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
On Thu, Apr 21, 2016, 19:13 Simon Biggs <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 > 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 <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> 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 <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> 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 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 >> listNetBehaviour@netbehaviour.orghttp://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> >> -- >> Co-founder Co-director >> Furtherfield >> >> www.furtherfield.org >> >> +44 (0) 77370 02879 >> Meeting calendar - 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 >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > -- > P Thayer, Artist > http://pallthayer.dyndns.org > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour -- P Thayer, Artist http://pallthayer.dyndns.org
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