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.
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
The deliberate use of ambiguous,
confusing, or misleading information to
disable surveillance, data collection, and
the infiltration of digital power mecha-
nisms, including evasion, noncompliance,
refusal, and agonistic tactics such as
information overload, sabotage,
and deception.
confusing, or misleading information to
disable surveillance, data collection, and
the infiltration of digital power mecha-
nisms, including evasion, noncompliance,
refusal, and agonistic tactics such as
information overload, sabotage,
and deception.