I've had this beef with Deleuzian panegyrics to autism. Don't they reproduce the primitivism with which immediacy = who we really are = good versus bad, bad, reflexive loops = artifice = bad bad civilization?
What is avant-garde about this?
And what in this speaks to the immense suffering of autism?
Is autism chosen because it's even more hardwired than schizophrenia, D&G's favorite mode? More "primitive," therefore?
Hey, I wasn't aware that "Deleuzian Autism" was a thing, but from your very brief comments it sounds like an avenue that could be relevant to some things I'm working on. Were there any specific papers/articles/etc. that you were thinking of re. your comments?
ReplyDeleteIncidentally, I've started introducing your work to other artists I know - you may have started to become popular amongst emerging Australian creatives, because I keep seeing vague references to you all over the place.
(long time fan, first time commenter)