul Hertz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My name is Paul Hertz and I am a hodge-podge of contradictory and half-
> ass[ed|imilated] philosophical viewpoints. There serve me well for
> making art, but less so for staking out any sort of theoretical terra
> firma. Given a choice, I would prefer islands to continents and
> slowing down to accelerating (an issue Virilio discusses in some
> depth). I might also prefer to set my path through the thicket of
> theory by tracking poets rather than philosophers. Assemble the tropes
> and consistency be damned!
>
> -- Paul
 
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[Rob Myers]

On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, at 06:06 AM, Alan Sondheim wrote:
> 
> does accelerationism deal with issues of 
> pollution, extinction, and so forth? 

Additivism is directly concerned with these.

Contemporary Left Accelerationism is a resource for dealing with them if
one wishes to do so. "Inventing The Future", the follow-up to the
"Manifesto For An Accelerationist Politics", has been criticised for not
taking an explicit enough stand on this, but it is designed to create a
political environment in which people have the resources to address
issues such as environmental devastation in a serious way.

90s-style cyberculture accelerationism was very much in favour of them
(regarding "The Terminator" as a manifesto rather than a warning).

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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[ruth catlow]

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 
> 
wrote:


Hello,
My name is Ruth Catlow,
and I am an Accelerationist.

Back in 1996 
(to be continued)
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Rob Myers]

Heya.

My name is Rob. I'm not (yet) an Accelerationist, I just play one on the
Internet. As part of which I've written about Accelerationist themes for
Furtherfield over the last couple of years. Most recently about
"Accelerationist Art".

On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, at 02:37 AM, ruth catlow wrote:
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> My name is Ruth Catlow,
> and I am an Accelerationist.
> 
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[marc garrett]

Hi all,

Good to see list users are already, tentatively dipping their toes into the
Accelerationist discussion.

I'm actually grading student work today and through the weekend (yawn).

Ruth and others will (hopefully) offer guidance through the maze, or at
least support into this dialogue at its beginning stages.

>From Tuesday onwards I intend to jump in and play.

Much respect...

marc


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[Paul Hertz]

Hello,

My name is Paul Hertz and I am a hodge-podge of contradictory and
half-ass[ed|imilated] philosophical viewpoints. There serve me well for
making art, but less so for staking out any sort of theoretical terra
firma. Given a choice, I would prefer islands to continents and slowing
down to accelerating (an issue Virilio discusses in some depth). I might
also prefer to set my path through the thicket of theory by tracking poets
rather than philosophers. Assemble the tropes and consistency be damned!

-- Paul


On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 9:09 AM, Tom Kohut  wrote:

> Hello,
> My name is Tom Kohut and I'm a sort of accelerationist.
> I've been following the discussion of accelerationism since version 2
> began to coalesce in 2008. (V.1 being the work in the 60s/70s of
> Deleuze, Lyotard's *Libidinal Economy* and Baudrillard). I say
> "sort of accelerationist" because while I am widely sympathetic to the
> principles of accelerationism (not necessarily those of Williams and
> Srnick's Manifesto), I think the implications of accelerationist tendencies
> in art and thought need to be articulated and debated. I look forward to
> doing it here.
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:25 AM, dave miller 
> wrote:
>
>> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot
>> more - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand,
>> to be honest.
>>
>> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg
>> Manifesto
>>
>> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it
>> is, and why.
>>
>> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are
>> all new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting
>> with art, networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we
>> should
>> a) take very seriously
>> b) embrace
>> c) be sceptical of?
>> d) be scared of?
>> e) wish that we'd thought of
>>
>> cheers dave
>>
>>
>> On 21 April 2016 at 14:06, Alan Sondheim  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of
>>> pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has
>>> one already waited?
>>> Thanks, Alan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
 My name is Ruth Catlow,
 and I am an Accelerationist.

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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Tom Kohut]

Hello,
My name is Tom Kohut and I'm a sort of accelerationist.
I've been following the discussion of accelerationism since version 2 began
to coalesce in 2008. (V.1 being the work in the 60s/70s of
Deleuze, Lyotard's *Libidinal Economy* and Baudrillard). I say
"sort of accelerationist" because while I am widely sympathetic to the
principles of accelerationism (not necessarily those of Williams and
Srnick's Manifesto), I think the implications of accelerationist tendencies
in art and thought need to be articulated and debated. I look forward to
doing it here.

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 8:25 AM, dave miller 
wrote:

> I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot
> more - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand,
> to be honest.
>
> I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg
> Manifesto
>
> And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it is,
> and why.
>
> I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are all
> new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting with
> art, networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we
> should
> a) take very seriously
> b) embrace
> c) be sceptical of?
> d) be scared of?
> e) wish that we'd thought of
>
> cheers dave
>
>
> On 21 April 2016 at 14:06, Alan Sondheim  wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of
>> pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has
>> one already waited?
>> Thanks, Alan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>>
>>> Back in 1996 
>>> (to be continued)
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[dave miller]

I don't understand what accelerationism is yet, as I need to read a lot
more - and a few times - and let it sink in. I find it hard to understand,
to be honest.

I'm interested though in the connection with Donna Haraway's Cyborg
Manifesto

And I'd like to know more about the accelerationist aesthetic, what it is,
and why.

I'd like to know the general view from people on this list - as we are all
new media/ net art/ media techy types , who have been experimenting with
art, networked technology and politics for ages, is this something we
should
a) take very seriously
b) embrace
c) be sceptical of?
d) be scared of?
e) wish that we'd thought of

cheers dave


On 21 April 2016 at 14:06, Alan Sondheim  wrote:

>
>
> Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of
> pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has
> one already waited?
> Thanks, Alan
>
>
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:
>
> Hello,
>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>
>> Back in 1996 
>> (to be continued)
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Alan Sondheim]

Hi - I have a naive question - does accelerationism deal with issues of 
pollution, extinction, and so forth? Can one wait for accelerationism? Has 
one already waited?

Thanks, Alan

On Thu, 21 Apr 2016, ruth catlow wrote:


Hello,
My name is Ruth Catlow,
and I am an Accelerationist.

Back in 1996 
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Re: [NetBehaviour] My name is [Your Name Here] and I am an Accelerationist

[Annie Abrahams]

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 
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> Hello,
> My name is Ruth Catlow,
> and I am an Accelerationist.
>
> Back in 1996 
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