(6) "Postactivism is the fancy word, an arrangement or disarrangement of lines. It’s the discontinuity of confidence, of cartographic confidence, “we know where we’re going,” and I’ve been part of futurist communities who would tell you what’s going to happen in 50 years and I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow. It’s the flashing explosive excess that crystallizes into monstrous new patterns. It’s new effective leanings, it’s new unspeakable concepts, it’s new questions. Postactivism is the mark the world makes when it kicks back."
Discussion
(7) "Postactivism asks – these are questions I hope, maybe you write this down if you will, and I hope they do something for you. What if the way we respond to the crisis is part of the crisis? What if the solution reinforces the context of the problem? What are we missing in our quests to address critical challenges today? What are we missing? What is lost and not quite visible? What is virtual? What are the hidden intentions of marching forward that might invite us to take a new radical cartographical move and march awkwardly into the forward? What might clarity be subsidized by in trying to be clear about things? What are we losing? What are the gifts of confusion? What are the gifts of not nailing it? What does precision exclude from view? What is new and how have we come to be stuck in tautological repetitive cycles of practice?"