the synchronicity of feminist parasites (2019)

(..)"the history of feminist publishing and thinking is in some ways a testament to how the synchronicity of parasites reveals the instability of the position of host and parasite. At the same time it uses a range of strategies to bolster the validity of parasitic tactics, while engaging in the long term project of building entirely new hosts."

(Anna Poletti; 'the Synchronity of Feminist Parasites' zine made for the #synchronicityofparasites event at Motel Spatie/Zinedepo 17 may 2019)

#synchronicityofparasites

Synchronicity or the happening by chance of two or more related or similar events at the same time, is often positioned within the realm of parapsychology and magical thinking, or with some kind of quantum effect crossing over into the classical world.

Synchronicity can appear to point towards some kind of hidden or unknown connectivity underneath  events.

In the case of #synchronicityofparasites, parasites operating as pre-conscious perceptual filters, installing a bias for meaningful events, or parasites as biological or network tricksters hiding causal links out of sight of the scientific apparatus or categories, turn the concept into another effective parasitic strategy.

In a way #synchronicityofparasites itself acts as a parasite that embodies the hidden link between all those more or less isolated parasite projects in science, art and literature and turns them into a kind of decentralized para-culture.