What is 'Blacceleration'? A Conversation With Aria Dean

In this episode, Craig, Matt, Will, and Adam are joined by
critic, artist, cultural theorist, and assistant curator at
Rhizome Aria Dean to discuss her 2017 essay "Notes on
Blacceleration." In this episode, the Acid Horizon crew discusses
with Aria the paradox of the ontological constitution of the
black subject that sits at the very beginning of capitalism. “The
black” or “the figure of blackness” acts as the orignary reserve
of energy that enables the process of exchange that theorists of
accelerationism rely on for their analyses. What is articulated
in blaccelerationism is the recognition of a fundamental absence
in the first accelerationist discourses, particularly when it
comes to the origin of capitalism in the extractive violence of
slavery and the colonisation of the African continent. In
response to this theoretical blind spot, we discuss with Aria the
economy of blackness and its relation to notions of
representation, exchange, expenditure, and most importantly,
revolutionary collective action considering the George Floyd
uprisings in the United States and across the world. Thinkers
included in the discussion include Wilderson, Moten, Wynter,
Mbembe, Land, Fisher, Deleuze, Bataille, Guattari, Williams, and
more.


 


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The text:
https://www.e-flux.com/journal/87/169402/notes-on-blacceleration/


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