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Research unit created by [[Sadie Plant]] and [[Nick Land]] at the Philosophy Department of University of Warwick, [[Coventry]] in [[1995]]. Organised [[Virtual Futures]] and [[Virotechnology]] conferences, and published [[Collapse]] and [[Abstract Culture]] journals.
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'''Cybernetic Culture Research Unit''' (CCRU) was "a diverse group of thinkers who experimented in conceptual production by welding together a wide variety of sources: futurism, technoscience, philosophy, mysticism, numerology, complexity theory, and science fiction, among others." Created by [[Sadie Plant]] and [[Nick Land]] at the Philosophy Department of University of Warwick, [[Coventry]] in [[1995]], it also included [[Matthew Fuller]], Steve Goodman ([[Kode9]]), [[Kodwo Eshun]], [[Mark Fisher]], [[Orphan Drift]] and others. The group organised [[Virtual Futures]] and [[Virotechnology]] conferences, and published ''[[Collapse]]'' and ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20131113163727/http://www.ccru.net/abcult.htm Abstract Culture]'' journals.
 
 
Also associated with [[Matthew Fuller]], [[Kode9]], [[Kodwo Eshun]], [[Mark Fisher]], [[Orphan Dfrift]].
 
 
 
A diverse group of thinkers who experimented in conceptual production by welding together a wide variety of sources: futurism, technoscience, philosophy, mysticism, numerology, complexity theory, and science fiction, among others.
 
  
 
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* [http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/004807.html "Simon's interview with CCRU"] (1998). Originally published in an abridged version by Springerin magazine, Vienna, 1999.  
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* [http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/004807.html "Simon's interview with CCRU"] (1998). Originally published in an abridged version in ''Springerin'', Vienna, 1999.  
  
 
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* [[Accelerationism]]
 
* [[Accelerationism]]
  
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* http://web.archive.org/web/20130904144051/http://www.ccru.net/
 
* http://web.archive.org/web/20130904144051/http://www.ccru.net/
 
* http://virtualfutures.co.uk/archive/ccru/
 
* http://virtualfutures.co.uk/archive/ccru/

Revision as of 17:11, 27 February 2015

Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU) was "a diverse group of thinkers who experimented in conceptual production by welding together a wide variety of sources: futurism, technoscience, philosophy, mysticism, numerology, complexity theory, and science fiction, among others." Created by Sadie Plant and Nick Land at the Philosophy Department of University of Warwick, Coventry in 1995, it also included Matthew Fuller, Steve Goodman (Kode9), Kodwo Eshun, Mark Fisher, Orphan Drift and others. The group organised Virtual Futures and Virotechnology conferences, and published Collapse and Abstract Culture journals.

Events
Articles
See also
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