Creative anarchism in praxis: Stephane Wootha Richard released 90gb of his work into public domain as an act of resistance towards "this insane order of things."
Creative anarchism in praxis: Stephane Wootha Richard released 90gb of his work into public domain as an act of resistance towards "this insane order of things."
Cross-posted from ""Dragon Tiger Gate" by Stephane Wootha Richard (who released 90gb of his work into public domain)" by @Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com in !imaginary@reddthat.com
He dropped 90gb of his artwork into public domain a couple years back, more information here. Everything's available on the Internet Archive.
For years you may have known me through a fictional entity called "Wootha". Today I have decided to destroy this entity. In this text, I will explain to you what motivated this decision. ..
I have decided to be radical in the face of what I believe is the most perilous situation humanity has ever known in at least twelve millennia and the Younger Dryas end. It seems to me that the ecosystem crisis we are experiencing, this terrible tierracide (a word invented by Glenn Albrecht to name the conscious murder of the Earth), can only be stopped by a profound change in our current civilizational paradigm.
I believe this change can only come about through creative destruction.
We spend our lives accumulating goods, experiences, memories, and recognition and convincing ourselves that we possess them, to nourish our sense of identity. We identify ourselves with all these possessions and believe that we are a sum that must constantly grow in order not to fall apart. ..
Our collective creative power can do more than the destructive creativity that resides within the α angle. We can bring to humanity imaginaries of a vast multitude of possible, desirable, and magnificent futures if we come out collectively.
To apply this philosophy to myself, I will once again indulge in the magic of creative destruction. "Wootha" is dead, but I'm still alive and well. I do not know how this creative force that inhabits me, just like each of us, will manifest. I believe it will take a very different form, rooted in local communities, the present actions, and a lot of friendship and solidarity.
