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Following in the footsteps of the CCRU Virtual Futures
A 2011 retrospective that turns the CCRU and Virtual Futures into an explicit model for para-academic scene-building and experimental pedagogy.
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Core idea
The piece reads the CCRU less as a closed historical curiosity than as a usable precedent for building new para-academic formations. What matters is not just the original scene but the possibility of repeating its methods under altered conditions.
It works by retrospective framing, translating Warwick mythology into blog-era public discourse about discipline, belief, and institutional exhaustion. That translation reveals how the scene was being remembered, simplified, and reactivated.
This matters because it shows the transition from local scene memory to explicit afterlife strategy. Virtual Futures becomes a bridge between archival recovery and renewed para-academic ambition.
How to read this text
Read the opening characterization of the CCRU carefully, then note how the piece moves from history into practical reflection on doctrine, group formation, and off-campus experimentation.
Ignore the page chrome and later comments. The useful material is concentrated in the retrospective framing and the attempt to define what can still be inherited.
Representative extracts
Definition · paragraph 4
14 hrs ago @jenniferjones @mark_carrigan @warwicknowledge @ellielovell @afmcleod @andymiah Virtual Futures Hashtag is #virtualfutures 14 hrs ago More updates... Tag Cloud anti-disciplinary archive art artwork basic banalities Born Digital brain CCRU computer cult cyberspace Doctrine Zero environment Facebook fear of the flesh future government H.R.
Definition · paragraph 4
3 hrs ago If anyone would like posters sent to their institution please let me know! 14 hrs ago @jenniferjones @mark_carrigan @warwicknowledge @ellielovell @afmcleod @andymiah Virtual Futures Hashtag is #virtualfutures 14 hrs ago More updates...
Definition · paragraph 4
14 hrs ago @jenniferjones @mark_carrigan @warwicknowledge @ellielovell @afmcleod @andymiah Virtual Futures Hashtag is #virtualfutures 14 hrs ago More updates...
History · paragraph 4
Hey Frostwire - I’m there as “Amon Zero”, or you can check out the group “ZERO STATE” Cheers! A Reply Leave A Comment Name (required) Mail (will not be published) (required) Website Submit Comment Latest News Land’s Academic Meltdown ‘Born Virtual’ – The Artwork of VF 2011 Following in the footsteps of the CCRU A Cyberspace Independence Declaration Anti-Disciplinary Art: Rejecting the Standard Forms Twitter @mark_carrigan Officially we are only filming the panels.
History · paragraph 5
Pages Home Virtual Futures 2.0 Archive Blog Contact Newsletters Blog Archives May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 Links CTheory.net Dan O'Hara IATL TechGnosis Warwick Knowledge Centre Copyright © 2011 · All Rights Reserved · Virtual Futures Artwork © Dan Slavinky · Site Design by Marcus Mo
Appears in sections
Virtual Futures and Para-Academia Primary section
Events, workshops, and off-campus method as the CCRU moved from campus structure toward para-academic circulation.