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<p><b><a href="https://youtu.be/zAF2JM_99Ss">Minor Compositions
Podcast Episode 32 States of Divergence</a></b><br>
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For this episode we have a discussion with writer and theorist
Sven Lütticken, as we delve into his new book <i>States of
Divergence</i>. In it we will explore the book’s core themes:
the lived experience of accelerating catastrophe, and the
emergence of divergent, resistant practices across art, politics,
and everyday life.<br>
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More on the book: “Set against the backdrop of global crises, from
climate change to pandemics, Lütticken dissects contemporary
cultural and political practices that attempt to break free from
the disastrous momentum of capitalist modernity. His journey
traverses fields including art theory, philosophy, and politics,
presenting a nuanced critique of the ways in which deviant
temporalities and forms of life confront or adapt to catastrophe.
Through a series of essays, the book tackles issues ranging from
survival to prefigurative practice, indigeneity and
internationalism, and the dialectics of critique and revolution.
Lütticken masterfully blends personal narrative, historical
inquiry, and theoretical reflection to question what it means to
live – and resist – within the contradictions of our time. States
of Divergence is essential reading for anyone seeking to
understand how art, politics, and life intersect in an era defined
by ever-deepening contradictions and conflicts.<br>
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Bio: Sven Lütticken is an art historian. He teaches at Leiden
University’s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and at the
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of History in
Motion: Time in the Age of the Moving Image (2013), Cultural
Revolution: Aesthetic Practice after Autonomy (2017), and
Objections: Forms of Abstraction, Vol. 1 (2022).<br>
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For <a href="https://www.minorcompositions.info/?p=1373">more on
the book</a>.<br>
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Intro music: The Fall - Slang King<br>
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The Minor Compositions podcast is in made in collaboration with <a
href="https://fireflyfrequencies.org">Firefly Frequencies</a>.<br>
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