Joshua Citarella

Memes as Politics: Ep 13: DKP is Market Socialism

Josh recaps: edgy tweets from left-wing media figures, kids in cages with reverse timelines, right-wing influencers in shambles & actually existing in-game socialism.

Climate-Fiction w/ Holly Jean Buck

Part of the extended program for "Left Futures" hosted by Bas Fisher Invitational, Jan. 28th - Mar. 12 of 2021, in Miami, FL."After Geoengineering: Climate Tragedy, Repair and Restoration" by Holly Jean Buck. Verso, 2019Music by: "Starseed Junglist Anthem" by DJ Umberto Ecco 2k

2021 updates & guests

Last night, lefty art critic Ben Davis visited the Twitch stream.Next week, Holly Jean Buck, researcher and author of After Geoengineering, will come on to chat and play through a post-collapse climate simulator. Join us live on Monday, February 22nd at 8pm EST.Thanks to everyone who has come forward to answer the skill share request mentioned in the most recent podcast episode. I'm working up a research methodology (with the help of a few experts) and will have an update on this front soon.There is now a print version of 20 Interviews (2nd...

Memes as Politics: Ep 12: Cult as Cope

Welcome to season 2 of Memes as Politics.

Radical Content, 2021

I've summarized my recent research into a mini-trend report that you can download here.I think that right now the most urgent task is to explain the turmoil of the last few years without scapegoating algorithms. This will help to have a framework in place for when things continue to get more chaotic post-Trump and post-Parler.There is no technical solution for a political problem.

Memes as Politics: Episode 11.5: Revolt Against the Big Tech World

Early reflections on the capitol protest, Trump ban + the new era of social media. Clipped from Monday's stream (1-11-21).

I started a YouTube channel

This will be a repository of weekly stream highlights. You can subscribe to the channel here.For now, I'm going to keep the Patreon feed tidy; podcasts, texts & essential updates.If you miss Twitch class on Monday. You can catch up on YouTube later that week :)

Breadtube.tv series

Last week we completed our survey of Breadtube; exploring every channel from A-Z.In a moment where both mainstream culture and elite institutions have been captured by neoliberalism, social media has become a unique and vital entry point to alternative politics. Independent voices on YouTube are helping to shape political thought among the younger generation.Congratulations to the 2020 class of internet political education. Remember: you're only allowed to print your diploma *after* you have watched all the videos!! (We're on the honor ...

Memes as Politics: Episode 10: Dominion Deep Dive (Do Not Research)

Utah monolith = McCrakenist Posadism, post-election dis-info deep dive, Laura Loomer walked so Marjorie Taylor Greene could run, the two conspiracies in American society & forecasting realignment.

"Choose Your Future" print + updates

Choose Your Future (2020) is available as a 30 x 24" luster C-print. This can be purchased through Patreon at the $40 tier. This offer is available until the end of the month. I will stock a few extras for stragglers.Print arrives unframed. Free shipping to anywhere in the US. (International add $25 via PayPal: joshuacitarella@gmail.com). Patreon will bill you immediately when you upgrade. Be sure to downgrade after so you don't get billed again by mistake.Prints and e-deologies flags will ship out first week of December. Please make su...

Neoliberal or Libertarian (2020)

Pre-pandemic we used to play this game around a big table with many many drinks. So we all got together for a live event with Montez Press Radio on Halloween. Thanks to Honey's Brooklyn for hosting us!Thanks to the contestants:Victoria CampbellDean KissickMike PepiArjun SrivastsaRachel WetzlerSean JP Carney who also invented this game on his podcast Humor and the Abject (2017-19).

Memes as Politics: Episode 09: Post-internet Neo-nothing

mini Chart of Truth (do not research), long tail politics, 5th position, @jonrafmancellectuals, platform capitalist realism, the Trotskyist to Neocon pipeline (real)

Memes in The Guardian

Linking to this weekend's piece in case anyone has not yet seen. I'm happy that these ideas are now reaching a larger audience. I thought it would be worthwhile to offer a few more notes here for supporters. Please join us in the Discord to discuss!Why Now?Everyone seems to know what is happening online but no one seems able to say it.I think this is partly because the “funnel” analogy comes with two major associations; (1) advertising; the ratio of views to monetization; and (2) counter-terrorism; similar methodologies are used to ...

Art of Shadows (2020)

Syllabus: Artists After the Internet v.2020-1

I reformatted my class for remote learning; all links connect you to materials that are freely available online. Reading assignments, film and video lectures will keep you occupied for 1-2 hours x 15 weeks throughout the fall semester. There is also a more in depth section for the spring, 12 weeks, that expands on these topics. You might have to buy some books or rent movies for that.

