Observable or
unobservable things. Putative
facts about a difference in the fabric
of reality, or a lack of uniformity,
used as a basis for reasoning,
comparison, calculation,
poetry, or art.
unobservable things. Putative
facts about a difference in the fabric
of reality, or a lack of uniformity,
used as a basis for reasoning,
comparison, calculation,
poetry, or art.
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.
The process that causes an
organism to develop its shape. A key
aspect of biological self-organisation. In
artificial intelligence, morphogenesis is the
process of machinic ‘becoming’or self-
regulation emerging from the
diversity of information.
organism to develop its shape. A key
aspect of biological self-organisation. In
artificial intelligence, morphogenesis is the
process of machinic ‘becoming’or self-
regulation emerging from the
diversity of information.
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.
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.
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 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
A process of transitioning
across boundaries and borders.
A threshold state in which the
present order has been suspended.
Liminal objects, things and individuals
are neither here nor there. They are
betwixt & between positions & stable patterns inhabiting a realm
of pure possibility.
across boundaries and borders.
A threshold state in which the
present order has been suspended.
Liminal objects, things and individuals
are neither here nor there. They are
betwixt & between positions & stable patterns inhabiting a realm
of pure possibility.
The act of turning, or
a condition of being turned
backwards. A spontaneous or
intentional repositioning of a piece of
information, artefact, theory or version
of history in order to radically change
its meaning or trajectory.
a condition of being turned
backwards. A spontaneous or
intentional repositioning of a piece of
information, artefact, theory or version
of history in order to radically change
its meaning or trajectory.
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