[NetBehaviour] Inspired by recent discussion here on netbehaviour...about accelerationisms

Alan Sondheim sondheim at panix.com
Thu May 26 17:59:46 CEST 2016


agree with you here. might add missions make me nervous (but i'm nervous 
anyway).

On Thu, 26 May 2016, Gretta Louw wrote:

> I like the statement about it being a condition and not a mission. In that
> sense I think we are (almost) all participating along the accelerationist
> path.
> g.
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> June-August 2016 - Networking the unseen, Furtherfield Gallery, curated by
> Gretta Louw with Marc Garrett and Ruth Catlow, London, UK. Exhibition
> opening Friday 17th of June, with artist talks on Saturday the 18th ofJune. http://www.furtherfield.org/programmes/exhibition/networking-the-unse
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> 6 August 2016 - Do It With Others - Art and Solidarity in the Age of
> Networks, Wysing Arts Centre, led by Furtherfield (Ruth Catlow and Marc
> Garrett), Cambridge,UK. http://www.wysingartscentre.org/whats_on/events/saturday_symposia_6_aug
> ust
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> November-December 2016 - Monster of the Machine, LABoral Centro de Arte y
> Creaci?n Industrial, curated by Marc Garrett, Gij?n, Spain.
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> 2017 - Networking the unseen (Across Boundaries), Villa Merkel, curated by
> Gretta Louw as part of the Bahnw?rter Scholarship awarded by the City of
> Esslingen am Rhein, Esslingen, Germany.
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> Ongoing - GIF Portrait is a limited edition series of 20 digital art
> portraits on a commission basis. http://www.gifportrait.net/
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>       On 26 May 2016, at 13:06, ruth catlow
>       <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org> wrote:
> 
> Dear P[all],
> 
> Thanks for the audio interpretation of our acceleration-deceleration
> https://soundcloud.com/pall-thayer/acceleration-deceleration
> It maps to the dynamic, ominous, muscular debate, that suddenly
> stopped.... what? why?
> 
> Perhaps the debate evaporated, from a stream of conversation into a
> cloud of collective contemplation.
> 
> For myself, the discussion has been continuing (like several bees) in
> my own mind; telepathically with NBers (you know who you are); and
> then off-list over beers with many others in the world.
> 
> There was the usual display of generosity by those talking about
> things that are hard to talk about. The discussions about artists and
> artworks deserve more time.
> 
> There were so many strange iceberg statements made
> + Annie exhorted us not to dream
> + Michael mocked those who asserted that oceans would be made of
> lemonade if they wished it so
> + John, Alan and Simon all seem to prefer a planet sans-humans
> + Rob advocated asteroid mining for a universal basic income
> + Gretta was exasperated by the elites
> + James' software wouldn't run on my computer and he doesn't care
> - - None of these icebergs can be explored with the nuance required,
> in this format, in this place, but it's still good to see them hoving
> into view.
> 
> I am still Ruth, and I am still a (left) Accelerationist
> because its a condition not a mission.
> 
> Thanks everyone!
> 
> :)
> Ruth
> 
> On 23/05/16 04:01, Pall Thayer wrote:
>       This one is titled "Acceleration-Deceleration". Best with
>       headphones.
> https://soundcloud.com/pall-thayer/acceleration-deceleration
> --
> P Thayer, Artist
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