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.
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 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.
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.
A fragment of scored reality. A
four-dimensional perceptual ready-
made first practiced by the Fluxus artists
in the 1960s. The event score resembles a
musical score, only instead of music, it
scores events. It usually takes the form
of a verbal pictogram or per-
formance instruction.
four-dimensional perceptual ready-
made first practiced by the Fluxus artists
in the 1960s. The event score resembles a
musical score, only instead of music, it
scores events. It usually takes the form
of a verbal pictogram or per-
formance instruction.
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.
The process of altering the forms
or social significance of existing media.
A re-purposing, re-fashioning, or migration
of objects of knowledge from one sphere
to another. A way to re-materialise exper-
ience in different systems of value –
aesthetic, social, cultural,
and political.
or social significance of existing media.
A re-purposing, re-fashioning, or migration
of objects of knowledge from one sphere
to another. A way to re-materialise exper-
ience in different systems of value –
aesthetic, social, cultural,
and political.