Maks Valenčič is a theorist, writer, and editor. His philosophical project, Psychotic Accelerationism, attempts to formalize accelerationist theory within the psychotic register, which he understands as an engine of acceleration. He is also a researcher at The New Centre for Research & Practice, an editor of Šum: Journal for Contemporary Art and Theory-Fiction, and the host of the Tehnologos podcast. His writing is available on his Substack, Psychotic Savoir, where he charts the implications of contemporary subjectivity through a psychotic lens.
Articles
Sinthome as a Subject*
In this piece, I will address the connection between capitalism and psychosis. It is a link that is, on the one hand, obvious and to some extent already spelled out. The difference in my approach, in contrast to others, is that I focus more concretely on the unique knowledge of the psychotic subject, their own… Read More »
Retinol: A Mode of Action
“Condensed in a formula, the Technological Civilization can be characterized as the transition from ratio to generativity, from matter to process, from nature to the hybrid.” –Davor Löffler If we follow the self-avowed German Accelerationism and deep futurology of Davor Löffler (Löffler 2021), we can posit that everything is co-evolutionary and that there are no… Read More »