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Overflowing Forces~in-acts of Sympathy with the Anarchic share of Existence.

Extreme Atmospheres : Fired Clay Labyrinths.

Interpenetrations~Visual Art Materialisms.

Clay~Anarchive Matter(s) : Transitive Forces of a Minor Key.

 

Research-Creation as Spatial Practice.

 

Clay Bodies~Baffles : Atmospheres and the Continual Weather World.

On a making that is a speculative pragmatism reaching out into the more-than anarchic share of existence, creating the conditions for living better. Moreton/Whitehead/Manning/Ingold.

https://russellmoreton.blogspot.com

 

Making Processual Architectures.

Clay+Ceramic+Anarchive : Minor Gestures~Interstitial space of emergent expression

An anarchive is a dynamic, creative, and "feed-forward" process that acts as a repository of traces rather than a static, traditional archive. Coined by philosophers Brian Massumi and Erin Manning, it functions as a "living" collection that encourages new, generative creations and potential rather than merely documenting the past.


Key Characteristics of an Anarchive

Active Process: Unlike an archive, which preserves and fixes, the anarchive is in constant flux and continues to evolve, focusing on potential rather than just the past.
"Feed-Forward" Mechanism: It is a "springboard" or "curating score" that triggers future artistic, social, or research-based work, rather than just acting as a reference to a past event.
Traces vs. Documents: Anarchives collect "traces" or fragments of events, which are seen as "carriers of potential" for further, often unpredictable, development.
Subversive Nature: It acts against the rigid, linear, and "destructive tendencies" of traditional archiving.
Collaborative & Experimental: It often involves the co-creation of knowledge, often in the form of multimedia projects, such as the anarchive.net project. 
The term is often used in arts-based research, such as the "Walking Anarchive" project, to describe how researchers can work with memories, experiences, and artistic materials in a non-linear way. 

Outpost 1738311751 Russell Moreton

On The Nature Of Photography : Alternative Photographic Processes

Eartha+Ceramic : Clay+Ceramics : Correspondences and soundings on deep surfaces.

Research-Creation.
Russell Moreton.


How the history of pottery and the philosophy of pottery has informed contemporary practice.


Working Notes: Edmund de Waal.

Independent research for Studio Practice Theory and Analysis.
UCA Farnham, MA Interiors. 2014.

Why does Edmund de Waal make architectural interventions through the arrangement of porcelain pots?
To what extent, if any is this Ceramist interested in the ability of the single pot to…

Edmund de Waal, How the history of pottery and the philosophy of pottery has informed contemporary practice.

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