Methods For Descrying (To Unpredict the Future), 2022

in Distant Early Warnings exhibition at Gray Area Festival, September 29th - October 30th, 2033

with artists Tega Brain, Paige Emery, Huntrezz, Claudia Larcher, Sam Lavigne,
Marshall McLuhan, Caroline Sinders, Serife Wong, Alice Yuan Zhang

Methods For Descrying (To Unpredict the Future)

𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠: 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐬 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝. 𝐀 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞.𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞, 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲, 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧𝐞’𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲,𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭. Divination is a practice of making sense of the world in which one seeks more-than-human guidance outside of their own predetermined timeline and mode of thinking, and here - in unthinking, unknowing, undoing - it is a conduit outside of the hold of a deterministic capture. A way of, rather than predicting the future, unpredicting the future.