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.
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.
A set of dispositions
or ‘codings’ for reactivation
in human, animal, plant, mineral,
geospatial, and artificial systems.
Discrete memories cannot be reduced
to a place, object, medium, or practice.
They are always in the process
of being over-written,
changed, or erased.
or ‘codings’ for reactivation
in human, animal, plant, mineral,
geospatial, and artificial systems.
Discrete memories cannot be reduced
to a place, object, medium, or practice.
They are always in the process
of being over-written,
changed, or erased.
Techniques that open up
The artistic process to unpredictability,
Such as dice throwing, I Ching (the Chinese
Book of Changes), or computer programs.
Chance operations are usually traced to the
early 20-century avant-garde, such as
Dadaism and Surrealism, or the neo-
avant-garde, such as John Cage.
The artistic process to unpredictability,
Such as dice throwing, I Ching (the Chinese
Book of Changes), or computer programs.
Chance operations are usually traced to the
early 20-century avant-garde, such as
Dadaism and Surrealism, or the neo-
avant-garde, such as John Cage.
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.
A scale of gendered being
created through cultural practices,
language, and social reinforcement
or – a reaction against it. The performance
of gendered behaviour, in gesture, action,
& speech. A refashioning, or surgical
modification of the body.
created through cultural practices,
language, and social reinforcement
or – a reaction against it. The performance
of gendered behaviour, in gesture, action,
& speech. A refashioning, or surgical
modification of the body.
A sense of having
a ‘subject body’ and an
‘object body’, usually described
as ‘the body we are’ and ‘the body we
have’. Both are shaped by visceral
perception, virtual and physical
lifeworlds, individual and
collective imagination.
a ‘subject body’ and an
‘object body’, usually described
as ‘the body we are’ and ‘the body we
have’. Both are shaped by visceral
perception, virtual and physical
lifeworlds, individual and
collective imagination.
A lived environment with physical
factors, such as space, soil, and light,
with biotic factors, such as food, and with
geographical factors, such as climate. Habitats endure. They change drasti-
cally only as a result of violent events,
like earthquakes, or the invasion
of an alien species.
factors, such as space, soil, and light,
with biotic factors, such as food, and with
geographical factors, such as climate. Habitats endure. They change drasti-
cally only as a result of violent events,
like earthquakes, or the invasion
of an alien species.
A fusion of
haunting and ontology.
The persistent lingering of shapes,
forms, motifs, tropes, habits, practices
and/or power relations, beyond death or
obsolescence. The inerasable trace
of the past in the present.
haunting and ontology.
The persistent lingering of shapes,
forms, motifs, tropes, habits, practices
and/or power relations, beyond death or
obsolescence. The inerasable trace
of the past in the present.
Physical or metaphysical
boundlessness. The unlimited number of
stars in the universe. The endless sequence
of counting numbers. The unknowability of
all possible thoughts. A boundlessness that
cannot be expressed, only reflected
in a finite thing or being.
boundlessness. The unlimited number of
stars in the universe. The endless sequence
of counting numbers. The unknowability of
all possible thoughts. A boundlessness that
cannot be expressed, only reflected
in a finite thing or being.
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