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| − | Research | + | '''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 a number of events and conferences ([[Virtual Futures]], 1996; ''Swarmachines''; Afro-Futures, 1996; ''Virotechnics'', Autumn 1997), and published ''[[Collapse]]'' journal and ''[http://web.archive.org/web/20131113163727/http://www.ccru.net/abcult.htm Abstract Culture]'' pamphlet series. |
| − | + | ==Events== | |
| + | * [http://www.ctm-festival.de/festival/program/event/2013/02/01/the_death_of_rave_pt_i_uk/ The Death Of Rave: Pt. I UK], Club Transmediale, debate, 1 February 2013. | ||
| − | + | ==Publications== | |
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| + | * ''[http://www.ccru.net/abcult.htm Abstract Culture]'', 4 nos., 1997-1999. | ||
| + | ** ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=18738 Abstract Culture, 4: Digital Hyperstition]'', London: CCRU, 1999, 74 pp; repr., Urbanomic, 2017. | ||
| + | ** ''[[Media:CCRU Abstract Culture 2024.pdf|Abstract Culture (Swarms 1-3) + Selections from Digital Hyperstition]]'', Arkham, MA/London, ON: Miskatonic Virtual University Press, 2024, 240 pp, [[Media:CCRU Abstract Culture 2024 spreads.pdf|PDF spreads]]. | ||
| − | http://www.ccru.net/ | + | * Simon Reynolds, [http://k-punk.abstractdynamics.org/archives/004807.html Renegade Academia: The Cybernetic Culture Research Unit], 1998; repr., abridged, ''Springerin'', Vienna, 2000. [http://virtualfutures.co.uk/archive/ccru/] |
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| + | * Anna Greenspan, ''Capitalism's Transcendental Time Machine'', Coventry: University of Warwick, 2000; [[Media:Greenspan Anna Capitalisms Transcendental Time Machine 2023.pdf|repr.]], Arkham, MA/London, ON: Miskatonic Virtual University Press, 2023, 162 pp. | ||
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| + | * Robin Mackay, [http://divus.cz/london/en/article/nick-land-ein-experiment-im-inhumanismus "Nick Land – An Experiment in Inhumanism"], ''Umělec'' 1 (2012). | ||
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| + | * ''[http://libgen.rs/book/index.php?md5=cd527918689c827a376319d428aac4d9 Ccru: Writings 1997-2003]'', Time Spiral Press, 2015. [http://timespiralpress.net/2015/05/05/ccru-book-update-2/ Publisher]. Review: [http://tripleampersand.org/review-ccru-writings-1997-2003-time-spiral-press-2015/ Shambaugh] (&&&). | ||
| + | ** ''[[Media:CCRU_Escritos_1997-2003_2020.pdf|CCRU: Escritos 1997-2003]]'', ed. Fernando Manjarres, Materia Oscura, 2020, 385 pp. [https://materiaoscuraeditorial.com/filosofia/escritos-1997-2003-ccru Publisher]. {{es}} | ||
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| + | * Matt Colquhoun, [http://walkerart.org/magazine/digital-demonology-on-the-auto-production-of-content "Digital Demonology: On the Auto-Production of Content"], ''The Gradient'', Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2023. | ||
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| + | * Nick Land, Suzanne Livingston, Anna Greenspan, ''[[Media:Land Nick Livingston Suzanne Greenspan Anna Visions of Futures Past 2024.pdf|Visions of Futures Past: Templexity and Future Mutation]]'', Arkham, MA/London, ON: Miskatonic Virtual University Press, 2024, [[Media:Land Nick Livingston Suzanne Greenspan Anna Visions of Futures Past 2024 spreads.pdf|PDF spreads]]. Contains ''Templexity: Disordered Loops through Shanghai Time'', originally published in 2014, and ''Future Mutation: Technology, Shanzai, and the Evolution of Species'', originally published in 2015. | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Accelerationism]] | ||
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| + | ==Links== | ||
| + | * http://web.archive.org/web/20130904144051/http://www.ccru.net/ | ||
| + | * http://virtualfutures.co.uk/archive/ccru/ | ||
| + | * http://timespiralpress.net | ||
Latest revision as of 22:43, 1 June 2024
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 a number of events and conferences (Virtual Futures, 1996; Swarmachines; Afro-Futures, 1996; Virotechnics, Autumn 1997), and published Collapse journal and Abstract Culture pamphlet series.
Contents
Events[edit]
- The Death Of Rave: Pt. I UK, Club Transmediale, debate, 1 February 2013.
Publications[edit]
- Abstract Culture, 4 nos., 1997-1999.
- Abstract Culture, 4: Digital Hyperstition, London: CCRU, 1999, 74 pp; repr., Urbanomic, 2017.
- Abstract Culture (Swarms 1-3) + Selections from Digital Hyperstition, Arkham, MA/London, ON: Miskatonic Virtual University Press, 2024, 240 pp, PDF spreads.
- Simon Reynolds, Renegade Academia: The Cybernetic Culture Research Unit, 1998; repr., abridged, Springerin, Vienna, 2000. [1]
- Anna Greenspan, Capitalism's Transcendental Time Machine, Coventry: University of Warwick, 2000; repr., Arkham, MA/London, ON: Miskatonic Virtual University Press, 2023, 162 pp.
- Robin Mackay, "Nick Land – An Experiment in Inhumanism", Umělec 1 (2012).
- Ccru: Writings 1997-2003, Time Spiral Press, 2015. Publisher. Review: Shambaugh (&&&).
- CCRU: Escritos 1997-2003, ed. Fernando Manjarres, Materia Oscura, 2020, 385 pp. Publisher. (Spanish)
- Matt Colquhoun, "Digital Demonology: On the Auto-Production of Content", The Gradient, Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 2023.
- Nick Land, Suzanne Livingston, Anna Greenspan, Visions of Futures Past: Templexity and Future Mutation, Arkham, MA/London, ON: Miskatonic Virtual University Press, 2024, PDF spreads. Contains Templexity: Disordered Loops through Shanghai Time, originally published in 2014, and Future Mutation: Technology, Shanzai, and the Evolution of Species, originally published in 2015.
