{"id":1978,"date":"2025-07-01T18:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T18:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=1978"},"modified":"2026-07-14T18:37:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:37:55","slug":"states-of-divergence-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=1978","title":{"rendered":"States of Divergence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"States of Divergence\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zAF2JM_99Ss?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For this episode we have a discussion with writer and theorist Sven L\u00fctticken, as we delve into his new book <i>States of Divergence<\/i>. In it we will explore the book\u2019s core themes: the lived experience of accelerating catastrophe, and the emergence of divergent, resistant practices across art, politics, and everyday life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">More on the book<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cSet against the backdrop of global crises, from climate change to pandemics, L\u00fctticken dissects contemporary cultural and political practices that attempt to break free from the disastrous momentum of capitalist modernity. His journey traverses fields including art theory, philosophy, and politics, presenting a nuanced critique of the ways in which deviant temporalities and forms of life confront or adapt to catastrophe. Through a series of essays, the book tackles issues ranging from survival to prefigurative practice, indigeneity and internationalism, and the dialectics of critique and revolution. L\u00fctticken masterfully blends personal narrative, historical inquiry, and theoretical reflection to question what it means to live \u2013 and resist \u2013 within the contradictions of our time. States of Divergence is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how art, politics, and life intersect in an era defined by ever-deepening contradictions and conflicts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Bio: Sven L\u00fctticken is an art historian. He teaches at Leiden University\u2019s Academy of Creative and Performing Arts and at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is the author of <i>History in Motion: Time in the Age of the Moving Image<\/i> (2013), <i>Cultural Revolution: Aesthetic Practice after Autonomy<\/i> (2017), and <i>Objections: Forms of Abstraction, Vol. 1<\/i> (2022).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.minorcompositions.info\/?p=1373\">more on the book<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Intro music: The Fall &#8211; Slang King<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Minor Compositions podcast is in made in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/fireflyfrequencies.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Firefly Frequencies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this episode we have a discussion with writer and theorist Sven L\u00fctticken, as we delve into his new book States of Divergence. In it we will explore the book\u2019s core themes: the lived experience of accelerating catastrophe, and the emergence of divergent, resistant practices across art, politics, and everyday life. 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