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

Sun May 1 13:57:43 CEST 2016

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 <aliak77 at gmail.com> 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 <ruth.catlow at 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.catlow at furtherfield.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>> My name is Ruth Catlow,
>>> and I am an Accelerationist.
>>>
>>> Back in 1996 ....
>>> (to be continued)
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