Chart of Truth series

Last week we completed an incredible journey: all 10 tiers of the Chart of Truth. Below are links to each video-- over 40 hours :yikes: of mind expanding research. Warning: consumption of this content may cause 5D ascension.Tier 1 - CrazyheadTier 2 - Deep ResearcherTier 3 - Truth AgentTier 4 - Adept of SecretsTier 5 - AnimasterTier 6 - TranscendedTier 7 - Interdimensional MonkTier 8 - Reality HackerTier 9 - Man of the WorldTier 10 - The Rebirth

20 INTERVIEWS .pdf

download a digital copy of my book: 20 interviews

Join the Discord server

I'm planning to spend a significant portion of the next year mapping the political funnels of social media. This often means encountering content that is unfit for large audiences on mainstream platforms. This server is a safe space for us to collectively think through and examine the fringes of online political discourse. The goal is to theorize a way through our current paradigm (with all its baggage and complexity) to arrive at new possibilities for emancipatory politics from the left.Everyone is assigned a speaking roll (so its troll fr...

Coronacene: What Happens Next?

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/682777266In case you missed it: posting the archive of last weeks super-panel with Carly Busta, Benjamin Bratton, Joshua Citarella, Aria Dean, Simon Denny, Daniel Keller, Nora Khan, Dean Kissick, Sean Monahan, Joanna Pope, Arthur Baer, Laurie Rojas, Christopher Kulendren Thomas + more. Thanks to friends at newmodels.io & trust.support

From Techno-libertarianism to Eco-fascism: The 2010's

I wrote about the transformation of internet subcultures for Spike Art Magazine's recap of the decade. Download the full PDF in the link below.

New Book: 20 Interviews

Thank you all for the overwhelming support! I'm reposting here for anyone who has not yet seen this on Instagram in last week.You can purchase the book now by upgrading to the $40 tier. Patreon will bill you at sign up. You can downgrade at anytime. I hope that you will stay on and help support my future work.My new book: 20 Interviews is an in depth survey of young political spaces online. The project features interviews with the accounts that have shocked or inspired me over the last few years. This experience has fundamentally transforme...

Sim Society with New Models and Cade at Traumabarundkino

This was a blast! Here's my side of the live-stream from the event.

Meme Review w/ Sean JP Carney, Brad Troemel and Mike Pepi

Unironic Pete Buttigieg, Epstein, #NNN Coomers, Ancaps v SoCiALiSm, "this meme was made by", Whiskey_Warrior_556 gets redflagged, Exposing the Emerald Empire + more

After the End of History

Excited to share the audio from last month's live event at the New Museum. Rhizome helped me to bring together three of my favorite accounts and some of the most inspiring gen Z politigrammers. Without a doubt this was one of the most surreal experiences irl. Many laughs and lots of gloom.

Exhibition Catalog

I'm sending this reward to $15 supporters at the end of the month. Make sure your address on Patreon is up to date!4-5/8 x 7-1/8” face, 9-1/4 x 7-1/8” open, 10 pages, staple boundIn other news: We finally got approval to release the audio from Rhizome's event at the New Museum last month. Keep an eye out for a post this week.

Gen Z U/acc (Unconditional Accelerationism) writes for Rhizome

Excited we are finally able to publish! This text comes from a duo of gen Z thinkers that describe their politics as Unconditional Accelerationism; a heavy emphasis on technology and accelerating techno-capital to ultimately transform the human subject. Needless to say this is a must read and its an intense ride of ideas; queer struggle, cyberreality and the future of capitalism.PS - My stream with Tim Schneider from ArtNet is now up on Twitch! I will post the link tomorrow.

More Gen-Z micro lectures

Zoe4revolution wrote this piece for the next installment of Gen-Z micro lectures with Rhizome.org

Josh, Brad and Mike do Meme Review

I didn't know how to use Twitch when we started (lol) so here are the highlights from this one (finally)!

Salutations, Fellow Kids

This is the first in a series of forthcoming texts written by Gen-Z Politigrammers. Rhizome has helped me to commission these essays as part of their fall program called Info-Wars.Tomorrow afternoon at 2pm our event After the End of History will take place at the New Museum. I'm sure you've seen me posting by now lol. We've brought several representatives from (distinct but overlapping) Left factions of Politigram to NYC for an afternoon of lectures and a round table discussion. I look forward to hearing what they have to say.Next w...

Recent Classics

This summer I wrote about World of Warcraft, nostalgia and reactionary culture for Tank Magazine. I've attached one of the print version PDFs that's got a really nice design. The text is also available online (but temporarily).I've got a bunch of streams coming up for this fall. There are some mini-exhibition catalogs from the DC show that I will raffle off for a subscriber reward.Currently I'm working on an event for the New Museum on October 5th so mark your calendars (can't say too much more just yet!)