CHT/Totalism.org

CHT @chtotalism hackbase in a nutshell, totalism.org literally running on a thinkpad x230

theguardian.com/education/20… Stay strong Aimée Lê! #hackbases #postacademia #postbourgeois

Living behind this 15th century fresco until the end of the year kunsthal.gent/en/exhibitions… at #kunsthalgent with @chtotalism

Disagree with that, is why at @chtotalism we do own water & sewage (and other) infra, not at all to nebulously "escape privilege" but to experience the parameters and so develop ability to re-assume politicization.

... I don't see this as depolitization, I see it as a realization of a successful politization, so we can move onto other things" Hey @bratton , does western privileged assumption of water, moving onto other things, really pan out as a "success" within planetary perspective?

... on example of the water tap, there is a politics of water distribution, yet most of us don't experience this, and are glad to not to need to have antagonistic debate where the water goes ... we're glad governance has been built into the infrastructure, that it "just works"—

In conclusion of his @aksiomaorg lecture Benjamin @bratton says: "In the West governance is where mundane decision-making is depersonalized, gets embedded into processes-protocols-interfaces- infrastructures, so the political doesn't have to happen—

Some of my favorite, most creative, engaging, inspiring, validating moments, most lasting connections made in a decade of touring with @chtotalism are associated with @MedialabPrado — Please keep fighting to keep its future, #WeAreTheLab #SaveTheLab @SaveTheLab