"Introduction of Avenirology: [blueprint] into metamodern futures", publication (limited edition, signed), Brussels (BE), 2015

This publication is a blueprint - figuratively, literally, aesthetically, conceptually. It is a preliminary speculations in investigation of notions of ‘risks’, ‘avenirs’ and ‘futures’, that I have been working on in the framework of the doctoral research in Political Science in Moscow and artistic research in Antwerp. This blueprint is a roadmap (what ‘blueprint’ literally means in the world of political expertise) - to futures in the alternative context of approaching them. It is ever-developing ‘draft’, an immanent ‘blueprint’.

The tension between futures as composition of ‘risks’ and ‘avenirs’ is the centerpiece of this publication. Derrida’s definition of ‘the Future’ as a set of planned events is a contemporary narrative of approaching the analysis of events to come. The aim of this publication is to refocus the conversation towards ‘futures’ as something more than terrifying, dystopian picture of horrific risks which eventual realization will be the reason of every-
one’s doom. It is about rediscovery of futures as the matter of potentialities beyond space and time.

This analysis doesn’t include only theoretical and philosophical investigation. The dichotomy between ‘risk’ and ‘avenir’ is explored via blend of the strategies of transdisciplinary background - the book features artistic writings by invited contributors. The scope of it is quite larger than the offered theoretical frame. The blueprint is meant to act as rough introduction into more comprehensive and focused investigation of ‘avenirology’ as methodology of deconstruction of futures.

Chapters ‘Focus’ and ‘Untitled’, as well are introductions to other Chapters, are written by me. Chapter ‘Context’ consists of the curated by the editor texts on the topic of ‘futures’ as it is approached by the opinion leaders of the contemporary cultural discourse. Chapter ‘Avenirs’ consists of original contributions. There are contributions by the contemporary art curator and critic Caroline Carrion, polymathic engineer and co-founder of Av-
enir Institute Timo Tuominen and conceptual artist Bruno Moreschi. Their speculations about ‘futures’ open multidimensional view on the subject from the perspectives of con-
text, object and medium of the address. Seemingly absent connection between the text loosely reflects immense richness of the ‘matter’ of the topic when it’s approached from different discourses of reflection and analysis. Analytical speculations and artistic writings are part of the unified flow of narration.

All copies are numbered and signed. You can also download the .pdf of the book