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	Unmaking may involve breaking technological devices, such as the Luddites’ attacks on textile machinery in the early nineteenth century, but it can also concern the creation of technological devices in order to destroy (part of) the domain of production and consumption. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are an example of this. Such acts and technologies of unmaking are commonly dismissed as nihilistic violence aimed at the supposedly peaceful everyday of consumer culture. However, considering that <mark class="c5">destruction</mark> is actually an essential component of the very logic of capitalism—albeit often hidden below its shiny surfaces—processes of unmaking should rather be examined as transgressions of the inherent destructive violence of the ‘<mark class="c4">business</mark> as usual’ of production and consumption.		Unmaking may involve breaking technological devices, such as the Luddites’ attacks on textile machinery in the early nineteenth century, but it can also concern the creation of technological devices in order to destroy (part of) the domain of production and consumption. Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) are an example of this. Such acts and technologies of unmaking are commonly dismissed as nihilistic violence aimed at the supposedly peaceful everyday of consumer culture. However, considering that <mark class="c5">destruction</mark> is actually an essential component of the very logic of capitalism—albeit often hidden below its shiny surfaces—processes of unmaking should rather be examined as transgressions of the inherent destructive violence of the ‘<mark class="c4">business</mark> as usual’ of production and consumption.

	Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>		<span class="tighter">Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>
	of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence: ‘... subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ~~“normal“~~, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this “normal” state of things.’<ref>Slavoj <span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>		of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence: ‘... subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the “normal”, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this “normal” state of things.’<ref>Slavoj <span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref></span>

	Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.		Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.

Juju: /* unmaking */

2022-04-18T15:48:47Z

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	Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>		Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>
	of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:		of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence: ‘... subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the “normal“, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this “normal” state of things.’<ref>Slavoj <span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>

	~~…subjective~~ violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ~~‘normal’~~, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ~~‘normal’~~ state of things.<ref>Slavoj <span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>

	Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.		Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.
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	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>

	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.'' ]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. ]]</span>

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	<span class="author">Dani Ploeger</span>		<span class="author">Dani Ploeger</span>

	In the practice of <mark class="c5">critical making</mark>, the focus is on the processes of making, rather than on the outcomes of these processes in the form of artefacts. This then forms the basis for critical reflection on creativity, production, and consumption (see <mark class="c3">criticality</mark>). If the aim of this critical engagement is to formulate alternatives to the mechanisms and cultural habits of endless accumulation and expansion—the backbone of economic liberalism—we must also consider material processes that take place beyond or in opposition to the making of new artefacts and look towards processes of deterioration and acts of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>. In this, it is important to distinguish between the processes of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark> that are inherent in capitalist expansionism (see <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>) and those that destabilize or challenge the systemic status quo. The latter can be designated as acts of ''unmaking''.		<div class="no-indent">In the practice of <mark class="c5">critical making</mark>, the focus is on the processes of making, rather than on the outcomes of these processes in the form of artefacts. This then forms the basis for critical reflection on creativity, production, and consumption (see <mark class="c3">criticality</mark>). If the aim of this critical engagement is to formulate alternatives to the mechanisms and cultural habits of endless accumulation and expansion—the backbone of economic liberalism—we must also consider material processes that take place beyond or in opposition to the making of new artefacts and look towards processes of deterioration and acts of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>. In this, it is important to distinguish between the processes of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark> that are inherent in capitalist expansionism (see <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>) and those that destabilize or challenge the systemic status quo. The latter can be designated as acts of ''unmaking''.</div>

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2022-04-10T16:11:37Z

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	<span class="author">Dani Ploeger</span>		<span class="author">Dani Ploeger</span>

	~~<div class="no-indent">~~In the practice of <mark class="c5">critical making</mark>, the focus is on the processes of making, rather than on the outcomes of these processes in the form of artefacts. This then forms the basis for critical reflection on creativity, production, and consumption (see <mark class="c3">criticality</mark>). If the aim of this critical engagement is to formulate alternatives to the mechanisms and cultural habits of endless accumulation and expansion—the backbone of economic liberalism—we must also consider material processes that take place beyond or in opposition to the making of new artefacts and look towards processes of deterioration and acts of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>. In this, it is important to distinguish between the processes of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark> that are inherent in capitalist expansionism (see <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>) and those that destabilize or challenge the systemic status quo. The latter can be designated as acts of ''unmaking''.~~</div>~~		In the practice of <mark class="c5">critical making</mark>, the focus is on the processes of making, rather than on the outcomes of these processes in the form of artefacts. This then forms the basis for critical reflection on creativity, production, and consumption (see <mark class="c3">criticality</mark>). If the aim of this critical engagement is to formulate alternatives to the mechanisms and cultural habits of endless accumulation and expansion—the backbone of economic liberalism—we must also consider material processes that take place beyond or in opposition to the making of new artefacts and look towards processes of deterioration and acts of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>. In this, it is important to distinguish between the processes of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark> that are inherent in capitalist expansionism (see <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>) and those that destabilize or challenge the systemic status quo. The latter can be designated as acts of ''unmaking''.

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2022-04-09T14:33:29Z

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	Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>		Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>
	of Slavoj ~~<span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek’s~~ analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:		of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:

	…subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ‘normal’, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ‘normal’ state of things.<ref>Slavoj ~~Žižek~~, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>		…subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ‘normal’, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ‘normal’ state of things.<ref>Slavoj <span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>

	Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.		Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.

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	Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>		Practices of unmaking can be read in the context <br>
	of Slavoj ~~Žižek’s~~ analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:		of Slavoj <span class="diacritics-sans">Ž</span>i<span class="diacritics-sans">ž</span>ek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:

	…subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ‘normal’, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ‘normal’ state of things.<ref>Slavoj Žižek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>		…subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ‘normal’, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ‘normal’ state of things.<ref>Slavoj Žižek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>

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2022-04-08T14:52:49Z

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	of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:		of Slavoj Žižek’s analysis of the relationship between subjective and objective forms of violence:

	~~<blockquote>~~…subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ‘normal’, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ‘normal’ state of things.<ref>Slavoj Žižek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref~~></blockquote~~>		…subjective violence is experienced as such against the background of a non-violent zero level. It is seen as a perturbation of the ‘normal’, peaceful state of things. However, objective violence is precisely the violence inherent in this ‘normal’ state of things.<ref>Slavoj Žižek, ''Violence: Six Sideways Reflections'' (London: Profile Books, 2008), p. 2.</ref>

	Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.		Acts of unmaking form an explicit response to the often-overlooked objective violence of <mark class="c5">destruction</mark>-based economic activity.

Karl: /* unmaking */

2022-04-08T11:41:14Z

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	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>

	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.'']]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.'' ]]</span>

Karl: /* unmaking */

2022-04-08T10:56:10Z

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	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>

	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ~~<i>~~Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.~~</i>~~]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.'']]</span>

Karl: /* unmaking */

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	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA front.JPG\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, ''Laboratory of Electronic Ageing'', 2019. An industrial drop testing machine is exhibited in a museum. Instead of its intended use as a testing device in production and innovation processes it is put on display to endlessly drop an unused high-tech shaving device. While the shaver decomposes to a state of bare materiality, the industrial machine is symbolically disconnected from the realm of production and reintroduced as a creative instrument. © Dani Ploeger]]</span>

	<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.]]</span>		<span class="spread">[[File:LEA shaver.jpg\|thumb\|Dani Ploeger, <i>Laboratory of Electronic Ageing, 2019.</i>]]</span>