An artistic-activist practice first
developed by the Situationists Interna-
tional in the 1950s. Détournement uses
appropriation, deflection, and rerouting to
produce politically educative work. It re-
structures and/or fuses existing works and
cultural tropes. More recent forms of
détournement are also called
culture jamming.
developed by the Situationists Interna-
tional in the 1950s. Détournement uses
appropriation, deflection, and rerouting to
produce politically educative work. It re-
structures and/or fuses existing works and
cultural tropes. More recent forms of
détournement are also called
culture jamming.
The fundamental constituent
of the universe. Energy-matter’s
cycles of concentration and dissipation
are usually seen as separate. Energy is
seen as transformation. Matter is seen
as consisting of particles or
waves. In reality, they
are a continuum.
of the universe. Energy-matter’s
cycles of concentration and dissipation
are usually seen as separate. Energy is
seen as transformation. Matter is seen
as consisting of particles or
waves. In reality, they
are a continuum.
The capacity to act inter-
dependently with other factors and
networks. A temporally embedded pro-
cess of iteration, understood as a selective
reactivation of past patterns of action,
& projection, understood as a sensing
or calculation of possible
future trajectories.
dependently with other factors and
networks. A temporally embedded pro-
cess of iteration, understood as a selective
reactivation of past patterns of action,
& projection, understood as a sensing
or calculation of possible
future trajectories.
The expressive activity of
all things, beings, and phenomena.
A process of perpetual change, that
includes physical, psychological, lived,
phenomenal, deep, and thick time.
A flux of qualitative change
permanently pregnant with
creative potential
all things, beings, and phenomena.
A process of perpetual change, that
includes physical, psychological, lived,
phenomenal, deep, and thick time.
A flux of qualitative change
permanently pregnant with
creative potential
Anarchive
An ephemeral repository without centrally organised memory.
Resists fixing data in favour of informational iteration, and the interplay
of remembering and forgetting. The Indeterminacy Anarchive is a constellation
of contemporary artistic practices that engage with key tenets of indeterminacy, either
thematically, or formally. It relies on randomised forms of retrieval. When you
click on ‘anarchive,’ in the website menu, a randomised selection of
terms appear. When you click on one of these terms, one
of the possible connections appears. All paths are local.
There is no meta-view. No point from which
the totality of the anarchive
can be surveyed.
The capacity of materials
& living organisms to achieve
structural changes. In materials,
plasticity is the capacity for being
moulded. In organisms, it is the ability
to respond to the environment. In
nervous systems, it is the capacity
to adapt in response to
experience or injury.
& living organisms to achieve
structural changes. In materials,
plasticity is the capacity for being
moulded. In organisms, it is the ability
to respond to the environment. In
nervous systems, it is the capacity
to adapt in response to
experience or injury.
A spontaneous
or purposeful re-
-combination of discrete
biological traits, entities, and/
or social structures that previously
existed separately. The process
of generating new
modes of being.
or purposeful re-
-combination of discrete
biological traits, entities, and/
or social structures that previously
existed separately. The process
of generating new
modes of being.
A technique for rapid
passage through varied ambiances,
first practiced by the Situationists Inter-
national. In la dérive, all habitual motifs
for movement are suspended. Human
‘derivists’ respond to the spontaneities of
the terrain. Objects are carried across
space & time, by the wind, currents,
humans, or machines.
passage through varied ambiances,
first practiced by the Situationists Inter-
national. In la dérive, all habitual motifs
for movement are suspended. Human
‘derivists’ respond to the spontaneities of
the terrain. Objects are carried across
space & time, by the wind, currents,
humans, or machines.
Purposefully created
or programmed musical and
computer processes that trace the
temporal evolution of random variables
indexed by some set, and their
changing relationships
over time.
or programmed musical and
computer processes that trace the
temporal evolution of random variables
indexed by some set, and their
changing relationships
over time.
Usually seen as the
quantification of attributes
of a pre-existing object or event.
As measurement always relies on tools,
apparatuses, human and machinic
agents, measuring devices also
create the object or event
being measured.
quantification of attributes
of a pre-existing object or event.
As measurement always relies on tools,
apparatuses, human and machinic
agents, measuring devices also
create the object or event
being measured.