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 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 21 Apr 2016, at 22:55, dave miller <dave.miller...@gmail.com> 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 <sondh...@panix.com > <mailto:sondh...@panix.com>> 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) > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org <mailto:NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org> > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > <http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour> > > > > == > email archive http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/ > <http://sondheim.rupamsunyata.org/> > web http://www.alansondheim.org <http://www.alansondheim.org/> / cell > 718-813-3285 > music: http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/ > <http://www.espdisk.com/alansondheim/> > current text http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt > <http://www.alansondheim.org/tx.txt> > == > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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